Denver Snuffer
Another Mormon excommunication, 25 years after the ‘September Six’
By Jana Riess — September 18, 2018
The excommunication of a former Mormon bishop has me flashing back to the "September Six," who were disciplined 25 years ago this week--just as I was baptized into the LDS Church.
A new Mormon offshoot movement is growing, but can it last?
By Lauren Markoe — August 28, 2017
(Salt Lake Tribune) — Denver Snuffer’s Remnant movement, which plans to canonize a new set of scriptures in Boise this week, is drawing away Mormons with the mantra: 'God can talk to you, too.' But will these freewheeling fellowships last?
Mormon leaders have trust issues
By Jana Riess — April 19, 2017
Research shows that the second-most-common reason people leave the LDS Church is that they didn't trust Church leaders to tell the truth about controversial issues.
Mormon church challenges legality of leaked documents
By Kimberly Winston — March 15, 2017
(RNS) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints finally takes notice of MormonLeaks.
Did Joseph Smith practice polygamy? Denver Snuffer says no
By Jana Riess — February 9, 2016
Denver Snuffer claims Joseph Smith never practiced polygamy, but later Mormon leaders attributed the practice to him to sanction their own plural marriages.
8 questions for Denver Snuffer: Excommunicated Mormon explains growth of new movement
By Jana Riess — January 26, 2016
From using wine in the sacrament to allowing women to prophesy, the fellowships that have grown up around excommunicated Mormon Denver Snuffer are trying to restore the teachings and practices of the early Latter-day Saints.
Attendance triples at progressive Mormon Sunstone Symposium, despite hiccups
By Jana Riess — August 3, 2015
Ed Smart bears his testimony while Kate Kelly has a diva moment; Denver Snuffer represents the unorthodox right and and young transgendered Mormons speak to life on the left. It was all at Sunstone ... and I missed it.
“Who’s on the Lord’s side?”: Mormon apostle’s comments generate discussion, questions
By Jana Riess — June 22, 2015
"I worry that when we proclaim ourselves the only righteous humans, we plant the seeds of pride," writes guest blogger Mitch Mayne. Responding to Elder Oaks's question, "Who is on the Lord's side?" Mayne affirms: "A lot of us."
5 warnings for Mormons from the Denver Snuffer schism
By Jana Riess — September 26, 2014
This weekend, Denver Snuffer's followers began rebaptizing each other, and many are leaving the LDS Church. Here's why Mormons would do well to listen to Snuffer's criticisms.
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