Don’t call Denver Snuffer Jr. a prophet and don’t view his Remnant movement as a church.
Of course, it was his account about a face-to-face meeting with Jesus
that branded him a prophetic figure in the first place. And his 2013
excommunication from the LDS Church for “apostasy” — arguing that after
the death of Joseph Smith in 1844, the faith he founded no longer had
the exclusive truth or divine authority — seems to have made Snuffer
more popular with segments of dissatisfied Mormons.
Before long, hundreds of like-minded seekers traveled to hear Snuffer
speak — in St. George, Phoenix and Boise — and poured out of their
respective LDS pews to form “fellowships,” or small groups, usually
gathering in houses and yearning for, well, something more.
They were mostly super-Mormons, zealots who gave their all to the
faith. They taught in the LDS Church Educational System or worked at
church-owned Brigham Young University. They served in temples. They
dissected the scriptures looking for potent but hidden clues to Jesus’
Second Coming or keys to salvation.
A new Mormon offshoot movement is growing, but can it last? | Religion News Service
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