Monday, June 22, 2009

Some other LDS?

After some inquiries by a visitor at the PCC chapel, I googled the LDS church, namely reorganized in Hawaii.  I found that the RLDS was now called Community of Christ, since 2001, and they claim our temple in Laie as their temple.  And I also found that there is another faction called the Hedrickites which affiliate with our church(not in Hawaii).  No wonder people are confused.  I'm glad we know who we are, and we can move on with the work of the Lord.  That we have THE Prophet, Thomas S. Monsen at the head of this the Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-Day Saints.  I love it when people ask questions that prompt me to look further for information.  Google is wonderful!  I know the history of the church in Hawaii, and about my own genealogy for a few generations.  I even know about the church on Lanai.  My ancestors were there.  
I did look up the percentages of religions in Hawaii.  51% are Buddhists, 39% Catholic, and the rest are way below the 2%, according to google.  One visitor wanted to know, "Religion % of indigenous Hawaiians"  He thought it was highest as LDS.  Without looking, I knew it was not LDS, but Congregationalist, as was the monarchy from 1820 on.  

2 comments:

Andrea, Mrs. said...

Serious? The RLDS claim our temple as their temple? Weird.... Very weird.

Ruth said...

Huh, that is so interesting. We lived near a RLDS meeting house in England. I wonder if they claimed our temple there too.