In 1968, Robert Eaby wrote a two-page document with the scriptural reference that expanded the traditional Mormon view of seven dispensations of the gospel and, more importantly, portraited Ross LeBaron’s patriarchal work in cosmic proportions. Ross LeBaron talking to a caller during his show on the radio station KZZI, in Utah, 1988. | Image courtesyContinueContinue reading “Becoming The Head of the Eighth Dispensation”
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Ross LeBaron as a Ministering Spirit
Ross Wesley LeBaron died in December of 1996 without seeing the Second Coming of Adam he clearly expected to happen during his lifetime. Nevertheless, LeBaron believed that his patriarchal work would not only continue but fully develop during the Millennium. The earthly Church of the Firstborn LeBaron had incorporated in 1955 would only meet itsContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron as a Ministering Spirit”
Was Ross LeBaron a Mormon Fundamentalist?
“I have been associated with the Fundamentalists since 1936” – Ross Wesley LeBaron wrote to Fundamentalist leader Margarito Bautista in December 1958 – “but have stood a hundred percent on my own feet.”[1] Almost 27 years later, LeBaron would give a more detailed – and probably more honest – account of his early association withContinueContinue reading “Was Ross LeBaron a Mormon Fundamentalist?”
Ross LeBaron, Fred Collier: Revelation on Salvation and Exaltation, 1974
On 7 August 1974, Ross W. LeBaron received a revelation stating the purposes of the Church of Jesus Christ and the Church of the Firstborn, and their relation to the principles of salvation and exaltation of humankind. [1] The revelation was recorded in handwriting by Fred Collier, then an adopted son of Ross LeBaron. InContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron, Fred Collier: Revelation on Salvation and Exaltation, 1974”
Year of Polygamy Podcast
In the latest episode of the Year of Polygamy podcast, I was interviewed by Lindsay Hansen Park about Ross LeBaron and his Church of the Firstborn.W e talked about LeBaron’s views on priesthood, his relationship with the Mormon Fundamentalist movement, his brothers’s church in Mexico and his son Ross LeBaron Jr. Click here to downloadContinueContinue reading “Year of Polygamy Podcast”
Sunstone 2018: Ross LeBaron and The Church of The First-Born
On July 28, I`ll be presenting a paper on Ross LeBaron at the Sunstone Summer Symposium to be held this year at the Mountain America Expo Center, in Sandy, Utah. A religious innovator within the Mormon tradition, Ross LeBaron (1914-1996) organized The Church of the First-Born in 1955. Although commonly identified by outsiders as aContinueContinue reading “Sunstone 2018: Ross LeBaron and The Church of The First-Born”
Ross LeBaron, the Holy Order and the Church of the Firstborn 