Steve McKinley recollects a conversation with Ross W. LeBaron about the endowment in 1995. The “ambiguous answer” given by Ross, according to Steve, made him “feel better about the changes [made by the LDS Church] in the endowment”. He says he realized that “the reason the endowment was taken away by the Lord was becauseContinueContinue reading “Steve McKinley: Ross LeBaron On The Endowment”
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Ross LeBaron’s Flying Saucer Craft
Ross Wesley LeBaron was a skilled machinist and inventor. His belief that heavenly beings used an advanced technology in their administrations through the universe led him to not only teach that the Gods traveled in spaceships, but also to build and fly his own “flying saucers” with family and friends on a park. In 1971,ContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron’s Flying Saucer Craft”
Ross LeBaron: Open Letter to Francis M. Darter, 1968
Francis M. Darter (1881-1968) was a prolific Mormon Fundamentalist writer. Among the beliefs he espoused was Pyramidology, which proposed that the Great Pyramid of Giza was a “Bible in stone”, setting dates, through its measures, for the most important events in human history. Such beliefs seem to have been influential on Ross W. LeBaron, as theContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: Open Letter to Francis M. Darter, 1968”
Ross LeBaron: Interview to Dale Van Atta, 1977
In 1977, as the murderous acts of Ross LeBaron’s brother Ervil gained international attention, journalist Dale Van Atta did some research on the priesthood claims of the LeBaron family. Van Atta later co-authored a book on Ervil LeBaron and his crimes. The following file can be found among Van Atta’s research papers at the SpecialContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: Interview to Dale Van Atta, 1977”
Ross LeBaron and Robert Eaby: Proclamation On The 8th Dispensation
PROCLAMATION….. Be It Known To The Saints Of The Most High: As of February 27, in the year of our Lord 1968, the Seventh Dispensation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the children of men, along with the keys, power, authority and ordinances pertaining thereto is terminated; and the Eighth Dispensation of the GospelContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron and Robert Eaby: Proclamation On The 8th Dispensation”
Ross LeBaron: Keys of The Priesthood
THE KEYS OF THE PRIESTHOOD “What are the keys of the priesthood”? “This generation is not worthy to know”. John Taylor. Neither is this generation. Ross W. LeBaron. There is a very good reason why the orders of the priesthood were not taught in plainness. All one has to do is to look aroundContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: Keys of The Priesthood”
Ross LeBaron: The Heir of Joseph Smith
REVELATION given to Ross W. LeBaron, at East Mill Creek, Utah, in the spring of 1940. While walking home, a distance of about two miles, I was praying to know whether it was the Lord’s will that my sister Lucinda should marry John Butchereit or not. My father would not give his consent, but IContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: The Heir of Joseph Smith”
Robert Eaby: Ten Weeks of Enoch
Dispensationalism is a Christian concept that became an essential part of Joseph Smith’s theology, and of many, if not most branches of the Mormon tradition. According to that view, the interaction between the Deity and humankind has had different eras or periods throughout history, each having its own characteristics and being led by a mortal “head”, andContinueContinue reading “Robert Eaby: Ten Weeks of Enoch”
DeWayne Hafen: Ross LeBaron and the Father as a Servant
“He never, at any time I’m aware of, ever depended upon those who followed him to support him”, states DeWayne Hafen. An adopted son of Ross LeBaron, Hafen talks about why his priesthood leader lived in a storage shed and didn’t collect money from his followers, and reflects on the relationship with his own adoptedContinueContinue reading “DeWayne Hafen: Ross LeBaron and the Father as a Servant”
Joann Knight: Reminiscences of Ross LeBaron
Joann Knight met Ross W. LeBaron in 1960. “He was a real good dancer and I really enjoyed dancing”, she recollects. She also thought he was “weird” and “had strange ideas” which later she got used to¹. A decade later, Joann was sealed to Ross. She defined her husband as “a gentleman” and “a wonderfulContinueContinue reading “Joann Knight: Reminiscences of Ross LeBaron”
Ross LeBaron, the Holy Order and the Church of the Firstborn 