The Church of Jesus Christ in Christian Fellowship (brand-new!)

[Stargazer]

While I was spelunking YouTube the algorithm presented me with a YouTube channel from an LDS offshoot calling itself "The Church of Jesus Christ in Christian Fellowship"! See the link for their website. They're quite new, having come into being in 2015. They are, of course, a Restoration branch, and seemed at first to be an offshoot of the Community of Christ. But the Everybodywiki says this: "It was started in November 2015, by a former Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints elder David Ferriman after the church failed to accommodate for his high priest ordination, which he believes to have gotten from archangel Raphael."

They're quite universalist, too. They have a prophet, seer, and revelator, who seems to be a man named David Ferriman. And a woman, Kristine Ferriman (possibly David's wife), is prophetess, seer, and revelator. She was given all of the keys of the Priesthood in 2019, it is said. Subsequently, in 2020, she received a revelation that apparently pertains to the ordination of women to the priesthood. Other offices in the church include "Evangelist," which  is a "fourth-degree Apostle" and missionary, and there is a Rabbi. I'm not sure if the office of Rabbi was created specially, or they accept Jewish rabbis in their organization. They mention a man named David Larsen, "ordained Rabbi," who was given headship over the School of the Prophets. In 2025 a woman named Mistie Rehna was called and set apart as a member of their First Presidency. There is also a Council of Fifty. There is an apparent associated nondenominational Church of Jesus Christ as well, that seems to welcome members of other Restorationist branches. It appears that you can be a member of any other church while obtaining membership in the CJCiCF.

Their scriptures include: The Bible; the Book of Mormon; Commandments and Revelations; Plates of Brass: Torah of Moses; The Plates of Brass: The Records and the Prophecies; Tsohar. 

They incorporate the Jewish Kabbalah somehow, and like to use the Jewish calendar in addition to the Gregorian. Everybodywiki says: 

According to David Ferriman, Kabbalah is “the original Israelite religion.”[8] One of the core messages Ferriman claims to have received from God is to “unite the Saints in Kabbalah.”[7] For The Fellowship, Kabbalah is “the power of God,” “a way to help mankind understand [God’s] Word,” “holy traditions” (identified with those of Moses), “mysticism,” “theology,” and “thaumaturgy,” “[God’s] doctrine,” and, therefore, “a mysterious art, for [God’s] doctrine is too simple for mankind to comprehend.”[9] The main focus of the Kabbalah for The Fellowship is “personal growth,”[10] which is in line with the Latter Day Saint doctrine of exaltation.

Their Articles of Faith are similar to the LDS, but with 14 rather than 13 articles. Their First Article of Faith is: "We believe in God the Eternal Father and Mother, and in the Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.” [Emphasis added]

They ordain women to the priesthood, perform gay marriage and eternal sealings, and polygamy is allowed (though neither encouraged nor discouraged). In fact, it's more than polygamy, as it appears that group marriages are OK, as long as everyone taking part is of legal age. They have baptism for the dead, as well as an optional endowment. 

Well, now you know. In short, they have everything. 

 

 

[AnchoredinChrist]

Me: Let me guess, they practice polygamy

On 6/6/2026 at 7:14 PM, Stargazer said:

polygamy is allowed

Me: Wow, what a surprise.