About MormonX
An exchange — not a denomination, not an institution, not an authority.
MormonX is a small, twice-yearly conference and an ongoing conversation. We gather people who take the Restoration seriously and want to read its sources for themselves.
The Restoration that began in the spring of 1820 has never lived in only one house. Within a single generation it had branched into communities that disagreed, sometimes sharply, about succession, polygamy, gathering, temple, scripture, and the nature of priesthood itself. Those disagreements are still alive — in Independence and Salt Lake, in small Strangite congregations and Cutlerite chapels, in reading circles in Lagos and Manchester, in living rooms in Provo where someone is trying, again, to make sense of it all.
MormonX is a gathering for people who want to take all of that seriously without taking any single church as the whole story. We hold the published works of Joseph Smith — chiefly the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants — as our common ground. We don’t hold any institution as authoritative over how to read them.
What we are
- Independent. Unaffiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Community of Christ, or any other body.
- Non-denominational. Participants come from every branch of the tradition, from traditions adjacent to it, and from none at all.
- Source-rooted. Our reference point is the published canon of Joseph Smith — read closely, read together, and read in conversation with the wider world.
- Open. Everyone is welcome, including faithful members of any church. We ask only that participants come ready to think for themselves and to listen well.
What we are not
- We are not a church.
- We are not a movement against any church.
- We are not interested in polemics, score-settling, or recruitment.
- We are not a place to platform conspiracy or to relitigate every old grievance.
Vision
“Unifying the greater Mormon community through sharing perspectives and open discussion.”
The greater Mormon community is larger and more interesting than any of its parts. Our hope is to make a place where its parts can recognize each other — and where the tradition’s sources can be encountered freshly by anyone willing to read them.
Who organizes it
MormonX is convened by a small, volunteer organizing circle. The circle rotates each year. Names of current conveners are listed in the program of each gathering and on our contact page.