Jesus Christ established His Church, and we stand in that restored order today. He is our head, His doctrine is our foundation, and His Holy Priesthood gives sacred order to our work.
The Lord has restored His Church to gather His people out of division, teach His word, administer His ordinances, keep His covenants, and prepare a people to walk faithfully with Him.
Jesus Christ Established His Church
Jesus Christ did more than teach individual believers. He gathered disciples, called apostles, gave authority, established ordinances, and formed one body of believers under His name.
The Church belongs to Him. Its doctrine, authority, covenants, and sacred order come from the Savior rather than from human preference or tradition.
“Upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Matthew 16:18 ↗
His Church Has One Doctrine and One Sacred Order
The apostles taught one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one body. Local congregations served in different places, but they belonged to one Church and received one apostolic doctrine.
The divisions of later Christianity do not change the order Jesus Christ established. The Lord is gathering His people back into unity under His doctrine and authority.
“There is one body, and one Spirit... One Lord, one faith, one baptism.”
Ephesians 4:4–5 ↗
The Holy Priesthood Has Been Restored
Jesus Christ gave real authority to His Church. Through the Holy Priesthood, His servants teach, baptize, ordain, bless, administer sacred ordinances, and govern the work entrusted to the Church.
We serve through the Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God today. It belongs to Christ and is received through calling and ordination according to the order He established.
“No man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.”
Hebrews 5:4 ↗
Holy Scripture Guides the Church
The Lord has preserved and opened sacred records so His people can know Jesus Christ, understand His commandments, remember His covenants, and recognize His work through the ages.
We receive the full scriptural witness entrusted to this work and teach those records together as testimony of Jesus Christ and the order of His kingdom.
2 Timothy 3:16 ↗
The Church Is a Covenant People
Jesus Christ gathers people into more than a weekly meeting. His Church is a covenant body where believers worship, receive ordinances, learn His word, bear one another’s burdens, strengthen families, and serve together.
Those who are baptized are received among the people of the Church so they can be remembered, taught, nourished, and joined in the work of Christ.
“They were numbered among the people of the church of Christ; and their names were taken, that they might be remembered and nourished by the good word of God.”
Moroni 6:4 ↗
The Lord Is Gathering His Church Today
Restoration is the Lord bringing His doctrine, Holy Priesthood, ordinances, covenants, Scriptures, and sacred order back into their proper place.
We stand in that restored Church today. Our work is to lead people and families to Jesus Christ, gather them into covenant, and carry forward the work He gave His Church.