Joseph Smith Gave Us Another Path to God
June 27 marks the 178th anniversary of the murder of, and to some, the martyrdom of, Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the LDS Church, the Mormons. By the time of his death from multiple gunshot wounds in 1844, Joseph Smith managed to attract tens of thousand of followers. He had founded a religion that continues to this present day with millions of followers throughout the world.