Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is an early twentieth century offshoot of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The church claims that the revelation given to the mainline church to stop practicing polygamy was false.

As the name implies, it is more radical than other churches of the Latter Day Saints. The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes everything in the Book of Mormon and is strongly opposed to homosexual acts, women's equality, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion.

Members still practice polygamy today, but prosecution is difficult and rare because the wives typically decline to testify. A notable exception was the arrest and conviction in 2007 (on a charge of accessory to rape) of FLDS leader and prophet Warren Jeffs (b. 1955). Jeffs had previously been on the FBI's Most Wanted list.

FLDS communities are located in remote, small towns, mainly in the American Southwest, where the church's leadership takes care to prevent surveillance. They resemble groups of Mormons that left the U.S. for Canada and Mexico about 1900. The colony known as Bountiful, British Columbia is still active in Canada.