Background
•7 June 1831: ―The next conference [of the
Church]…shall be held
in Missouri, upon the
land which I will consecrate unto my people
‖
(D&C 52:2).
•
Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and 28 others
to leave immediately.
•
Missouri as the land of Zion:
D&C 28:9; 45:64; 54:8.
•
Oliver Cowdery, Parley P. Pratt, and company already in Missouri since January 1831.
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