The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter…

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Saints has more than doubled in size following the conversion of Sidney Rigdon in September 1830.

Rigdon leads several congregations of Restorationists in Ohio's Western Reserve area, and hundreds of his adherents follow him into Mormonism.

Rigdon is soon called to be Smith's spokesman and quickly becomes one of the early leaders of the Movement.

To avoid further conflict of the kind encountered in New York and Pennsylvania, Smith moves with his family to Kirtland, Ohio, joining with the converts that have joined with Rigdon.

The church's headquarters are soon established there and Smith urges the rest of the membership to gather here or to a second outpost of the church in Missouri.