I've never heard of this Church, and I cannot seem to track down any information on a church by this name. Are you you referring to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints? If so, they are now called the Community of Christ and their website is http://www.cofchrist.org/

That may be. There is one located in Washington, DC, here: Reorganized Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS, 202- 333-6052 3526 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW, WASHINGTON DC 20007

I think the person is referring to Reform Mormonism. That is a group that considers themselves to be "more liberal" than traditional Mormons. While they use some of the same scriptures, they differ somewhat in their philosophy, for instance, welcoming openly gay (non-celibate) people and having a belief in evolution. Reform Mormonism doesn't appear to be a church or organized religiion, per se -- there are no official meetings or buildings but there is a website that explains the philosophy. www.reformmormonism.org

In his response to my brother's answer, pacella23 asked, "Did they not also split off because of doctrinal differences?" The main reason that the Community of Christ broke away from the LDS Church was because of a disagreement over who was to succeed Joseph Smith as President of the Church. At the time of his death, Joseph did not leave in documents clearly stating specifically who was to be his successor. As a result, there were a number of people who came forward to claim that they were to be the next president. The vast majority accepted the claim of the 12 Apostles under the leadership of Brigham Young were Joseph's rightful successors. (It would be 3.5 years after Joseph's murder that Brigham Young would actually be set apart as President of the Church.) However, many of Joseph's immediate family did not accept the claim of the 12 Apostles as the rightful successors. They thought that the presidency should be a hereditary position handed down from father to son. That would make Joseph's oldest surviving son, Joseph Smith III, his rightful successor. However, at the time, Joseph III, was still just a boy and was not mature enough to take on the leadership of the church. So, they actually had to wait until 1860 for him to grow up and come to accept leadership of their sect which they called the reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Leadership of this branch was handed down from father to son until 1996. Wallace B. Smith (President from 1978 to 1996) did not have any sons. So, Leadership finally passed out of the Smith family and one W. Grant McMurray is now president of that Church. It was under his leadership that they changed the name to Community of Christ in 2001. There were a number of doctrinal disagreements that also lead to this split. Those who eventually formed the RLDS church did not agree with many of the practices that were introduced in Nauvoo (the various temple ceremonies, plural marriage, etc.). Some of these (plural marriage for example) they claimed were actually introduced to the LDS Church by Brigham Young in Utah rather than by Joseph Smith in Nauvoo. Others (the temple ceremonies) they claimed were false practices that were introduced because Joseph had become somewhat unhinged by his imprisonment in Missouri. Over the decades since the split, we have gotten further and further apart in terms of doctrine.

The "Reformation Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" is a "break off" of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Chriist of Latter day Saints. After the Reorganized Church starting giving the women the priesthood, and after they had passed the office of President to a person who was not of the lineage of Joseph Smith, there were several groups who decided they needed to "reform" the Reorganization, mainly the Seventies of the Reorganzied Church. They mostly are found in the Independence, Missouri area. They believe they are the "true" church of the Smith heritage, not the Reorganized Church.

The Reformed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" is a recent split off group from the Community of Christ Church (Formerly the 'Reorganized') They are mostly in Independence. They have a large red brick chapel just down the street from the Community of Christ Temple in Indepencence. There are now essentially at least 4 churches in Independence that hold sacred the original plot dedicated for a temple in Independence. They are (1.) The Church of Christ (Hedrickites) that actually own the 2.5 acres where the corner stone of the temple was placed. Their total membership is estimated between 3500 - 7500 (2.) The Community of Christ Church (formerly the Reorganized Church) They have a Nautilus shaped temple in Independence and sued the Church of Christ Church in the 1890's to try to get legal claim to the temple plot owned by the Church of Christ but they lost the suit. (3.) The Reformed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are a recent split off group from the Community of Christ Church. (4.) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is the group who left Missouri then Nauvoo, Ill. and traveled by handcart, wagon, & foot to Utah beginning in 1846. Their headquarters are now in Salt Lake City. They have a membership of over 12 million members which by far surpasses the membership of any of the other splinter groups. The other split off groups split off for various reasons after the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Either they did not want to travel to Utah in 1847 or they renounced plural marriage and they renounced the vicarious work for deceased ancestors which is a vital part of the Church headquartered in Salt Lake City. All of these groups have taught that Jesus will return again and will appear in His temple to be built in Jerusalem but He will also appear at His temple to be built in the New Jerusalem which is Indepencence, Missouri. There are various other splinter groups which profess to have their origins back to the Prophet Joseph Smith.

I'm really confused.