Wallace B. Smith, great-grandson of Joseph Smith and pioneer for women’s ordination, dies at 94
His leadership was a game changer for what would become the Community of Christ.
(Community of Christ) Wallace B. Smith, prophet-president of the Independence, Mo.-based Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS, later renamed the Community of Christ) from 1978 to 1996.
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