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Doctrines of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) are heavily influenced by the writings of David Whitmer, who was declared an apostate by Joseph Smith, Jr. prior to Smith's death. In 1887, Whitmer published a pamphlet deeply critical of Sidney Rigdon and Smith. The pamphlet is today widely read and promoted among membership of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) and is on sale in the lobby of its headquarters building. In it,
Whitmer repeatedly claims Smith had "fallen"—or began to "fall"—from his Divine calling almost as soon as the church was established in—or even before then. Reasons for Whitmer believing so include a charge that Smith was to have "pretended to no other gift" except the translation of the Book of Mormon, and was never to be more than a "first elder" among "fellow elders" in the fledgling church.[citation needed]
The church currently occupies a property in Independence, Missouri considered by Latter Day Saints to be the "Temple Lot" designated by Smith to be the site for the temple of the New Jerusalem, a sacred city to be built preparatory to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ that is spoken of in the Book of Revelation.
The Hedrickites returned to Independence in 1867 to purchase lots for the temple in the name of the "Church of Christ" and have been headquartered there since then. In the 1930s, the church excavated the site in an attempt to build a temple on the location, but the effort was stalled because of the Great Depression, and the excavation was filled.