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Episode 7 of Priesthood examines the historic day when Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery formally organized the Church of Christ on April 6, 1830. We explore the meeting at Peter Whitmer Sr.'s home in Fayette, New York, where just six people established what would become a global religion. The podcast unpacks the early power dynamics between Smith and Cowdery, the development of the Articles and Covenants (now D&C 20), and how leadership challenges like Hiram Page's competing revelations shaped the church's authority structure. 

Sources

• Talk: The Sixth Day of April, 1830_Howard W Hunter_LDS.org
• Essay: April 6 1830_By Common Consent
• Essay: April - Sept 1830_Joseph Smith Papers
• Essay: Hard Questions in Church History_Organization_Scripture Central
• Essay: Mormonism: From its New York Beginnings_Dialogue_Vol 13 No 3
• Lesson: Organiztion of the Church_LDS.org
• Essay: Articles and Covenants of Church of Christ_BYU RSC

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Explore in detail the April 6, 1830 organization of the Church of Christ focusing on power structure. What role did Oliver Cowdery play before during, and after? what actually happened on April 6? Was there an appeal (mention) to divine authority from the First Vision or priesthood restoration? How was leadership organized specifically? Analyze t

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