‘Mormon Land’: Tim Ballard uproar reveals divisions between LDS Church and its far-right members

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‘Mormon Land’: Tim Ballard uproar reveals divisions between LDS Church and its far-right members
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On this week's 'Mormon Land' podcast, Latter-day Saint historian Benjamin Park discusses Tim Ballard, the church's rebuke and divisions between hierarchy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and members on the far right.

When a spokesperson for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints offered a, a fellow member and the charismatic founder of Operation Underground Railroad, an anti-human-trafficking organization, his defenders went ballistic.

They were especially incensed when the statement said M. Russell Ballard, acting president of the faith’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, disavowed Tim Ballard, who is no relation, and condemned the activist for using the senior apostle’s name in his fundraising. It couldn’t have come from the church they love, these Tim Ballard devotees reasoned. They had to believe that it was some kind of fake news, or worse, a deep conspiracy.

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