Church of Christ (Hancock)

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Church of Christ
Location of the former "basement church" belonging to the Church of Christ; now occupied by a Restoration Branch.
Classification	Latter Day Saint movement
Orientation	Latter Day Saints
Polity	Defunct
Moderator	Defunct as of 1984
Region	United States
Founder	Pauline Hancock
Origin	1946 Independence, Missouri
Separated from	Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
Congregations	none
Members	none; defunct

The Church of Christ, informally referred to as the Church of Christ (Hancock), the Basement Church, the Church of Christ (Lukeite) and the Church of Christ (Bible and Book of Mormon Teaching), was a sect of the Latter Day Saint movement founded in Independence, Missouri in 1946 by Pauline Hancock.^[1] This church, which became defunct in 1984, bears the distinction of being the first Latter Day Saint sect to be founded by a woman. Among its members were Jerald and Sandra Tanner, who later became well-known opponents of the Latter Day Saint movement with their "Utah Lighthouse Ministry".