The Secrets of the OLDEST Mormon Chapel in the World

It's the oldest chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the world, and it's not in the United Sates of America. Nestled in the Worcestershire countryside is Gadfield Elm Chapel. Given to the church by the United Brethren in the 1840s, it laid abandoned after mass migration by members of the Church to the United Saints. Join me as I explore how it came to be restored.

*VIDEO SOURCES*

United Brethren
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2001/02/uncovering-gospel-roots-in-britain?lang=eng

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2000/05/following-wilfords-way?lang=eng

http://www.gadfieldelm.org/chapel/Benbows-Farm.html

https://oro.open.ac.uk/60289/17/Davis_H_Dissertation%20FINAL%20total%20v2REDACTEDRIGHTSCHECK.pdf

https://rsc.byu.edu/field-white/missionaries-their-labors

https://rsc.byu.edu/field-white/missionaries-their-labors#_noteref-1

https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/documents/58a8d8f5-bf47-4fb4-b8be-ad7d4ad7fd8d/page/ef8c00aa-ef1d-4f52-b7d0-48f4b2d8b557

https://www.bosburyhistoryresource.org.uk/united-brethren.html

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/job-taylor-smith-1828?lang=eng

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/thomas-kington-1794?lang=eng

The Benbows
https://www.echoes-of-the-past.com/p/a-review-of-the-british-pageant
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/mormonism-in-pictures-church-in-british-isles
https://rsc.byu.edu/field-white/then-until-now
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/global-histories/england/stories-of-faith/xe-02-the-united-brethren?lang=eng
The One Who Got Away
https://rsc.byu.edu/field-white/harvest-converts#_note-9

The Constable
https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/documents/8b2aa80a-b208-418b-81eb-43a596287c6f/page/9f34763d-a2c9-471d-9c88-0b0c58c70729

Baptismal Record
https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/documents/bbc37c9b-1a4c-473f-aff6-9b8a6a1d63b6/page/165fbfc3-c541-4794-89a5-7c7b26d80136

https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/documents/cf843226-566d-4e23-a130-51ccd1806635/page/149ad57a-c889-42cb-98b8-c4b64d99cec3
Kirtland Temple Purchase
https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2024/03/05/church-purchases-kirtland-temple-historic-buildings-artifacts-community-of-christ/

https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-mckay-explains-why-the-church-purchased-the-kirtland-temple

Gadfield Elm Tours
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyhall/2531261686

Gadfield Purchase at the Greyhound Inn (now The Butcher’s Arms)
https://www.gloucestershirepubs.co.uk/pubs/greyhound-inn-butchers-arms-eldersfield/

https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1058031/what-who-how-where

Gadfield Elm Restoration
https://rsc.byu.edu/regional-studies-latter-day-saint-church-history-british-isles/restoration-gadfield-elm-chapel

https://www.ldsvirtualtours.uk/tours/gadfield-elm

Gadfield Elm Given to Church
https://web.archive.org/web/20150106220005/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/595066022/Historic-chapel-given-to-LDS.html

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