I was knocking doors for work. I saw the last name of “Snuffer” associated with the household on the left side of the page, with Denver Snuffer, prophet of the Mormon Remnant movement, and his wife’s name on the right. I knocked on the door in Draper, Utah, a Salt Lake suburb, and his wife, presumably, answered. She took the material I needed to give to folks on my list.

I continued my way down the street and three or four houses later, a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (an older one, and a man) answered the door.

Snuffer’s adherents are overwhelmingly coming from the church.

Denver Snuffer (Idaho State Journal)

Was it only coincidental that the missionaries lived so close to Snuffer? (According to Latter-day Saint (ex-Mormon) church protocol, he would have a missionary companion in his wife.)

Was the church going to the literal hub from where ideas effectuating apostasy were taking place? Were they going for prevention by trying to make sure to hold onto the congregation that Snuffer used to attend?

Remnant movement believer Bryce Bartel said that many members of Snuffer’s congregation believe Snuffer’s ideas. (And that Snuffer still attends the congregation sometimes.)

The farthest-reaching media in Utah has covered the movement. I met him twice before meeting his wife and seeing where missionaries were relative to he and his wife’s house.

The second time, I was just driving down State Street in the Salt Lake suburb of Sandy during lunch in Dec. 2015. And there it was: Nelson, Snuffer, Dahle & Poulsen, P.C., Attorneys at Law.

“Could it be?” I thought.

The secretary said that the Snuffer referenced was the man himself.

He came up front and we went to a conference room and talked for about a half-hour, before the conversation ended.

Then, around nine-and-a-half months later, I met his wife.

The first time I met him was at a Sunstone Symposium, an academic forum for all things Mormonism, at the 2015 version held July 29-Aug. 1, 2015. I asked him a question posed by opponents of his. He smiled and replied.

The attendance at Snuffer’s panel of the next symposium seemed to be as large as any for the busiest day of the symposium. Six months earlier, his movement had more than 40 fellowships worldwide.

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Even if you no longer affiliate with the LDS church but enjoy sociality with family and friends as before, you can still find social settings organized by the Utah Valley PostMormons. There, you can find your people. And of course, if you don’t enjoy those relationships like before, the many UVPM events that happen each week can be even life-saving.

Led by wonderful people, UVPM is also for folks who just are struggling with it or are “never Mormons” seeking a break from the predominant culture. Find their events on Facebook and Meetup.

This story was originally seen in The Good Men Project.

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