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In June 1829 Smith dictated a revelation stating that " in Book of Mormon are all things written, concerning my church, my gospel, and my rock.

Wherefore if you shall build up my church, and my gospel, and my rock, the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.

" ( Book of Commandments, p. 35, verses 3-4 ).

Some time between June and December 1829, Oliver Cowdery said he received a revelation about " how he should build up his church & the manner thereof ".

This revelation was called the " Articles of the Church of Christ ", and it indicated that the church should ordain priests and teachers " according to the gifts & callings of God unto men ".

The church was to meet regularly to partake of bread and wine.

Cowdery was described as " an Apostle of Jesus Christ ".

According to David Whitmer, by April 1830, this informal " Church of Christ " had about six elders and 70 members.

( Whitmer, Address to All Believers, 1887, p. 33 ).