April 7 - 12, 2025
"REMEMBERING THE COVENANTS"
Dear Saints,
We are pleased to announce the schedule and invite your attendance to the 2025 General Conference of Restoration Branches. This year’s theme is Remembering the Covenant and will challenge us to consider the responsibilities and actions we must take to align us with God’s plan.
We will begin the Conference on Monday, April 7th with registration opening at 8:00 am. The closing day will be Saturday, April 12th with conference activities taking place at Good Shepherd Community of Christ church.
In addition to the normal business schedule items, we will be celebrating the 195th birthday of the church by participating in a Restoration-wide birthday hymn sing celebration at the Stone Church, we will enjoy greater participation from our international saints, and see increased focus on missionary efforts to indigenous Americans form North, Central and South America.
These are exciting times and we need your participation to shape and form the collective actions we can take to establish Zion and prepare for the return of the Savior.
May God Bless you as you labor for the cause of Zion and as we work together to remember the covenants we have made with God through Jesus Christ.
Ron Smith – Conference President
David Whiting – Conference Vice-President
Chris Taylor – Conference Secretary
Parliamentary Procedures
To better understand the meeting environment and how parliamentary procedures are used to guide our discussion and decision-making process, we invite you to join us for a 21 minute video on our Parliamentary Procedures, hosted by Ron Smith. View or download the companion handout here.
Fred L. Young (1922-2004), secretary of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS) for many years, adapted Robert’s Rules of Order for use in RLDS conferences in his book “Parliamentary Procedure in the Church.” The JCRB later adopted these as our official parliamentary procedure as a way to make sure everyone is heard in a fair, free and equitable way.
General Information
The conference this year takes place at Good Shepherd Community of Christ church, located at:
4341 Blue Ridge Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64133. Online registration is not yet open, but the registration desk will be open daily onsite.
The first live streamed event will take place on Monday morning, at 8:30 am (the doors open for registration at 8:00 am).
We have many special events occurring during this conference. Please check the schedule for event requirements and locations; call or text the conference manager (816.301.1374) with questions.
There is a direct link to the conference schedule on the main menu of this website. There is also a link to the live stream, that is "live" only when we are broadcasting.
How to Access Conference Documents
All documents supporting activities for this conference are arranged on-line as found in the "conference notebooks". The link at the top of this page (Notebook Content) provides on-line access to them as they become available. They are named with section numbers that match those listed in the Table of Contents, as found in the conference notebooks.
Depending on which Internet browser you are using (like Google Chrome, Edge, Mozilla, Safari, etc.) and your individual browser settings, you will either be able to preview the file by clicking on the link, or will be prompted to download it before viewing. You do not have to purchase anything to view the documents.
Documents will open either in a new web browser "tab" or the same tab (necessitating you click the "back" arrow to return to the previous view).
If questions, email us at "manager@ conferenceofbranches.org" or text us at 816-301-1374.