The Community of Christ today considers the period from 1830 to 1844 to be a part of its early history and from 1844, the year of the death of the founder, to 1860, to be a period of disorganization. Since 1844 the doctrines and practices of the Community of Christ have evolved separately from the other denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement.[19] Since the 1960s the church’s proselytizing with other world cultures in countries outside North America forced a re- assessment and a gradual evolution of its denominational practices and beliefs. Some changes included the ordination of women to the priesthood, open communion, and changing the churchs commonly used name from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to the current name in April 2001.[9][20
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