Presiding Evangelist (Community of Christ)

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ecclesiastical office leadership position in Community of Christ

The Presiding Evangelist in Community of Christ is the leading spiritual minister responsible for blessing, pastoral care, and guiding the church’s evangelist ministry worldwide.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Presiding Evangelist (Community of Christ) canonical	1
Presiding Evangelist of the Community of Christ	1
Presiding Patriarch of the Community of Christ	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9310338 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Presiding Evangelist (Community of Christ)
Context triple: [Council of Twelve Apostles (Community of Christ), worksWith, Presiding Evangelist (Community of Christ)]

A. President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
The President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) is the founding prophetic and administrative leader of the early Latter Day Saint movement established by Joseph Smith in 1830.
B. Church Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was a now-discontinued high ecclesiastical office responsible for giving patriarchal blessings and spiritual counsel to church members.
C. First Presidency
The First Presidency is the highest governing council and chief leadership body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, typically composed of the church president and his counselors.
D. First Presidency
The First Presidency is the highest executive leadership council of the Community of Christ, responsible for providing spiritual direction and administrative oversight for the denomination.
E. Presiding Bishopric
The Presiding Bishopric is the chief financial and temporal leadership council of the Community of Christ, responsible for overseeing the church’s assets, stewardship, and temporal affairs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Presiding Evangelist (Community of Christ)
Target entity description: The Presiding Evangelist in Community of Christ is the leading spiritual minister responsible for blessing, pastoral care, and guiding the church’s evangelist ministry worldwide.

A. President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
The President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) is the founding prophetic and administrative leader of the early Latter Day Saint movement established by Joseph Smith in 1830.
B. Church Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was a now-discontinued high ecclesiastical office responsible for giving patriarchal blessings and spiritual counsel to church members.
C. First Presidency
The First Presidency is the highest governing council and chief leadership body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, typically composed of the church president and his counselors.
D. First Presidency
The First Presidency is the highest executive leadership council of the Community of Christ, responsible for providing spiritual direction and administrative oversight for the denomination.
E. Presiding Bishopric
The Presiding Bishopric is the chief financial and temporal leadership council of the Community of Christ, responsible for overseeing the church’s assets, stewardship, and temporal affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical office ⓘ leadership position in Community of Christ ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Evangelist to the Church ⓘ Presiding Evangelist of Community of Christ ⓘ Presiding Patriarch ⓘ
associatedWithSacrament	Evangelist’s Blessing ⓘ Laying on of hands ⓘ
authorityType	pastoral authority ⓘ spiritual authority ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Council of Twelve Apostles (Community of Christ) ⓘ First Presidency (Community of Christ) ⓘ linked to: First Presidency Presiding Bishopric (Community of Christ) ⓘ linked to: Presiding Bishopric other World Church ministers ⓘ
currentTitleUsage	Presiding Evangelist ⓘ
denominationalNameChangeContext	Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to Community of Christ ⓘ linked to: Community of Christ
focusesOn	blessing and reconciliation ⓘ intercessory prayer ⓘ pastoral support ⓘ spiritual discernment ⓘ spiritual formation ⓘ
hasGenderEligibility	open to all genders ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	worldwide church ⓘ
historicalOrigin	office of Presiding Patriarch in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
memberOf	World Church Leadership Council (Community of Christ) ⓘ linked to: world church leadership of Community of Christ
ministersTo	church leadership ⓘ congregations ⓘ families ⓘ individual members ⓘ
ministryEmphasis	blessing people at significant life transitions ⓘ encouraging spiritual wholeness ⓘ promoting peace and reconciliation ⓘ supporting congregational health ⓘ
notPrimarilyResponsibleFor	administrative governance of the church ⓘ financial administration ⓘ policy making ⓘ
ordinationRequired	evangelist ⓘ high priesthood office ⓘ
oversees	Order of Evangelists (Community of Christ) ⓘ
participatesIn	Council of Twelve Apostles consultations ⓘ linked to: Council of Twelve Apostles First Presidency consultations ⓘ World Conference (Community of Christ) ⓘ linked to: World Conference of the Community of Christ
partOf	World Church Leadership Team (Community of Christ) ⓘ linked to: world church leadership of Community of Christ
primaryResponsibility	blessing ministry ⓘ guiding evangelist ministry worldwide ⓘ pastoral care ⓘ
religiousDenomination	Community of Christ ⓘ
reportsTo	First Presidency (Community of Christ) ⓘ linked to: First Presidency
requires	call affirmed by the church ⓘ sustaining by the World Conference ⓘ
roleInChurch	leading spiritual minister of Community of Christ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council of Twelve Apostles (Community of Christ) → worksWith → Presiding Evangelist (Community of Christ) ⓘ

subject linked to: Council of Twelve Apostles

Elbert A. Smith → positionHeld → Presiding Patriarch of the Community of Christ ⓘ

linked to: Presiding Evangelist (Community of Christ)

World Church officers → includesOffice → Presiding Evangelist of the Community of Christ ⓘ