President of the Community of Christ

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denominational presidency ecclesiastical office religious leadership office

The President of the Community of Christ is the spiritual and administrative leader of the Community of Christ denomination and serves as the head of its First Presidency.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
President of the Community of Christ canonical	4
President of the Church	2
President of the Church (Community of Christ)	1
President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints	1
Prophet-President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9310263 — 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: President of the Community of Christ
Context triple: [First Presidency (Community of Christ), headedBy, President of the 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 executive leadership council of the Community of Christ, responsible for providing spiritual direction and administrative oversight for the denomination.
D. 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.
E. Presiding Evangelist (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.
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: President of the Community of Christ
Target entity description: The President of the Community of Christ is the spiritual and administrative leader of the Community of Christ denomination and serves as the head of its First Presidency.

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 executive leadership council of the Community of Christ, responsible for providing spiritual direction and administrative oversight for the denomination.
D. 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.
E. Presiding Evangelist (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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	denominational presidency ⓘ ecclesiastical office ⓘ religious leadership office ⓘ
appointedBy	World Conference of the Community of Christ ⓘ
canIssue	Doctrine and Covenants sections (Community of Christ) ⓘ linked to: Doctrine and Covenants
confirmedBy	World Conference of the Community of Christ ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
currentHolder	Stephen M. Veazey ⓘ
currentHolderStart	2005 ⓘ
firstHolder	Joseph Smith III ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Council of Twelve Apostles (Community of Christ) ⓘ Presiding Bishopric of the Community of Christ ⓘ linked to: Presiding Bishopric Standing High Council of the Community of Christ ⓘ World Church Leadership Council ⓘ
hasComponent	Counselors in the First Presidency ⓘ linked to: Counselors in the First Presidency (Community of Christ)
headOf	First Presidency of the Community of Christ ⓘ linked to: First Presidency
inception	1860 ⓘ
isHeadOfBody	First Presidency of the Community of Christ ⓘ linked to: First Presidency
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
leaderOf	Community of Christ ⓘ
meetsWith	World Church Leadership Council ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	President of the Church ⓘ linked to: President of the Community of Christ President of the Community of Christ ⓘ Prophet–President ⓘ
officeIn	World Church ⓘ
officeType	full-time ⓘ
officialCenter	Auditorium (Community of Christ) ⓘ linked to: Community of Christ Auditorium Community of Christ Temple ⓘ
oversees	global ministries of the Community of Christ ⓘ mission centers of the Community of Christ ⓘ
partOf	Community of Christ ⓘ
precededBy	President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Joseph Smith Jr.) ⓘ linked to: President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousDenomination	Community of Christ ⓘ
religiousTradition	Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ linked to: Latter Day Saint Restorationist Christianity ⓘ
residence	Independence, Missouri ⓘ
responsibleFor	administrative leadership of the Community of Christ ⓘ doctrinal guidance of the Community of Christ ⓘ issuing inspired counsel to the church ⓘ mission and vision of the Community of Christ ⓘ pastoral guidance of the Community of Christ ⓘ presiding over the First Presidency ⓘ presiding over the World Conference ⓘ spiritual leadership of the Community of Christ ⓘ
seat	Independence, Missouri ⓘ
style	Brother ⓘ President of the Church ⓘ Prophet–President ⓘ
successionType	non-hereditary ⓘ
termLength	indefinite ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

First Presidency (Community of Christ) → headedBy → President of the Community of Christ ⓘ

subject linked to: First Presidency

First Presidency (Community of Christ) → composition → President of the Community of Christ ⓘ

subject linked to: First Presidency

First Presidency (Community of Christ) → relatedOffice → President of the Community of Christ ⓘ

subject linked to: First Presidency

World Conference (Community of Christ) → sustains → President of the Church ⓘ

subject linked to: World Conference