Messenger (magazine)
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'''Messenger''' was a [[Mormon fundamentalist]] publication, originally printed in [[Birmingham, England]] starting in [[1991]], and was in print until [[2006]]. It went under the original title of "Truth Seeker" magazine,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/91617.stm BBC News: ''No stopping Mormons' millennium momentum''], 19 June, 1998</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20020415031746/mormons.org.uk/editor.htm Messenger: ''About the On-Line Editor''], archived at Internet Archive, [[April 15]], [[2002]]</ref><ref>[http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_Practices/Christianity/News_and_Media/Magazines/?o=a Yahoo! Directory: Christian Magazines]</ref> until it was found that there was an existing periodical that shared that name.
Although originally printed quarterly, it was printed bi-monthly when it moved to an American-produced edition in [[2003]].
It was edited by a former [[Bishop (Latter Day Saints)|bishop]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], along with a member who worked for [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. It is unique in being the only such Mormon fundamentalist magazine printed outside of the [[United States of America]], and probably the only one edited and authored by active LDS Church members (although subsequently excommunicated for their beliefs).Their involvement in the magazine was possibly one of the factors that led to their [[excommunication]] from the LDS Church.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
It was perhaps the first Mormon publication on [[the Web]],{{Fact|date=June 2007}} having first appeared online in [[1994]].<ref>The earliest archived version is from 1998 - [http://web.archive.org/web/19980508151153/http://troubador.com/~mahonri/ts/]</ref> However, [[Orson Scott Card]]'s ''Vigor'' [[ezine]] was available in [[plain text]] on [[Compuserve]] before this.
This magazine was not, nor did it claim to be, an official publication of the LDS Church.
==See also==
* [[List of Latter Day Saint periodicals]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://messenger.mormonfundamentalism.org/ Messenger ''of the Fullness of the Gospel'']
* [http://mormonmessenger.org/ Messenger ''magazine'' - another version of the same publication]
* [http://truthsoughtandfound.wordpress.com Truth Sought and Found - articles from Truth Seeker magazine]
* Internet Archived old sites: [http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.mormons.org.uk/ mormons.org.uk], [http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.gnat.org.uk/lds gnat.org.uk], [http://web.archive.org/web/*/website.lineone.net/%7Emahonri/ lineone.net], [http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.troubador.com/%7Emahonri/ts/ troubador.com] (1998-1999)
[[Category:Defunct magazines of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Mormon fundamentalism]]
[[Category:Latter Day Saint periodicals]]
[[Category:Christian magazines]]
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