the church of jesus christ restored

While Jesus Christ was mortal, He set up a Church. It was named The Church of Jesus Christ because His church should be named after Him. He ordained prophets and apostles to administer the Church after His death. One of the major concerns of the leaders was corruption of the ordinances and doctrines as set up by Christ. The Church quickly became corrupt and the priesthood, the authority to act for God, was withdrawn and the true church established by Jesus Christ was discontinued. In the early 1800's, Joseph 

Smith was captured by the religious revitalization of the period. He was unable to determine from the preaching of the era which church had the true doctrines of Jesus Christ. He prayed to know and was visited by our Heavenly Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ. He was told to join no church because they had all become corrupt. In coming years, he was schooled in the true church and under the direction of Jesus Christ established His church. The priesthood was restored, which enabled the ordinances, such as baptism, to be valid in this life and in the life to come. He was called upon to translate an ancient scripture from New World prophets, which we know of as The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. The doctrines of salvation were restored, and its fullness was restored. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the modern version of the church established by Jesus during His mortal ministry.