The Church of Christ was a schismatic sect from the Latter Day Saint movement that was founded in 1848 by James C. Brewster and Hazen Aldrich.
Two principles of the movement were to (1) accept David Whitmer as leader, and (2) declare Kirtland as the proper center of the church.
The church published a periodical known as the Olive Branch, which often contained revelations that Brewster had obtained.
Notable adherents included John E. Page, one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve.
In 1850, Brewster declared that there was a land called "Bashan" in the Rio Grande Valley that God had selected as the new gathering place for the church.