Charles Frederick Zitting (March 30, 1894[2] – July 14, 1954) was a Mormon fundamentalist leader of the community in Short Creek, Arizona.

[3] Zitting began his rise in the leadership of the Mormon fundamentalist Short Creek Community when he was arrested on April 1, 1931 on charges of polygamy and bailed out by Lorin C. Woolley, J. Leslie Broadbent, and Joseph W. Musser the next day.

After the three paid his bail, Zitting was asked to join the Council of Friends and was ordained to that position months later.

The group near Salt Lake City would later become known as the Apostolic United Brethren, while those remaining in the Short Creek Community would later become the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints under Leroy S. Johnson.

[5] Zitting served as the senior member of the Council of Friends for four months until his death.