Ivan Erle Whiting, Sr. (January 2, 1876 – August 15, 1958) was the fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite), a branch of the Latter Day Saint movement.

His father, Isaac Whiting, served as the third president of the Cutlerite church, and he married Blanche Gertrude Cruzan in Clitherall on 19 October 1910.

"[2] While the Minnesota congregation were primarily "members of a rural society, engaged in agrarian pursuits,"[2] the Missourians lived and worked "in an urban community.

"[2] Matters came to a head in April 1955, when Erle was elected by the Independence congregation (which held the majority of Cutlerites) to succeed Emory Fletcher.

In 1966 a Minnesota court ruled that the Missouri group was the legitimate Cutlerite church, and was entitled to exclusive control over all properties and records, including the Clitherall meetinghouse.