Centennial Park group

The Centennial Park group was profiled on the ABC television program Primetime in a story entitled "The Outsiders", and also on The Oprah Winfrey Network's Our America with Lisa Ling.

Members of the Centennial Park group see their history as going back to Joseph Smith and to the beliefs he espoused and practices he established.

[5] Then, on 11 July 1983, Guy Musser died, leaving the council evenly split between those who believed in the one man doctrine and those who did not.

"[7] Then Johnson dismissed Hammon and Timpson as members of the Priesthood Council and attempts were made to evict residents siding with Hammon and Timpson from their properties owned by the United Effort Plan, which was once a subsidiary organization of the FLDS Church that owns most of the property in Hildale and Colorado City.

[5] On 13 May 1984, the portion of Johnson's followers who were dismissed or left on their own held their first Priesthood Meeting just outside town.

It broke with the Centennial Park group after Hammon died in 1988, leaving Alma Timpson as the presiding priesthood leader.

[8] The Centennial Park group is led by a Priesthood Council and teaches the doctrine of plural marriage.

The exception to this practice is demonstrated on Polygamy, USA when a young woman in the community requests that the men of the church take over this task, having already prayed for divine inspiration for two years without discovering the identity of her intended spouse.