When Sidney Rigdon joined the fledgling Church of Christ he held a two-hour sermon explaining to his congregation why he was making the commitment.

[5] In August 1831, Billings was commanded to sell the Morley Family farm and holdings in preparation to move to Independence, Missouri.

[7] While en route to Jackson County, Missouri, he met with Joseph Smith on the Charleston, a steam packet in Louisville, Kentucky.

[8] While in Missouri, Billings participated in the United Order covenant which was made with Edward Partridge, the first bishop of the Church.

In March, upon the temple’s completion, Diantha sang at the dedication services and Titus became a member of the School of the Prophets.

The Billings family moved back to Missouri in 1837, and Titus was sustained as Second Counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge at the General Conference of the church in Far West[10] on August 1, 1837.

[12] In September 1846, Isaac Morley's cooper shop was burned and the Billings family and all of the residents of Morleytown moved to Nauvoo.

However, due to mob pressure, their stay was short-lived, and after the death of Joseph Smith the Billings family and the Saints moved out of Nauvoo.

[14] After Ute leader Walkara invited church president Brigham Young to send colonists to the Sanpitch (now Sanpete) Valley in central Utah, Young dispatched Isaac Morley and other settlers, including the Titus Billings family, to what is now the town of Manti, Utah.

Upon completion of the survey, the settlers left their temporary shelters at Temple Hill and moved to their city lots.

Titus Billings purchased a young native girl and gave her to Diantha to raise as a daughter.

After a few years the pioneers were able to convince the tribes that the Great Spirit was displeased with them for their cruelty to prisoners, and the practice gradually died out.