Kate Kelly's Mormon Revelation

Ongoing and open revelation sets the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apart from many other religious traditions. Mormons believe there is a living prophet of God on Earth and that he has the power and authority to receive new doctrine directly from the Lord. Despite its infrequent implementation, the ninth article of faith is one of the most important tenets of Mormon doctrine: “We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.” Open revelation is at the heart of the recent excommunication of Mormon feminist Kate Kelly.

Kelly founded the group Ordain Women in 2013 and quickly became the face of a new feminist uprising in the church. Ordain Women asks church leaders to inquire of the Lord’s will with respect to women’s ordination. Its mission statement states, “We sincerely ask our leaders to take this matter to the Lord in prayer.” Kelly asks the prophet and his advisers to seek such a revelation—never claiming authority to receive revelation herself nor demanding the right to ordination. 

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