Most Mormons have little understanding of the structure and governance of the LDS legal entity that receives and allocates tithing funds. In this paper, I help answer the question of “What is ‘The Church’ anyway?” by: 1. Detailing the corporate history of The Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and The Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2. Illustrating the mechanism of prophetic/corporate succession 3. Cautioning against an interpretation of religious freedom that values corporations over God’s Children

Brad Carmack, Krys Corbett