“The First Church Which Was Established Among Them After Their Transgression”
in the days of King Mosiah I, as a fulfillment of repeated warning and prophecy (see Jacob 3:4), a righteous remnant left the land of Nephi because of the wickedness of the people, being led northward to the land of Zarahemla. Later, after many of the Nephites had returned to the land of Nephi and subsequently had escaped the perverse jurisdiction of wicked King Noah, Alma established a church in the wilderness. (See Omni 1:12-13; Mosiah 18:1-34.)
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