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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Critic of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Jeremy T. Runnells is a critic of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and author of the CES Letter.[1][2]

Early life

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Runnells grew up as a sixth-generation member of the LDS Church with pioneer ancestry,[3] which traces back to Nauvoo, Illinois.[4]

Runnells was born in Whittier, California and grew up in various cities across Southern California. He was diagnosed with mild hearing loss at age 3 or 4. He wore hearing aids over the course of his youth. In the same timeframe as his diagnosis, his parents divorced. He served an LDS Church mission in New York City to teach the deaf in American Sign Language (ASL). He knew some ASL before his mission but learned the language properly during his mission. His hearing loss gradually progressed from mild to severe over the course of 20 years. He got a left cochlear implant when he returned from his mission, and a right one seven years later. After his mission, Runnells attended and graduated from church-owned Brigham Young University with a major in marketing. He met his wife in his junior year, and they were married in the San Diego California Temple.[4]

CES Letter

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In 2012, he began to experience doubts over his faith in the LDS Church. An institute director in the Church Educational System asked him to write his concerns. In response, Runnells sent an 84-page letter with his concerns.[5]

References

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1. ^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher (March 11, 2016). "In this new era of doubt, will a stronger Mormon faith emerge?". The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on Jan 21, 2018.
2. ^ Ash, Michael R. (2015). Bamboozled by the 'CES Letter'. Self-Published.
3. ^ Van Valkenburg, Nancy (April 18, 2016). "Author Jeremy Runnells Resigns From LDS Church At Excommunication Hearing In American Fork". Gephardt Daily.
4. ^ a b Runnells, Jeremy (June 18, 2014). "Jeremy Runnells and His Letter to a CES Director". Mormon Stories Podcast (Interview). Interviewed by John Dehlin.
5. ^ Poulson, Kevin (Feb 10, 2019). "Inside the Secret Facebook War For Mormon Hearts and Minds". The Daily Beast.

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