Wilford Woodruff: A Search for the Truth dramatizes the story of Wilford Woodruff’s search for Christ’s true church amid the religious confusion of the 1830s. Troubled by the apostasy that followed the deaths of the apostles and the many conflicting doctrines of his day, Woodruff seeks a church with the same organization, authority, and spiritual gifts as the Church established by Jesus Christ. The film follows his friend’s earlier vision of a fruitless orchard—a prophecy that the true Church would be restored in the next generation—and traces Woodruff’s journey to the Latter-day Saint elders, culminating in his baptism and conviction that the kingdom of God had been restored to the earth through the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Wilford Woodruff’s search for the true Church explains the Apostasy and need for the Restoration. It emphasizes four essential elements of the true Church that were lost because of the Great Apostasy.
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Details
Approx. 15 minutes long.
Associated Locations:
- Richland, New York – Location of baptism of Wilford Woodruff and his brother Azmon
- Farmington, Connecticut – Birthplace
Associated Dates:
- December 31, 1833 – Wilford Woodruff and his brother Azmon are baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- March 1, 1807 – Born
