The Auditorium is a house of worship and office building located on the greater Temple Lot in Independence, Missouri. The Auditorium is part of the headquarters complex of the Community of Christ which also includes the Independence temple. The Temple Lot is a two acre (8,000 m²) grassy field next to the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) in the center of Independence, Missouri. ... Independence is a city located in Missouri, in the Kansas City metropolitan area. ... Community of Christ Temple in Independence, Missouri, USA. Dedicated 1994 The Community of Christ, previously known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or RLDS church is a branch of Mormon Restorationism, and is the second largest denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement. ... Community of Christ Temple in Independence, Missouri, USA. Dedicated 1994 The Independence Temple is a house of worship and education dedicated to the pursuit of peace, reconciliation, and healing of the spirit. It dominates the skyline of Independence, Missouri, USA, headquarters of the Community of Christ. ...

Construction of the Auditorium was a massive undertaking, illustrating the vision of church Prophet/President Frederick M. Smith who provided the building's inspiration. Groundbreaking began in 1926 and the building was only completed in 1962. Construction was virtually halted during the Great Depression when the church struggled under a massive debt. Frederick Madison Smith (January 21, 1874 - March 20, 1946) was an American religious leader and author, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (renamed in 2001 the Community of Christ) from 1915 until his death. ... --209. ...

World Conferences of the church are held here every two years in the World Conference Chamber, a large hall which seats nearly 6,000. The World Conference Chamber is 214' x 168' and it is 92' from the floor to the height of the dome's interior. The exterior of the dome is 114' above street level. The Auditorium houses a massive Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ with 113 ranks and 6,334 pipes. It includes an antiphonal console and pipes in the rear balcony of the oval chamber. It is listed as one of the larger pipe organs in the world at TheatreOrgans.com (http://www.theatreorgans.com/laird/top.pipe.organs.html). This article or section should be merged with Organ (music) The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal. ... This article is about the musical term. ...

In addition to its use by the church, the Auditorium is made available for high school graduations and cultural events in the Independence and Kansas City, Missouri area. Numerous dignitaries have spoken in the Auditorium — from Independence native Harry S. Truman who spoke here during his presidency down through a recent address from Secretary of State Colin Powell. Kansas City is a city in Jackson county in Missouri. ... For the victim of Mt. ... Colin Luther Powell (pronounced koh lihn, born April 5, 1937) was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving from January 20, 2001 to January 26, 2005 under President George W. Bush. ...

The building street address is: 1001 W. Walnut, Independence, MO 64050 USA

Reference

• Roger Yarrington, The Auditorium: World Headquarters Building of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Herald House, 1962.

External links

• Auditorium pipe organ (http://www.cofchrist.org/worship/organ.asp)