Paul Elden Kingston

Paul Elden Kingston
Born	1959 (age 52–53) United States
Occupation	Religious leader

Paul Elden Kingston (born 1959) has been the leader of the Mormon fundamentalist Latter Day Church of Christ and the Davis County Cooperative Society in the USA since 1987.

Kingston succeeded his father John Ortell Kingston as the leader of the Kingston Clan on his father's death in 1987. During his tenure Kingston has followed his father's practice of plural, child, and intra-family marriage.^[1]^[2]

In 2006 it was estimated that Paul Kingston had up to 40 wives (including two half-sisters of his^[3]), some of whom have up to sixteen children.^[4]

References

^ Michael Janofsky, "Young Brides Stir New Outcry on Utah Polygamy, New York Times, 27 February 2003, Late Edition - Final Section A, page 1, column 2.
^ Greg Burton, "When Incest Becomes a Religious Tenet", Salt Lake Tribune, 25 April 1999
^ Brooke Adams, "Utah authorities aim incest investigation at Kingston family", Salt Lake Tribune, 23 October 2006
^ Kathleen Tracy, The Secret Story of Polygamy, 96.

Preceded by: John Ortell Kingston	Leader of The Latter Day Church of Christ 1987 -	Followed by: incumbent

Leaders in the Mormon fundamentalist movement

Recognized Mormon leaders¹	Joseph Smith, Jr. • Brigham Young • John Taylor

Disputed Mormon leaders²	Wilford Woodruff • Lorenzo Snow • Joseph F. Smith

Early Mormon fundamentalist leaders	John W. Woolley • Lorin C. Woolley • J. Leslie Broadbent • John Y. Barlow • Joseph White Musser • Charles Zitting

Leaders of the AUB	Rulon C. Allred • Owen A. Allred • J. LaMoine Jenson

Leaders of the FLDS Church	Leroy S. Johnson • Rulon Jeffs • Warren Jeffs • William E. Jessop (appointed successor) • Merril Jessop (de facto leader)

Leaders of the Latter Day Church of Christ	Elden Kingston • John Ortell Kingston • Paul Elden Kingston

Independents and other leaders	Joel LeBaron • Ervil LeBaron • Alex Joseph • Tom Green • James D. Harmston • John W. Bryant

Notes	1. Mormon leaders prior to the start of the fundamentalist movement and recognized by most fundamentalists as legitimate church leaders. 2. Mormon leaders that made changes to church policies on plural marriage; recognition of legitimacy of leadership varies by fundamentalist group.

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Name	Kingston, Paul Elden
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Date of birth	1959
Place of birth	United States
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