User:EGDJ/Indian Ministries Council of the Americas

The Indian Ministries Council of the Americas (IMCA) is a social outreach organization established to assist and promote Native American well-being and spirituality. The organization is closely interrelated with Latter-day Saint Restoration Branches and the mainline Community of Christ church, and both those organizations' historic affiliation with Mormon views regarding ancient and modern Native American history and beliefs. The organization is headquartered in Grain Valley, Missouri, part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area which has been "sacred" in Mormonism since late 1830, when Latter-day Saint evangelists arrived in the region to promote belief in a "Latter-day" Zion and "Temple" and "New Jerusalem" in which Native Americans and Native American spirituality were expected to play a prominent role. The IMCA is not to be confused with the CAIM "Council for American Indian Ministry" which is likewise a Christian social outreach program, but affiliated with the United Church of Christ founded in 1957, not the Latter-day Saint Movement founded in 1829.