Joseph LaMoine Jenson has been the leader of the Apostolic United Brethren

Apostolic United Brethren

The Apostolic United Brethren is a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist church within the Latter Day Saint movement. The sect is not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

, a Mormon fundamentalist polygamist

Polygamy

Polygamy is a marriage which includes more than two partners...

 group, since 2005.

Prior to assuming leadership of the Bluffdale

Bluffdale, Utah

Bluffdale is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, USA. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,700 according to the 2000 census...

, Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

 church, Jenson had been a member of the AUB's Priesthood Council for 36 years. Prior to the death of AUB leader Owen A. Allred

Owen A. Allred

Owen Arthur Allred was the leader of the Apostolic United Brethren, a Mormon fundamentalist polygamist group centered in Bluffdale, Utah. He came to this position following the murder of his brother Rulon Allred on orders of rival polygamist leader Ervil LeBaron, in 1977. Allred was born in...

, Jenson was appointed by Allred as the Second Elder

Assistant President of the Church

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of the church and Allred's successor-designate.