Editing Community of Christ (section)

===Concept of Zion===
The concept of [[Zion (Latter Day Saints)|Zion]] in the Community of Christ relates to a theology of the "kingdom of God". As a doctrine, it is therefore closely founded upon the kingdom parables of Jesus as recorded in the four gospels. Based on references in the Bible to Mt. Zion or simply Zion, it was initially regarded as a city, sometimes called the [[New Jerusalem]]. Prior to 1920, most members of the RLDS Church identified Independence, Missouri, as Zion or the New Jerusalem. As New Testament understandings of [[Kingdom of God|basileia]], as the realm or the domain of God, have gradually taken root among members of the denomination, Zion is now understood more as a cause, as a way of living or as a state of existence, and is usually not regarded as having its foundation in a specific place. Officially, the denomination states that "[t]he 'cause of Zion' expresses our commitment to pursuing God's kingdom through the establishment of Christ-centered communities in families, congregations, neighborhoods, cities, and throughout the world."<ref name="coc_beliefs"/> While the Concept of Zion is rarely associated with the [[Jews|Jewish]] concept of [[Zionism]], some members of the RLDS Church from [[Maine]], intrigued by the doctrine of Zion, established a refugee center near [[Tel Aviv]] during the initial return of the [[Jewish diaspora]] to [[Israel]] in the early 1900s.