The correct answer is D. The founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was Joseph Smith. The LSD Church (or the Mormon Church) is a Christian restorationist church that is considered by its followers to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. It was initially organized by Joseph Smith in 1830 in western New York. Initial converts were drawn to the church in part because of the newly published Book of Mormon, a self-described chronicle of indigenous American prophets that Smith said he had translated from golden plates.