The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) with over a million converts in the U.S. and the world, is the sole modern-day Christian religion that does not believe in the 'brotherhood of man.' Negroes are not accepted as members of the religion and the church teaches that Negroes can never hope to achieve the Melchizedek Order, the highest ranking in the religion's self-styled heaven. To be eligible for the order, a person must be accepted for the faith's priesthood. Negroes are denied this right. Mormons are inculcated with the idea that Negroes are inferior to other races and creeds and on the same plane as animals. Only forty Negroes, all descendants of an early Mormon pioneer, are now full-fledged members of the Mormon Church adhering to the rigid patterns. Over four hundred race converts have left the ranks of the Mormons after finding prejudice rampant.