Former church historian Richard P. Howard commented that this period resulted in some "disaffection" and "led to intense conflict in scattered areas of the RLDS Church".See also William D. Russell, “The Fundamentalist Schism, 1958–present),” in Let Contention Cease, ed. Roger D. Launius and W.B. "Pat" Spillman (Independence, Missouri: Graceland / Park Press, 1991), 125-151; Roger D. Launius, "The Reorganized Church, the Decade of Decision, and the Abilene Paradox," "", vol. 31, no. 1 (1998): 47–65.</ref> This resulted in a schism which led to the formation of the Restoration Branches movement and other churches such as the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the Church of the Lamb of God.