In the
Latter Day Saint movement, the
United Order (also called the
United Order of Enoch) was one of several 19th-century church
collectivist programs. Early versions of the Order beginning in 1831 attempted to implement the
Law of Consecration, a form of
Christian communalism, modeled after the
New Testament church which had "all things in common". These early versions ended after a few years. Later versions within
Mormonism, primarily in the
Utah Territory, implemented less-ambitious
cooperative programs, many of which were very successful. The Order's full name invoked the
city of Enoch, described in
Latter Day Saint scripture as having such a virtuous and pure-hearted people that God had
taken it to heaven. The United Order established
egalitarian communities designed to achieve income equality, eliminate poverty, and increase group self-sufficiency. The movement had much in common with other communalist utopian societies formed in the United States and Europe during the
Second Great Awakening which sought to govern aspects of people's lives through precepts of faith and community organization. However, the Latter Day Saint United Order was more family and property oriented than the utopian experiments at
Brook Farm and the
Oneida Community.