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The Seventh-day Adventist Church is as of 2016 "one of the fastest-growing and most widespread churches worldwide", [7] with a worldwide baptized membership of over 22 million people. As of May 2007 [update] , it was the twelfth-largest Protestant religious body in the world and the sixth-largest highly international religious body.
Seventh-day Adventists believe that the seventh day of the week, Saturday, is the biblical Sabbath which God set "apart for the lofty purpose of enriching the divine-human relationship". [53] The Sabbath is a recurring message in the Bible, mentioned in the Creation account, at Sinai, in the ministry of Jesus Christ and in the ministries of the ...
Seventh-day Adventists believe that "the great principles of God's law are embodied in the Ten Commandments", and that these are "binding upon all people in every age" (Fundamental Belief no. 19). While the ceremonial and sacrificial laws of the Old Testament were fulfilled by the death of Jesus Christ, the 10 commandments are held to remain in ...
The 28 fundamental beliefs are the core beliefs of Seventh-day Adventist theology. Adventists are opposed to the formulation of creeds , so the 28 fundamental beliefs are considered descriptors , not prescriptors ; that is, that they describe the official position of the church but are not criteria for membership.
Adventists have taught that a persecuting "Sunday law" will be enacted at some stage in the future, as part of the final events of earth's history before Jesus returns, as stated in significant publications such as Questions on Doctrine (1957), [88] Seventh-day Adventists Believe… (1988), [89] and Ellen White's classic The Great Controversy. [90]
Interpretations of the law in the Bible within the Seventh-day Adventist Church form a part of the broader debate regarding biblical law in Christianity.Adventists believe in a greater continuation of laws such as the law given to Moses in the present day than do most other Christians.
The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists (Davidians) or the Shepherd's Rod is an American offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, headquartered at the Mount Carmel Center near Waco, Texas. It was founded in 1929 by Victor Houteff, its President and Prophet. [61]
Seventh-day Adventists and some smaller Adventist groups observe the seventh day Sabbath. The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists has compiled that church's core beliefs in the 28 Fundamental Beliefs (1980 and 2005). In 2010, Adventism claimed to have some 22 million believers who were scattered in various independent churches. [3]