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On 6 October 1996, in an action taken during the Annual Council of the Adventist Church, AIIAS became an institution of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. It is one of four General Conference institutions; the other three include the Adventist University of Africa, Andrews University, and Loma Linda University. [12]
The Review and Herald Publishing Association was the older of two Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America. The organization published books, magazines, study guides, CDs, videos and games for Adventist churches, schools and individual subscribers. It also printed and distributed the Adventist Review magazine. In 2014 the Review ...
Georgia-Cumberland Academy (GCA) is a Seventh-day Adventist private high-school operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Georgia and Tennessee located in Calhoun, Georgia, United States. [8] GCA offers an Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools high school diploma program. [ 8 ]
The North American Division (NAD) of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which oversees the Church's work in the United States, Canada, French possessions of St. Pierre and Miquelon, the British overseas territory of Bermuda, the US territories in the Pacific of Guam, Wake Island, Northern Mariana Islands, and three states in free ...
When founded, Shenandoah Valley Academy was the seventh Seventh-day Adventist academy in the United States to offer high-school level classes. [13] SVA did not operate in 1913-1914 because of extreme financial difficulties.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is the largest of several Adventist groups which arose from the Millerite movement of the 1840s in upstate New York, [17] a phase of the Second Great Awakening. [18] William Miller predicted on the basis of Daniel 8:14–16 [ 19 ] and the " day-year principle " that Jesus Christ would return to Earth between the ...
The seventh-day Sabbatarians observe and re-establish the Bible's Sabbath commandment, including observances running from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset, similar to Jews and the early Christians. [1]
Sabbath School is a function of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, [1] Seventh Day Baptist, [2] Church of God (Seventh-Day), [3] some other sabbatarian denominations, usually comprising a song service and Bible study lesson on the Sabbath. It is usually held before the church service on Saturday morning, but this may vary.