How Does One Become a Seventh-day Adventist?

Does the Adventist Church Have Youth Ministry Programs?The Seventh-day Adventist Church has been organizing and operating youth ministry programs since 1879. In our opinion, youth ministry is one of the most important ministries a church can have. Being a tween or a...

The Seventh-day Adventist Church puts a huge emphasis on sharing the gospel through evangelism, or sharing the gospel through preaching, teaching, and testimony. One of the ways we accomplish this is by organizing public events called evangelistic meetings.

What Do Adventists Offer for Young Adults?In recent years, the age group often classified as “young adults” has been trickier to engage. It’s been a significant concern for Christian churches around the world. Though interestingly enough, similar observations...

Seventh-day Adventists believe in paying tithe and offerings based on the biblical command and our commitment to being wise stewards of God’s resources. These donations help fund the mission of the Adventist Church by supporting pastors, missionaries, church expenses, and evangelistic projects, among other things.

The Leadership Structure of the Seventh-day Adventist ChurchThe Seventh-day Adventist Church has a representative form of structure that connects its 90,000-plus congregations across the globe and gives its members a part in decision-making. Though the Church was...

Did you know that the Seventh-day Adventist Church has more churches around the world than all the Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, and Subway restaurants combined?

Sabbath School is the Bible study component of the church program at most Seventh-day Adventist Churches. It’s a time of Bible study on a specific topic or lesson. Instead of listening to a preacher, people interact with one another, making it a great opportunity for building friendships.

Friday rolls around, and you’re spending time with your friends or relatives when they mention they’re going to vespers this evening.

Adventists talk a lot about health principles and disease prevention. But how do we handle sickness and medical needs when they inevitably come along?

Of course not. Membership in the Seventh-day Adventist Church has never included any dietary requirements.

For Christians, dedication ceremonies for babies are a special and memorable time for parents and the church. They often happen during a congregation’s main worship service when parents present their child before God and the church community, similar to how families did in the Bible.

If you’re attending an Adventist church for the first time, you may wonder what it’s really like. While each Adventist church is unique in its collective personality and local culture, Adventist church services are generally similar to most other Protestant Christian church services.

For Seventh-day Adventists, sharing a Sabbath meal with friends and family is one of the most special and memorable parts of the Sabbath.

Adventists see religious liberty as an essential human right. After all, God endowed humanity with freedom of choice from the very beginning. So we believe it’s best for governments to also support their citizens’ rights to worship based on their convictions.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church uses a variety of methods to spread the hope of the gospel to the world. One of these ways is through colporteuring, also called “canvassing” or “literature evangelism.”

Adventist academies are high schools (grades 9-12) that are owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church—“Adventists” for short—is a Christian denomination of ordinary people who seek to follow Jesus and live out His mission in this world. Established in 1863, we hold to the Protestant principle of sola scriptura, which means the Bible guides everything we do.

In many parts of the world, Seventh-day Adventists celebrate Christmas as a way to remember the birth of Christ. In certain parts of Africa, though, Christmas is much more low-key for Adventists, having less to do with religion and more to do with family time.

Sola scriptura is a term that originated during the Protestant Reformation. It represents the way many Christians view the Bible and its authority.

Present truth is the principle that certain biblical truths are relevant to God’s people at specific times in history. God sends the Holy Spirit to reveal truths that help us better understand how to interpret and apply His Word in a present moment.

The Bible teaches that modesty, a form of humility and respect, is a valuable quality in everyone—men, women and children. It has to do with how we present ourselves, which should exemplify our inner relationship with God.

On the last Sabbath of every quarter, Adventist churches participate in the 13th Sabbath offering—a special offering that goes to mission fields around the world.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s mission from the beginning has been to share God’s truth in the Bible. And as times have changed, we’ve explored new ways of doing this—one of those being movies.

Every so often, usually on a schedule ranging from once a week to once a month to once a quarter, an Adventist church will have “fellowship dinners,” often casually referred to as potlucks.