Origin: One of 6 brances that stemmed from Adventism. Originated in the U.S.
Prime Philosophy: Lutheranism, Calvinism
Founder: William Miller is the founder of Adventism. Ellen G. White is the founder of Seventh-day Adventism.
Founding Date: 1831 for Adventism. Seventh-day Adventism broke away from Adventism in 1845.
Church Structure: congregationalism, doctrines set by a General Conference
Mission: The remnant of the church proper is called to announce the arrival of the judgement hour, proclaim salvation through Christ, herald the approach of his second advent.

God: Trinitarian Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Sacraments: Baptism, Communion
Salvation: Saved by Faith alone, Assurance of Salvation
Scriptures: 66 books, supernaturally inspired
Dogmatic Origins: Sola Scriptura,
Church: A community of believers who confess Jesus as Lord and Savior. The church is called to join together for worship, fellowship, instruction, service, proclamation of the gospel, and celebration of the Lord’s Supper. The church is the body of Christ.

Creation: Man was created according to the Genesis account.
Man’s State: Fallen state due to original sin
Sin: believes humanity is involved in the Great Controversy between Christ and Satan regarding the character of God, his law, and his Sovereignty and originated in Satan’s Fall and Man’s Fall. Christ atones for sin and serves as a substitute for sin.
Redemption and Salvation: redemption is a free gift available to all
Justification: comes when a person is led by the Holy Spirit to sense a need for God, acknowledge one’s sinfulness, repent of transgressions and exercise faith in Jesus as Substitute and Example.
Repentance: a necessary part of justification

Baptism: symbolic ordinance that follows instruction in Scriptures and acceptance of their teachings.
Communion: symbolic expression of faith. Christ is present to meet and strengthen his people. Self-examination, repentance and confession proceed it.

• Adventists generally believe in the near coming of Christ and have unsuccessfully tried to predict the apocalypse and Rapture. William Miller predicted the end of the world in October 1843. After the predicted apocalypse failed to materialize Miller decided the apocalypse would really happen in spring 1844. Again, he was wrong and apologized to his followers for his miscalculation. He then predicted the end of the world in fall of 1844. After failing to predict the apocalypse yet again, he admitted he was wrong. Ellen G. White, claiming she had taken into heaven to receive a divine message formed Seventh day Adventism in the wake of Miller’s Adventism.
• Mrs. Ellen G. White believed herself to be a prophetess. She claimed to have been taken into heaven and received the message that Christianity had been incorrectly observing the Sabbath on Sunday rather then Saturday.
• A prime belief of Seventh-day Adventists is that the Sabbath should be celebrated on Saturday rather than Sunday. Because most Christians celebrate the Sabbath on Sunday, some Seventh day Adventists believe themselves to be the last true remnant of Christianity.
• Seventh day Adventists are generally hostile to Catholicism and some believe the pope to be the anti-Christ.
• They believe that the dead remain unconscious until Judgement. During the final Judgement the wicked will be destroyed.
• They believe that the prophetic gift is still communicated; especially in Mrs. Ellen White who is often considered to be a prophetess.
• They believe in two resurrections: one for the righteous at the Rapture and one a thousand years later for the unrighteous during the final Judgement.