Seventh-day Adventist Church

A Protestant Christian denomination that observes Saturday as the Sabbath and emphasizes the imminent return of Jesus Christ. Its teachings also stress biblical authority, health, and preparation for Christ’s return.

Sabbath in Christianity: The Christian practice of setting apart a regular day for rest and worship, rooted in the biblical Sabbath. Adventists observe the seventh day, Saturday, as the Sabbath.
Second Great Awakening: A wave of Protestant religious revivals in the United States during the early nineteenth century. Its revival culture helped create the setting for Adventist origins.
Sabbath school: A weekly Bible-study program commonly held in Seventh-day Adventist congregations on Saturday. It is a central congregational practice on the Adventist Sabbath.
Sunday Sabbatarianism: The Christian practice of treating Sunday as a Sabbath day of rest and worship. It contrasts with the denomination’s observance of Saturday as the seventh-day Sabbath.
Second Coming: The Christian belief that Jesus Christ will return to earth at the end of history. The expectation of Christ’s imminent return gives the denomination its name and outlook.
William Miller: An American Baptist preacher whose biblical calculations led him to expect Christ’s return around 1843–1844. His preaching inspired the movement whose failed date became the Great Disappointment.
Adventist education: A global network of schools and colleges operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Education is one of the denomination’s largest organized ministries.
Seventh Day Baptist: A Protestant denomination that observes Saturday as the Sabbath and developed independently of Adventism. Shared Sabbath observance can obscure the distinct histories and teachings of the two churches.
Great Disappointment: The failed 1844 expectation of Christ’s return among followers of William Miller. This crisis prompted the movement that developed into the Adventist Church.
Millerism: The nineteenth-century religious movement that anticipated Christ’s imminent return based on William Miller’s biblical chronology. Adventism grew from the followers who continued after Millerism’s 1844 crisis.

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