Seventh-day Adventists believe that the entire universe came into being through divine creative acts ( Isa. 40:26 ; Ps. 19:1 ; 33:6 ), but that the narrative of Gen. ...

Certificates issued to persons in various categories of denominational employment by a mission, a conference, a union, or the General Conference or its divisions. ...

As used in the prophecy of Daniel, a cryptic term for what was taken away by a power described as “a little horn, which waxed exceeding great” in the vision of Dan. ...

The various interpreters of the prophecies of Daniel may be divided into three basic schools, according to their views of the events referred to in the book. 1. Events in Ancient History. ...

As defined in Merriam-Webster Third International Dictionary (1950 and earlier editions): “Any day characterized by great darkness, whether due to cloudiness, smoke, volcanic ashes, or the like; esp., ...

An offshoot launched by Victor T. Houteff, a member of a Seventh-day Adventist church in Los Angeles, California, in 1929, popularly called the “Shepherd’s Rod,” after the title of his first pub ...

The local church officer next in rank to an elder. Deacons have care of the church’s temporal business, are responsible for the care of the church property (all bills for upkeep are referred to the ...

A woman elected in a local church to perform functions analogous to those of a deacon. The term deaconess (Greek diakonos , which can refer to either males or females) occurs in Rom. ...

Seventh-day Adventist work for deaf persons is mentioned as early as 1879. At that time Ellen White wrote, “We were interested in Brother Kimbal, who is a mute and has been a missionary among the mu ...

The doctrine that all events in the natural and spiritual realms were sovereignly determined by God from all eternity. ...

A committee instituted in 1943 by the General Conference Committee to study and answer publications against the church. ...

Interest in dentistry as part of a well-rounded program of professional training in the field of medicine and health education within the denomination was reflected in the charter of the College of Me ...

(conference, mission field, etc.). A unit of church organization not forming a part of the next higher unit. ...

Functional subdivisions of the denominational work on various administrative levels. In the General Conference there were, in 1994, seven departments and 31 services, corporations, and other organizat ...

The largest geographical and administrational unit next to the General Conference, embracing a number of unions, missions. conferences, sections, etc. ...

The official directory of the denomination is the Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook , published by the General Conference. ...

A biblical term used by Christians in general, of the old and new dispensations, corresponding to the Old and New Testaments, or to the Jewish and the Christian systems, which are different, yet form ...

A term used in Seventh-day Adventist Church organization in several senses: 1. Formerly (1889–1901), one of the six (later eight) areas called General Conference Districts, each comprising several c ...

The legal dissolution of marriage, which has for the Christian believer not only a social and a psychological impact but also a religious one. ...

Throughout their history Seventh-day Adventists have affirmed that “the Bible and the Bible only” should be the Christian’s creed and that they have no creed but the Bible. ...

Seventh-day Adventists advocate neatness and simplicity in dress in harmony with good taste, and the avoidance of fashions that are detrimental to health. ...

The annual festival celebrating the resurrection of Christ, which now falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox (Mar. 21). ...

From the Greek oikoumeneµ , “the inhabited world,” “the whole world,” and thus “universal.” Generally “ecumenism” is associated with the movement to bring the Christian churches together in united act ...

In the General Conference, the branch that, with its director, associate directors, and staff, fosters and directs the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist educational system. ...

Two commissions set up in 1961: the Commission on Graduate Education in the North American Division; the Commission on Graduate Education in Overseas Divisions. ...