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Seventh-day Adventist™ Church (SDA): Its
history, beliefs, practices, controversies, etc.

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Note:

This web site section is not by a Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) group. It is one of many informational essays explaining different faith groups and controversial social debates to be found on the Religious Tolerance.org web site.

The SDA is a conservative Protestant faith group that has many beliefs and practices that mirror those of evangelical denominations. One difference is that it follows injunctions in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) that requires religious services to be held on Saturdays, rather than Sundays.

Terminology:

Seventh-day Adventists™ are also called Adventists and SDAs. The church prefers the term "Adventist" although the term "SDA" is in very common use.

The word "Adventist" is often pronounced incorrectly. The emphasis should be on the first syllable (Ad'-ven-tist). The General Conference of Seventy-day Adventists holds the trademark on the term "Seventh-day Adventists."

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