About Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Bible-believing Protestant church with approximately 24 million members worldwide, including more than one million members in North America. The Seventh-day Adventist Church seeks to enhance quality of life for people everywhere and to let people know that Jesus is coming again soon.
Adventists believe the Bible teaching that God is love, and that He clearly defines what love looks like. We recognize the biblical God-head composed of three divine Persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, which make up one God. God made salvation possible when Jesus, the Son, came to earth as a babe in Bethlehem and lived a sinless life in accordance with the Father’s will. Jesus was crucified for the sins of the all people of the world. He arose from the dead on the third day, so that everyone may lay hold on His victory.
When Jesus returned to heaven following His resurrection, He left the Holy Spirit to serve as our Comforter, Counselor, and Guide. Since then He has been faithfully serving humanity by officiating as our High Priest in the Heavenly Sanctuary. He served in the holy place from the time of His ascension until the year 1844. Now He is mediating in the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sanctuary and is soon to finish His work of blotting out the sins of those who believe in His atoning sacrifice and mediation. He now calls for us to live a life of obedience to God’s Law, the 10 Commandments, to demonstrate our genuine belief and conversion. This includes His last day call for humanity to honor Him by keeping His Sabbath day holy. Jesus promised to return to earth a second time to complete His plan of salvation and take His people home to heaven. Adventists are among the believers who look forward to that day.
Adventists believe that God is concerned with the quality of human life, and that everything—the way we live, eat, speak, think, treat each other, and care for the world around us—is part of His plan. Our families, our children, our jobs, our talents, our money, and our time are all important to Him.