What We Believe

  • The authority and inspiration of the entire Bible
  • Free-will salvation from sin by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ
  • Love, the law of God’s kingdom, is defined in His eternally binding Ten Commandments
  • Earth is the battleground of a great controversy between Christ and Satan
  • The Genesis account of a six-day creation of the world by Jesus Christ
  • The observance of God’s seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath signifying our recognition of the Creator’s authority
  • The conditional immortality of the soul and that death is an unconscious sleep
  • The imminent, visible return of King Jesus to raise the sleeping saints and take all His faithful ones to heaven
  • The judgment of all professed believers before Jesus comes
  • The final, complete destruction of Satan, sin and sinners after the 1,000 years of Revelation 20, and the creation of a new earth as the eternal home of the saved
  • A method of prophetic interpretation that sees the fulfillment of prophecy throughout history
  • Believer’s baptism by immersion, and the Lord’s Supper with the foot washing service
  • The importance of personal ministry, stewardship and healthful living
  • Divinely given ministry gifts and supernatural gifts when tested by the Bible
  • True religion is strongest and purest when kept separate from government legislation or control
  • The prophetic calling and world-wide mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, outlined in the book of Revelation, is to prepare a people for the soon coming of Jesus

    This is just a brief summary of the beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists. For a more complete statement, please visit http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/fundamental/index.html