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Official Beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Our Beliefs

Seventh-day Adventist beliefs are meant to permeate your whole life. Growing out of scriptures that paint a compelling portrait of God, you are invited to explore, experience and know the One who desires to make us whole.

 

UPHOLDING THE PROTESTANT CONVICTION OF SOLA SCRIPTURA (“BIBLE ONLY”), THESE 28 FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS DESCRIBE HOW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS INTERPRET SCRIPTURE FOR DAILY APPLICATION.

Seventh-day Adventists accept the Bible as their only creed and hold certain fundamental beliefs to be the teaching of the Holy Scriptures. These beliefs, as set forth here, constitute the church’s understanding and expression of the teaching of Scripture. 

Revision of these statements may be expected at a quinquennial General Conference Session whenever the church is led by the Holy Spirit to a fuller understanding of Bible truth, or if better language is found to express these teachings of God’s Holy Word. 

The expression of these concepts help provide an overall picture of what this Christian denomination collectively believes and practices. Together, these teachings reveal a God who is the architect of the world. In wisdom, grace and infinite love, He is actively working to restore a relationship with humanity that will last for eternity. 

The 28 Fundamental Beliefs can be organized into six categories of doctrine: God, man, salvation, the church, daily Christian life, and last-day events (restoration).

Seventh-day Adventists accept the Bible as their only creed and hold certain fundamental beliefs to be the teaching of the Holy Scriptures. These beliefs, as set forth here, constitute the church’s understanding and expression of the teaching of Scripture. Revision of these statements may be expected at a General Conference Session when the church is led by the Holy Spirit to a fuller understanding of Bible truth or finds better language in which to express the teachings of God’s Holy Word.

 

28 FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS (WITH SCRIPTURES)

1. Holy Scriptures

15. Baptism

2. The Trinity

16. The Lord’s Supper (Communion)

3. God the Father

17. Spiritual Gifts and Ministries

4. God the Son (Jesus Christ)

18. The Gift of Prophecy

5. God the Holy Spirit

19. The Law of God

6. Creation

20. The Sabbath

7. Nature of Humanity

21. Stewardship

8. The Great Controversy

22. Christian Behavior

9. The Life, Death and Resurrection of Christ

23. Marriage and the Family

10. The Experience of Salvation

24. Christ’s Ministry in the Heavenly Sanctuary

11. Growing in Christ

25. The Second Coming of Christ

12. The Church

26. Death and Resurrection

13. The Remnant and its Mission

27. The Millennium and the End of Sin

14. Unity in the Body of Christ

28. The New Earth

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