# Seventh-day Adventism · The Canon · The Atlas · The Congregation of Tomorrow Source: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/atlas/library/canon/seventh-day-adventism/ · The Congregation of Tomorrow · the Atlas · language: en The same words a person sees on this page, nothing more and nothing hidden. Our own words are free to use under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), naming the Congregation of Tomorrow. Words of others keep their own terms. Every page of the site, listed: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/ai/pages.json · the whole site in one file: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/llms-full.txt ← The Canon: all 125 The Canon · No. 087 Seventh-day Adventism Adventists 1863 CE – present · Abrahamic · Living · Worldwide; largest in Africa and Latin America VII. THE MODERN AGE — 1800 – 1945 ### How many ### Who began it ### What it is for ### What it worships ### What it holds ### What it does ### After death ### Its texts ### Its branches ### Of note ### Its timeline - 1831–1844 CE William Miller preaches that Christ will return in 1843–44; perhaps 100,000 Americans follow. - 22 October 1844 CE The Great Disappointment. Christ does not return. Most Millerites abandon the movement. - 1844–1863 CE A remnant reinterprets the date as the beginning of a heavenly investigative judgment rather than the advent; the Sabbath is adopted from Seventh Day Baptists. - 1863 CE The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists organised, with 3,500 members. - 1866 CE The Western Health Reform Institute opens, later the Battle Creek Sanitarium. - 1874 CE First overseas missionary sent; global expansion begins. - 1915 CE Ellen White dies, having produced perhaps 100,000 pages. - 1919, 1970s–80s CE Internal controversies over White's use of sources and over the investigative judgment; Desmond Ford is dismissed in 1980. - 1980s–present Loma Linda, California, an Adventist community, is identified as one of the world's Blue Zones for exceptional longevity. Adventist Health Studies remain among the most cited long-term nutrition datasets in existence. - 1990, 2015 CE The world church twice declines to authorise women's ordination, against significant pressure from North American and European divisions. ### Sources Not yet checked against named sources. This entry is the house's reading; until it is checked, treat each claim as unverified. Correct it, with a source. The Atlas The Door