This description details the history of the founding of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Church was founded in 1863 by a group of individuals who were inspired by the teachings of William Miller, a Baptist preacher who had predicted the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The Church was established on the belief
The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath; its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ; and its annihilationist soteriology. The denomination grew out of the Millerite movement in the United States during the mid-19th century, and it was formally established in 1863. Among its co-founders was Ellen G. White, whose extensive writings are still held in high regard by the church. Seventh-day Adventists have compared Ellen G. White to biblical prophets.