Editing Adventism (section)

==Denominations==
[[File:Oulu adventist church.JPG|thumb|The adventist church of [[Karjasilta]], [[Oulu]], [[Finland]]]]
{{See also|List of Christian denominations#Millerism and comparable groups}}
The ''Handbook of Denominations in the United States'', 12th ed., describes the following churches as "Adventist and Sabbatarian (Hebraic) Churches":

===Christadelphians===
{{Main|Christadelphians}}
The Christadelphians were founded in 1844 by John Thomas and had an estimated 25,000 members in 170 ecclesias, or churches, in 2000 in America.

===Advent Christian Church===
{{Main|Advent Christian Church}}
The '''Advent Christian Church''' was founded in 1860 and had 25,277 members in 302 churches in 2002 in America. It is a "first-day" body of Adventist Christians founded on the teachings of William Miller. It adopted the "conditional immortality" doctrine of Charles F. Hudson and [[George Storrs]], who formed the "Advent Christian Association" in [[Salem, Massachusetts]], in 1860.

====Primitive Advent Christian Church====
{{Main|Primitive Advent Christian Church}}
The '''Primitive Advent Christian Church''' is a small group which separated from the Advent Christian Church. It differs from the parent body mainly on two points. Its members observe foot washing as a rite of the church, and they teach that reclaimed backsliders should be baptized (even though they had formerly been baptized). This is sometimes referred to as rebaptism.

===Seventh-day Adventist Church===
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The '''Seventh-day Adventist Church''', founded in 1863, had over 19,500,000 baptized members (not counting children of members) worldwide as of June 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story4262-adventist-church-membership-reaches-195-million|title=Adventist Church Membership Reaches 19.5 Million|date=5 August 2016|access-date=15 October 2016|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209201035/http://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story4262-adventist-church-membership-reaches-195-million|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is best known for its teaching that Saturday, the seventh day of the week, is the [[Sabbath in Seventh-day Adventism|Sabbath]] and is the appropriate day for worship. However, the second coming of Jesus Christ, along with Judgment Day based on the three angels' message in Revelation 14:6–13, remain core beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists.

====Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement====
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The '''Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement''' is a small offshoot with an unknown number of members from the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] caused by disagreement over military service on the Sabbath day during [[World War I]].

====Davidian Seventh-day Adventist Association====
{{Main|Shepherd's Rod}}
The '''Davidians''' (originally named '''Shepherd's Rod''') is a small offshoot with an unknown number of members made up primarily of voluntarily disfellowshipped members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. They were originally known as the Shepherd's Rod and are still sometimes referred to as such. The group derives its name from two books on Bible doctrine written by its founder, [[Victor Houteff]], in 1929.

;Branch Davidians
The [[Branch Davidian]]s were a split ("branch") from the Davidians.

A group that gathered around [[David Koresh]] (the so-called ''Koreshians'') abandoned Davidian teachings and turned into a [[cult (religious practice)|religious cult]]. Many of them were killed during the infamous [[Waco Siege]] of April 1993.

===Church of God (Seventh Day)===
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The '''Church of God (Seventh-Day)''' was founded in 1863 and it had an estimated 11,000 members in 185 churches in 1999 in America.  Its founding members separated in 1858 from those Adventists associated with [[Ellen G. White]] who later organized themselves as Seventh-day Adventists in 1863. The Church of God (Seventh Day) split in 1933, creating two bodies: one headquartered in Salem, West Virginia, and known as the [[Church of God (7th day) – Salem Conference]] and the other one headquartered in Denver, Colorado and known as the [[General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh-Day)]]. <!-- However, I think some CoG church members claim otherwise. Need to check --> The [[Worldwide Church of God]] splintered from this.<!-- Also need to check this one for variant POVs --><ref>{{cite book |last=Tarling |first=Lowell R. |title=The Edges of Seventh-day Adventism: A Study of Separatist Groups Emerging from the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1844–1980) |publisher=Galilee Publications |year=1981 |location=[[Barragga Bay, New South Wales|Barragga Bay]], [[Bermagui, New South Wales|Bermagui]] South, [[New South Wales|NSW]] |isbn=0-9593457-0-1 |chapter=The Churches of God |pages=24–41}}</ref>

===Church of God General Conference===
Many denominations known as "[[Church of God (disambiguation)|Church of God]]" have Adventist origins.

{{Main|Church of God General Conference}}
The '''Church of God General Conference''' was founded in 1921 and had 7,634 members in 162 churches in 2004 in America. It is a nontrinitarian first-day Adventist Christian body which is also known as the ''Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith'' and the ''Church of God General Conference (Morrow, GA)''.

===Creation Seventh-Day Adventist Church===
{{Main|Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church}}

The '''Creation Seventh-Day Adventist Church''' is a small group that broke off from the Seventh-Day Adventists in 1988, and organized itself as a church in 1991.

====United Seventh-Day Brethren====
{{Main|United Seventh-Day Brethren}}
The '''United Seventh-Day Brethren''' is a small Sabbatarian Adventist body.
In 1947, several individuals and two independent congregations within the Church of God Adventist movement formed the ''United Seventh-Day Brethren'', seeking to increase fellowship and to combine their efforts in evangelism, publications, and other .

===Other minor Adventist groups===

* '''[[True and Free Adventists]]''', a [[Soviet Union]] offshoot
* At least two denominations and numerous individual churches with a [[Charismatic movement|charismatic]] or [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]]-type bent have been influenced by or were offshoots – see '''[[charismatic Adventism]]''' generally
* '''[[Church of the Blessed Hope]]''', a first-day Adventist church
* '''[[United Sabbath-Day Adventist Church]]''', an [[African-American]] offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in [[New York City]]
* '''Celestia''', a Christian communal town near [[Laporte, Pennsylvania|Laporte]] in [[Sullivan County, Pennsylvania|Sullivan County]], [[Pennsylvania]], founded by Millerite Peter E. Armstrong. It disintegrated before the end of the 19th century<ref>"[http://h0bbes.wordpress.com/2006/10/13/celestia/ Celestia]" blog by Jeff Crocombe, October 13, 2006</ref>

===Other relationships===
Early in its development, the [[Bible Student movement]] founded by [[Charles Taze Russell]] had close connections with the Millerite movement and stalwarts of the Adventist faith, including George Storrs and [[Joseph Seiss]]. Although both [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] and the Bible Students do not identify as part of the Millerite Adventist movement (or other denominations, in general), some theologians categorize these groups and related sects as Millerite Adventist because of their teachings regarding an imminent Second Coming and their use of specific dates. The various independent Bible Student groups currently have a cumulative membership of about 20,000 worldwide.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} According to the Watch Tower Society, there were about {{JWStatistics|publishers|approx}} Jehovah's Witnesses worldwide as of {{JWStatistics|year}}.<ref>{{cite web|title={{JWStatistics|year}} Grand Totals|publisher=Watchtower Bible and Tract Society|year={{JWStatistics|year}}|url=
https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/{{JWStatistics|year}}-Service-Year-Report-of-Jehovahs-Witnesses-Worldwide/{{JWStatistics|year}}-Grand-Totals/}}</ref>