Adventist Churches in the United States

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History
Source: Wikipedia
 * Adventism is a branch of Protestant Christianity that originated in the 1830s in the United States during the Second Great Awakening. Baptist preacher, William Miller, first publicly shared his belief that the Second Coming would occur at some point between 1843 and 1844. His followers became known as Millerites. The Millerite movement split up and was continued by a number of groups known collectively as the Adventist movement.
 * In 2010, Adventism claimed some 22 million believers scattered in various independent churches. The largest church within the movement—-the Seventh-day Adventist Church-—had more than 19 million baptized members in 2015.
 * Other Adventist groups include:

Adventism Religion Family Tree
This Religion Family Tree''' diagrams all the different branches of Adventism.

Information in Records
Membership Lists: Name of member, received how and when (by baptism or letter), baptism date, dismissed how and when (by death, moving, or disfellowshipment), death date. Family members listed together.

Church Minutes: Establishment of church, business meetings, financial records, Baptisms, deaths, admissions, positions in organization such as treasurer, disciplinary actions.

Archives

 * Center for Adventist Research
 * Andrews University
 * 4190 Administration Drive
 * Berrien Springs, MI 49104-1440


 * Phone: (269) 471-3209
 * Email: car@andrews.edu
 * Website
 * Location: Ground floor of James White Library on the campus of Andrews University

Writing to Local Churches
Some groups centralize storage of church records in archives. The most recent records are still held in the local churches. For addresses for these, see listings under each denomination. See the Letter Writing Guide for Genealogy for help with composing letters.


 * Adventist Church Finder
 * Christadelphians Directory
 * Advent Christian Churches Directory
 * Seventh-day Adventist Reform Movement Church List
 * Davidian Seventh-day Adventist Association
 * Church of God (Seventh-day) Find A Church
 * Church of God and Saints of Christ
 * Church of God General Conference
 * Creation Seventh-day Adventist Church'''