PREPARED BY:

Josiah Sarpong Boateng

GNAAS-UCC

©2015

God’s church stretches from Eden to

Eden. Those who have obeyed God

have been called by various names,

such

They all have the same fundamental

beliefs.

Moses was the first writer whom God used to record

permanent instructions for His church and to preserve

the people’s experiences for future generations.he wrote

the PENTATEUCH OR THE TORAH

Inside the Colosseum

1320-1384

(GC 108-109

Others

Heralds of the Advent

MessageThree and Spectacular

Signs

1755-1843

During this time period, numerous

spectacular signs appeared in the natural

world, which were interpreted by

theologians and secular media alike as

portents of grave things to come– maybe

even the second coming of Christ.

the Lisbon Earthquake

This happened as predicted Mark 13:24. The

newspapers of the day reported clearly the most

unusual circumstance Noah Webster, years later,

wrote, “No satisfactory reason has ever been given

to explain the reason for this darkness.”

Those describing the darkness of the night of May

19 said, notwithstanding there was a full moon,

that “if every luminous body in

the universe had been struck out of existence, the

darkness could not have been more complete.”

Many disfellowshiped from their churches

for attending William Millers crusade

JOSHUA V HIMES

Babylon is fallen

*The Midnight Cry

Final date decided upon

October 22, 1844

The Great Disappointment

The D -DAY

The Great Disappointment

The Millerites Went Through

Ridicules Upon Ridicules By

Individuals And News Papers

d. The Great

Disappointment

A drifting away after the

disappointment

The nucleus of the remnant

church

HIRAM EDSON –a great

source of encouragement to

the remnant

the bir

1844-DATE

The Third Angel Begins

The SABBATH doctrine brought to

the remnants by RACHAEL OAKS

William Farnsworth and his family

first to accept the sabbath message

The first SDA church and

first SDA pastor

THE SABBATH ACCEPTED

LITTLE BY LITTLE

THE SABBATH CONFERENCE

WERE MEANS OF LEARNING

NEW TRUTH

OTHER PIVOTAL PIONEERS

OF THE CHURCH

Joseph Bates (1792-1872)

John Byington (1798-1887)

J. H. Waggoner (1820-1889)

URIAH SMITH (1832-1903)

Frederick Wheeler (1811-

1910)

John Nervins Andrews

1829-1883

An amazing bible scholar

with amazing brains . He

memorised the entire new

testament. And wrote many

periodicals And books. He is

chiefly responsible for the

expansion of the church in

switzerland And he is the

popounder of the stewardship

doctrine and systematic

benevolence.

He was first assistant editor, then

editor, of the Millerite journal The

Signs of the Times.

Among his works are Commentary

on the Revelation, The Time of the

End, and Analysis of Sacred

Chronology. He remained until his

death the editor of the Advent

Herald (a later name of The Signs

of the Times),

Sylvester Bliss (1814-1863)

Daniel T. Bourdeau (1835-

1905

“The French

Evangelist”

Owen Russell Loomis

Crosier 1820-1913

He collaborated with

Hiram Edson and Dr. F. B.

Hahn in publishing a

small Millerite paper, the

Day-Dawn & Day-Star

Extra. He was with Edson

on the morning after the

great disappointment on

October 22, 1844. Great

contributions to the

Sanctuary doctrine

Charles Fitch

Great

Millerite

preacher

and prophecy

expounder

In 1842, feeling the

need of an accurate

chart, Fitch and

Apollos Hale prepared

the famous chart

illustrating the

fulfillment of the last-

time prophecies of

Daniel. This was used

extensively by the

Millerites.

He was the

denomination’s first

historian, and wrote the

books, The Rise and

Progress of Seventh-day

Adventists and The

Great Second Advent

Movement.

J. N. LOUGBOUROUGH

The last pioneer to

pass on!

St. Helena

Sanitarium, where he

passed away

peacefully on April 7,

1924, at the ripe old

age of ninety-two.

J. N. LOUGBOUROUGH

Uriah Smith 1832-1903

Smith was the first

Secretary of the General

Conference starting in 1863.

He is best known for his

book, The Prophecies of

Daniel and the Revelation.

He was the first Bible

teacher at Battle Creek

College.

The Remnant Church

Organized

1853-1863

The church organised and a

name chosen

b. Significant Anniversaries

Beginning in 1960 and forward the church began celebrating various anniversaries

which have

helped to remind us of God’s leading in the past. However, they also remind us that we

have not yet

reached the promised “Rest” spoken of at the close of Hebrews chapter 11.

1960– 100th of the adoption of the name Seventh-day Adventist

1961– 100th of the formation of the first conference

1963– 100th of the organization of the denomination

1966– 100th of the first sanitarium (hospital)

1968– 100th of the first camp meeting

1972– 100th of organized educational system

1974– 125th of the first periodical

100th of the first missionary

1976– 50th of camping ministry

1979– 100th of first youth society, Hazelton Township Michigan

1980– 100th of first Conference outside of North America– Denmark

1981– 100th of death of James White

1993– 100th of the opening work in Southern Asia– India

1997– 75th of the Pathfinder

1996– 50th of first Pathfinder Club, California

1999– 120th of Youth Ministry

2000– 50th of World Pathfinders

Current state

PRESIDENT OF GC

TED N.C. WILSON

SECRETARY OF GC

G. T. Ng

TREASURER OF GC

JUAN RAFAEL PRESTOL-PUESAN

VICE PRESIDENTS

GUILERMO E. BIAGGI ABNER DE LOS SANTOS

THOMAS L.

LEMON

GEOFFREY

MBANWAELLA SIMONS ARTUR STELE

ACTIVITIES

REVIVED BY HIS WORD

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