Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement
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| Classification | Protestant |
|---|---|
| Orientation | Adventist; Arminian; Christian pacifist |
| Polity | Modified presbyterian polity |
| Geographical area | Worldwide (132 countries) |
| Founder | Groups of Seventh-day Adventist in different countries |
| Origin | 1925 Gotha, Germany |
| Separated from | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| Separations | Seventh Day Adventist Third Part |
| Members | 35 000 |
The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement is a Protestant Christian denomination, part of the Sabbatarian adventist movement, and the result of a split from the Seventh-day Adventist Church created by disagreement over proper Sabbath observance and military service during World War I.
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[edit] History
When the German army mobilized in 1914, Seventh-day Adventists in that country had to decide whether they would serve in the military. The president of the East German Union Conference and others in council decided that conscripted Adventists would bear arms and could render service on the Sabbath in defense of their country. Though most followed their leadership in this policy, a minority felt they must uphold the church's original position in regard to keeping the Law of God and also serve in the military. The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Europe disfellowshipped those who refused to serve in the military. About 4,000 Adventists in Germany and other parts of Europe were disfellowshipped. Attempts at reconciliation were made at the conclusion of the war, and again in 1920 and 1922, but failed: the breakaway group had already registered themselves as a church in 1919. Then they registered once again, this time as the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement, which was organized into a separate church from the main body of Seventh-day Adventists at Gotha, Germany, July 14–20, 1925. The Reform Movement was first headquartered in Isernhagen, Germany, then later in Basel, Switzerland. After World War II, the headquarters were moved to Sacramento, California. The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement has members in nearly 150 countries. The General Conference coordinates the work of the denomination around the world, including the various Union Conferences, Field Conferences and Missions. Seventh-day Adventist church leaders in Germany and Austria released a declaration in 2005 deeply regretting its failures during World War II in a declaration first published in 2005, but made no mention of what they had done during World War I.
[edit] Officers
President
| Term | President | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 - 1934 | Otto Welp | Germany |
| 1934 - 1942 | Willi Maas | Germany |
| 1942 - 1948 | Albert Mueller | Germany |
| 1948 - 1951 | Carlos Kozel | Argentina |
| 1951 - 1959 | Dumitru Nicolici | Romania |
| 1959 - 1963 | Andre Lavrik | Brazil |
| 1963 - 1967 | Clyde T. Stewart | Australia |
| 1967 - 1979 | Francisco Devai | Brazil |
| 1979 - 1983 | Wilhelm Volpp | Germany |
| 1983 - 1991 | João Moreno | Germany |
| 1991 - 1995 | Neville S. Brittain | Australia |
| 1995 - 2003 | Alfredo Carlos Sas | Brazil |
| 2003 - 2007 | Duraisamy Sureshkumar | India |
| 2007 - | Duraisamy Sureshkumar | India |
Vice-President
| Term | Name | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 - 1931 | Wilhelm Maas | Germany |
| 1931 - 1948 | vacant | |
| 1948 - 1951 | Albert Mueller | Germany |
| 1951 - 1959 | Andre Lavrik | Brazil |
| 1959 - 1963 | Dumitru Nicolici | USA |
| 1963 - 1967 | Emmerich Kanyo Benedek | Brazil |
| 1967 - 1971 | Ivan W. Smith | Australia |
| 1971 - 1979 | Wilhelm Volpp | Germany |
| 1979 - 1987 | Francisco Devai Lucacin | USA |
| 1987 - 1995 | Daniel Dumitru | USA |
| 1995 - 1997 | Neville S. Brittain | Australia |
| 1995 - 1999 | Duraisamy Sureshkumar | India |
| 1999 - 2003 | Duraisamy Sureshkumar | India |
| 2003 - 2007 | Davi Paes Silva | USA |
| 2007 - | Davi Paes Silva- First Vice-President | USA |
| 2007 - | Peter Daniel Lausevic- Second Vice-President | Australia |
Secretary
| Term | Secretary | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 - 1934 | Willi Maas | Germany |
| 1934 - 1948 | A. Rieck | Germany |
| 1948 - 1951 | Dumitru Nicolici | Romania |
| 1951 - 1955 | Clyde T. Stewart | Australia |
| 1955 - 1963 | Ivan W. Smith | USA |
| 1963 - 1967 | Alfons Balbach | Brazil |
| 1967 - 1971 | Alex Norman Macdonald | USA |
| 1971 - 1980 | Alfons Balbach | Brazil |
| 1980 - 1987 | Alex Norman Macdonald | USA |
| 1987 - 1995 | Alfredo Carlos Sas | Brazil |
| 1995 - 1999 | Davi Paes Silva | Brazil |
| 1999 - 2001 | John Garbi | USA |
| 2001 - 2003 | Benjamin Burec | USA |
| 2003 - 2007 | David Zic | Canada |
| 2007 - | Paul Balbach | USA |
[edit] General Conference Sessions
| — | Year | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1925 | Gotha | Germany |
| 2. | 1928 | Isernhagen | Germany |
| 3. | 1931 | Isernhagen | Germany |
| 4. | 1934 | Budapest | Hungary |
| 5. | 1948 | The Hague | Netherlands |
| 6. | 1951 | Zeist | Netherlands |
| 7. | 1955 | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
| 8. | 1959 | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
| 9. | 1963 | Gross Gerau | Germany |
| 10. | 1967 | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
| 11. | 1971 | Brasilia | Brazil |
| 12. | 1975 | Brasilia | Brazil |
| 13. | 1979 | Bushkill Falls | USA |
| 14. | 1983 | Puslinch, Ontario | Canada |
| 15. | 1987 | Braganca Paulista | Brazil |
| 16. | 1991 | Breuberg | Germany |
| 17. | 1995 | Voineasa | Romania |
| 18. | 1999 | Itu | Brazil |
| 19. | 2003 | Itu | Brazil |
| 20. | 2007 | Jeju [1] | South Korea |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
SDARM Sites:
- SDARM General Conference
- [GC Medical Department]
- White Creek Wellness Center (Tennessee, USA)
- Mission Projects International - USA
Other:
- "Church Leaders Say 'We're Sorry': German and Austrian churches apologize for Holocaust actions" by Mark A. Kellner (Seventh-day Adventist)
[edit] References
- The Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia, Review & Herald Publishing Association
- History of the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement, Alfons Balbach, Reformation Herald Publishing Association, 1999.
- Tarling, Lowell R. (1981). "The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement". The Edges of Seventh-day Adventism: A Study of Separatist Groups Emerging from the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1844–1980). Barragga Bay, Bermagui South, NSW: Galilee Publications. pp. 100–12. ISBN 0 9593457 0 1.
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