Church of God on the seventh day
The Church of God on the seventh day ( English Church of God (Seventh Day) ) is one of the Adventist emerged movement Protestant tables Free Church . The origin of the church lies in the USA and Canada , today there are congregations in more than twenty other countries. According to its own information, the church had around 300,000 members worldwide in 2010; external sources cite 60,000 members for 1995.
Not all under the name Church of God on the seventh day or Church of God (Seventh Day) communities occurring belong to this church: In the US, there were at least two divisions of the church; Even the German parishes are only loosely connected to the US church.
The Church was formed in 1863 through the merger of two groups of former Seventh-day Adventists from Michigan and Iowa who had left this Church a few years earlier because they rejected the writings of Ellen G. White . With the publication of the magazine The Hope of Israel (today's title The Bible Advocate ) the church was able to gain further followers, especially in the American Midwest .
The Evangelical Christians of the Sabbath day in Münster are associated with the Church of God (Seventh Day) in the USA .
In 1933 the Church of God (7th day) - Salem Conference split from this association in the USA .
Like some of the churches that emerged from the Advent movement, the church of God keeps the Sabbath on the seventh day and expects the imminent return of Jesus Christ . She knows two sacraments : the baptism of faith and the Lord's Supper (combined with the washing of the feet ). According to the teaching of the Church, the redemption of believers occurs through the grace of God ; The prerequisites for God's grace are repentance , following the rules of the Ten Commandments and the Gospels, and doing good works. The belief in an immortal soul and the doctrine of the Trinity are rejected (see all- death theory , anti-Trinitarians ). The only public holiday of the church is the Jewish Passover festival, which is not celebrated by all communities. All other Christian holidays are rejected.
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- ↑ Archive link ( memento of April 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on January 28, 2010
- ^ Frank S. Mead (revised by Samuel S. Hill): Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995).
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on: March 8, 2012.)
