Center for Adventist Research

We seek to promote understanding and appreciation of the heritage of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

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Join us for Adventist Pioneer Christmas at Andrews University as we celebrate the holiday season and the 60th anniversary of the Center for Adventist Research!

📅 Sunday, December 6, 2026
🕐 1:00–4:00 p.m.
📍 Center for Adventist Research & James White Library Gallery, AU.

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This week, we were delighted to welcome a group of school students to the Center for Adventist Research at Andrews University!

The students had the opportunity to explore Adventist history and discover some of the fascinating artifacts preserved in our collections.

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📚 New Academic Publication: Adventism and the Anabaptists

This new scholarly volume, edited by Stefan Höschele, Bernd Müller, and Johannes Hartlapp, explores the historical and theological relationships between Adventism and Anabaptist movements, particularly the Mennonites.

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📜 From the vault at the Center for Adventist Research: a Greek manuscript codex on parchment dating to the 9th–10th centuries, containing portions of the Gospels of Luke and John.

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We were pleased to welcome a large delegation of Adventist Church leaders from around the world to the Center for Adventist Research at Andrews University, including leaders from the General Conference and World Divisions.

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Some photos from Seminary Heritage Sabbath at the Historic Adventist Village in Battle Creek. A special day of worship, fellowship, history, and reflection on our Adventist heritage. 📷

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Tomorrow, September 12, we will celebrate Seminary Heritage Sabbath at the Historic Adventist Village in Battle Creek, Michigan!

Come reconnect with our spiritual heritage and be inspired to renew your commitment to faith and service.

🕘 Sabbath School begins at 9:45 AM

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Alonzo T. Jones: “WITHOUT the Bible the true principles of health and temperance can no more be taught than can the true principles of anything else that pertains to man’s greatest good.”

Jones, “The Bible and Health,” ARSH January 14, 1902.

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Dr. Denis Kaiser and his students have begun the Seminar on the Annotation of Ellen G. White’s Letters & Manuscripts, working with documents from 1864–1868 and contributing to ongoing historical research and annotation.

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📖 Seminary Heritage Sabbath
📅 September 12, 2026
📍 Historic Adventist Village | Battle Creek, Michigan

Join us for a special Sabbath of worship, fellowship, and Adventist heritage at the Historic Adventist Village!

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Call for Papers

Historicism in the Twenty-First Century:
Symposium on the Interpretation of Daniel and Revelation

📅 April 27, 2027
🌐 Online
⏳ Paper proposal deadline: January 31, 2027

Learn more:
https://t.co/D5qP66PO75

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On This Date – July 17, 1921

The Seventh-day Adventist church in Bluesky, Alberta (Canada), was officially organized.

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AdventHealth University (AHU) is a Seventh-day Adventist institution offering faith-based healthcare education. Established in 1992, its roots trace back to medical training programs at Florida Hospital, founded in 1908.

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This week, Katharine Van Arsdale gave a tour of the Center for Adventist Research to a group of Latter-day Saints. We are always grateful for opportunities to welcome visitors and share Adventist history with the wider community.

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Last week, the Center for Adventist Research had the pleasure of hosting several Adventist history tours for our visitors. The tours were led by Bohdan Kuryliak and welcomed both school students and school principals from Australia.

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The Center for Adventist Research will be closed on Friday, July 3.

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James White: “To those who really love their absent Lord, the theme of his soon return to bestow immortality upon the dead and living righteous is fraught with unspeakable blessedness.”

James White, The Second Advent, (Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1865), 31.

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This week we were delighted to welcome students from Bogenhofen Seminary to the Center for Adventist Research. The group was brought by Thomas Eißner, and Kevin Burton, Director of the Center, led the tour.

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The Center for Adventist Research has the Roger Coon Collection (286).

Roger Coon (1928–2011) was an Adventist minister, educator, author, missionary, and scholar.

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Art in Adventism: Image featured in the article "THE NEW EARTH - HOME OF THE SAVED" by Stemple White.

Artistic unknown

The Canadian Watchman Mazagine, March 1, 1922

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