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Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States against the errors in the Catholic church. From this movement emerged other religions such as Adventism. -
Second Coming
After the Great Disappointment, Adventists and other religions began to believe that Jesus will return again sometime in the future(with no set date because they're unsure). They believe that Jesus will descend on a cloud, and the dead will rise from their graves and up to the cloud with Jesus. With the dead, the living will rise up to the clouds with Jesus and “always be with the Lord”. -
The Great Disappointment
This event was the reaction to the followers of William Miller's proclamations. He stated that Jesus Christ would return to earth on October 22, 1844, but when that day came they were disappointed to see it wasn't true. This event helped pave the formation of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. -
Founding of Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventists were officially founded in 1863 but were around and had their roots during the Millerite movement in the 1830s-1840s. The Millerites movement was a national movement of the disciples of William Miller, who claimed to have discovered when Jesus Christ would return to Earth as stated in the Bible. Important figures in the early Seventh-day Adventist church included Hiram Edson, Ellen G. White, James Springer White, Joseph Bates, and J. N. -
Adventism global expansion
J.N Andrews was the first Adventist missionary, he went to England and Switzerland to assist fellow Adventist leaders. While in Switzerland he was able to establish an Adventist printing press. Ellen White also traveled to Switzerland, South Africa, South America, the South Pacific, and Australia. She was spreading the word about the Adventists by publishing houses and distributing literature. By the end of the 1870s, the number of members tripled. -
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Adventist Church member growth
The number of members growing from the spread of their beliefs through distribution passed 16,000 members and reached a number of 75,000 members worldwide by 1901.
