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    1. THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE IT IS NOT FINISHED --- IT IS ONLY A ROUGH DRAFT ---

    2. The puzzle of SDA

    3. Some stats http://www.adventistarchives.org/docs/Stats/SDAWorldChurchStatistics2009.PDF 1997 = 9 million 2009 = 16 million in 200 countries , revenue is $2.7 billion in tithes 1997 = 40,000 churches 2009 = 68,000 1997 = 2,690 ministers 2009 = 17,000 It is growing especially rapidly in Third World countries, From the Churchs beginnings in the United States, today, nine out of ten members live elsewherein 206 other countries of the world

    4. SDA Colleges and schools in Southern Cal High Schools: Colleges and Universities:

    5. Seventh-day Adventists are headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland

    6. History of the SDA There was a reemphasis on the second advent of Jesus Christ in the middle of the 1800s. William Miller, a Baptist minister, said that in about twenty-five years, i.e., 1843, Jesus Christ would come again Miller was born in 1782 in Massachusetts

    7. More about Miller The Great Disappointment

    8. History of SDA Ellen G. White Born: Died: Education and background:

    9. Is SDA a cult or a denomination? Arguments on both sides: They are true Christians because: They are a cult because:

    10. SDA distinctives 1. The Sabbath 2. The writings of Ellen G. White 3. Soul sleep 4. The doctrine of Hell and eternal punishment 5. 6.

    11. SDA and key doctrines Bibliology Is the Bible the only inspired Scripture? Theology Proper What is the Trinity? Christology Who is Jesus? Pneumatology Who is the Holy Spirit? Soteriology How is one saved? Eschatology What is Heaven and Hell? Other -

    12. Quiz on SDA presentation

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