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
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. #AdventistHistory #ChurchHistory
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.
📖 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!
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: sites.google.com/view/historicism
On This Date – July 17, 1921 The Seventh-day Adventist church in Bluesky, Alberta (Canada), was officially organized.
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.
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.
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.
The Center for Adventist Research will be closed on Friday, July 3.
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.
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.
The Center for Adventist Research has the Roger Coon Collection (286). Roger Coon (1928–2011) was an Adventist minister, educator, author, missionary, and scholar. #AdventistHistory #ChurchHistory #ChristianHistory #ChristianHeritage #ReligiousHistory #ReligiousHeritage
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 #AdventistHistory #ChurchHistory #ChristianHistory #ChristianHeritage #ReligiousHistory
John Andrews: “When Christ came to fulfill the law, he came to do this, not for himself, but in behalf of our race. He came to fulfill the law as the Messiah: an office or character which no other being ever possessed.” Andrews, The Perpetuity of the Royal Law (1854), 5
This video features the early book release celebration of Apocalyptic Abolitionism: How Millennialists Helped Abolish Slavery and Reform America by Kevin M. Burton. youtu.be/wrjXicSjPWw
EARLY BOOK RELEASE – Apocalyptic Abolitionism – Video
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CALL FOR ARTICLES The editors of the Journal of Adventist Studies invite submissions of articles broadly dealing with the study of Adventism. Manuscripts should be submitted via the journal’s online portal: digitalcommons.andrews.edu/cgi/submit.c...
Joseph Bates: “But if we reject the light and still persist in saying we will keep one of the working days holy which God never sanctified nor set apart for us, ‘how does the love of God dwell in that soul?’ ” Bates, Sabbath Controversy #2 (1847), 109.
All presentations from the Virtual Ellen G. White Issues Symposium (2026) are now available to watch on our YouTube channel! Don’t miss these meaningful papers: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We are delighted to invite you to the early release of "Apocalyptic Abolitionism: How Millennialists Helped Abolish Slavery and Reform America" by Kevin M. Burton. May 21 7:00 PM – Meet & Greet 7:30 PM – Book Discussion Revive Coffee and More 636 S St Joseph Ave Berrien Springs
Art in Adventism: Image featured in the article “AS THE LIGHTNING” by H. L. Hastings. Artistic unknown The Canadian Watchman Mazagine, January 1, 1921 #AdventistHistory #ChurchHistory #ChristianHistory #ChristianHeritage #ReligiousHistory #ReligiousHeritage #Faith
As NASA’s Artemis II carried humans around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, we are reminded that every new step in space exploration stands on the shoulders of pioneers. One of them was Dr. Robert E. Shurney. encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=5....
2026 New England Adventist History Tour • Dates: August 2–9, 2026 (Sunday–Sunday) • Applications will only be accepted via email at bkuryliak@andrews.edu. • Brochure & Application Form: See online at www.centerforadventistresearch.org/netour/.
EARLY BOOK RELEASE "Apocalyptic Abolitionism: How Millennialists Helped Abolish Slavery and Reform America" by Kevin M. Burton Date: May 21 Time: 7:00 PM – Meet & Greet 7:30 PM – Book Discussion Location: Revive Coffee and More 636 S St Joseph Ave Berrien Springs, MI 49103
We were delighted to welcome a group of editors from CPB Brazil to the Center for Adventist Research, along with Dr. Alberto Timm.
Congratulations to Cristian Gonzalez, recipient of the Louise Dederen Digital Research Fellowship. His research examines how early Seventh-day Adventists understood the Holy Spirit and how those views developed between 1845 and 1931.
Photos from Retro SDA Potluck at the Center for Adventist Research! We are grateful for the opportunity to connect students, faculty, and friends with the rich heritage preserved at the Center for Adventist Research.
Join us tomorrow, April 24, from 4:00–6:00 PM at the Center for Adventist Research for a special evening with the Andrews University Museum Club. Enjoy a short talk on Adventists and the health message and stay for an old-timey Adventist potluck.
Join us at the Center for Adventist Research on April 24, 4:00–6:00 PM for a special evening with the Andrews University Museum Club. Enjoy a short talk on Adventists and the health message, explore interesting items from CAR’s collections, and stay for an old-timey Adventist potluck.