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American Church History: Adventist Denominations

This research guide provides resources pretraining to American church history and includes books, ebooks, open access resources, and websites.

Adventist Churches

Advent Christian Church General Conference: Founded in 1860, membership is estimated to be 17,780 across 249 churches (2020).

Christadelphians: Founded in 1844, membership is estimated to be 15,000 across 170 ecclesia's (2000). There website in not accessible, but they do have a denominational headquarters.

Church of God (Seventh Day): Founded in 1863, membership is estimated to be 11,000 across 200 churches (2012).

Church of God and Saints of Christ: Founded in 1896, membership is estimated to be 40,000 across 50 temple/tabernacle (2005).

Church of God General Conference: Founded in 1921, membership is estimated to be 3,842 across 84 congregations (2012).

Grace Communion International: Founded in 1934, membership is estimated to be 11,000 across 300 churches (2016).

Jehovah's Witness (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society): Founded in 1870, membership is estimated to be 3,016,924 across 12,285 Kingdom Halls (2020).

Philadelphia Church of God: Founded in 1989, membership is estimated to be 5,000 across 100 churches (1998).

Seventh-Day Adventists: Founded in 1863, membership is estimated to be 1,339,830 across 5,989 congregations (2020).

United Church of God: Founded in 1995, membership is estimated to be 13,800 across 200 congregations (2016).

 

Holy Bible

There is no official bible for these denominations, but different churches may prefer one translation over another.

Jehovah's Witness Bible-New World Translation