Shepherd's Rod

Shepherd's Rod

The Shepherd's Rod or Davidian Seventh-day Adventists or Davidians, is a group who focuses on a message authored by Victor T. Houteff. Davidians have claimed themselves a part of the Seventh Day Adventist Church but some were disfellowshipped because they follow the interpretations by Victor T. Houteff, himself excommunicated because of his teachings, as these additional doctrines are not accepted by the Official ministry or the General Conference. Davidians have chosen to identify themselves as part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church since 1929 (the inception of the original Rod doctrine of the 144,000, see 1 Shepherd's Rod), seeing themselves as a reformatory group who strive for revival and reformation within the main denomination (see Shepherd's Rod Tract, 5). However, the majority of the original Davidians were disfellowshipped due to the rejection of the Rod message by the Seventh-day Adventist Church's leadership (see Tract #7: The Great Controversy Over the Shepherd's Rod). Davidians believe in the complete writings of Ellen White, the message of Righteousness by Faith given by A. T. Jones and E. J. Waggoner (also known as the 1888 message), the King James Bible and the writings of Victor Houteff.