Beliefs
The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement (SDARM General Conference) identifies itself with a conservative Seventh-day Adventist theological and eschatological heritage. While it holds to the basic tenets of the Seventh-day Adventist faith, commonly referred to as the pillars or landmarks of the faith (See on Seventh-day Adventist theology for these landmark teachings), there is a divergence in degree on some post-1914 doctrinal positions of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in both interpretation and application.
The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement's official position as conscientious objectors in relation to war and military service reflects the pacifist position of the Seventh-day Adventist Church during the 1861-1865 American Civil War. This is direct response to what L. R. Conradi and others incorrectly presented to the member and distinct from the official Seventh-day Adventist Church position which is one of non-combatancy, though in practice Seventh-day Adventist members have served in combatant roles in the military services.
Other divergences include the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement's positions on divorce and remarriage, closed communion, the sealing work of Revelation 7 (the SDARM holding to a pre-1914 view of its literal and limited (by number) nature, and the remnant church of Revelation 12:17.
The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement, as does the official Seventh-day Adventist Church also, believes in the verity of End-time Prophet Ellen G. White, who was a staunch member of the Seventh Day Adventist church and wrote numerous of inspired books for the edification of her church.
Whereas the Seventh-day Adventist church emphasises the message of the three angels of Revelation 14:6-12, the Reform Movement places a distinct emphasis on a fourth angelic message based on Revelation 18:1-4. The movement claims that the message of this other angel was first given at 1888 Minneapolis General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. This claim is maintained by the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement as the unique purpose for its existence as a distinct organisation separate to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The message is captured in the expression "Christ our Righteousness", the foundation for "Justification by Faith".
Aside from the divergences, an examination of the SDA Reform Movement's published beliefs, indicate many similarities in theology with the traditional Seventh-day Adventist beliefs and also the more conservative Historic Adventism and Last Generation Theology wings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
A list of beliefs, along with an expanded explanation, may be viewed online.
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