True and Free Seventh-day Adventists
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The True and Free Seventh-day Adventists (TFSDA) are a splinter group formed as the result of a
Overview
The group related its origins to the
The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement was formerly organised on an international level in 1925 at
Much like in Russia, the crackdown on the Reform Movement in Germany began with the General Conference association's dissolution by the
Both the TFSDA and the Seventh Day Adventist Reform movement's beliefs largely reflect its distinctive Seventh-day Adventist Church heritage, with some small divergences.
History of the schism
1914–1918 Seventh-day Adventist Church Schism (Europe)
The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement came about as a result of the actions of
The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists sent
TFSDA in the Soviet Union
Leaders of the TFSDA movement were vigorously hunted by the KGB (national security agency) and almost without exception, pastors and leaders of this church spent many years in prison, their children were taken from them and forced into exile.[citation needed] Three prominent leaders of the TFSDA in the USSR were V. A. Shelkov[10] and two brothers named Murkin.
The True and Free Seventh-day Adventists continue today in small numbers. The group focuses its outreach on members of the regular Seventh-day Adventist Church and expects to see an imminent return of religious persecution.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Murray, Katharine, "Soviet Seventh-day Adventists," Religion, State and Society 5:2 (Summer 1977), p.88–93.
- ^ Holger Teubert, "The History of the So called "Reform Movement" of the Seventh-day Adventists," unpublished Manuscript, 9.
- ^ Holger Teubert, "The History of the So called "Reform Movement" of the Seventh-day Adventists," unpublished Manuscript, 9.
- ^ See on "The Name of Our Church", official SDARM Website, http://www.sdarm.org/origin/his_12_name.html Archived 2013-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.sidadventist.org/lead/index.php/resources/essent/89-leadership[permanent dead link]
- ^ "International Missionary Society SDA Adventist Church Reform Movement". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "1914-1918 - The Great Crisis". Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ISBN 0-8280-0918-X.
- ^ http://www.sidadventist.org/lead/index.php/resources/essent/89-leadership[permanent dead link]
- ^ Sapiets, Marite "V. A. Shelkov and the true and free Adventists of the USSR," Religion, State and Society 8:3 (1980), p.201–217
Bibliography
- Ludmilla Alexeyeva, "Human Rights and the True and Free Adventists". Spectrum 19:2 (November 1988), pp. 25–32.
- Gary Land, Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventists, 2005, p. 254