A Publication Affirming Seventh-day Adventist Beliefs
About Us
Introduction
Adventists Affirm is dedicated to upholding the fundamental beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and supporting its leadership in upholding those beliefs.
Together with many other churches, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is feeling the impact of liberalizing trends, eroding confidence in the authority of the Bible in defining belief and practice. Therefore, a group of scholars and other interested people began this publication in the spring of 1987.
Positive response has been so strong and widespread, coming from church leaders, pastors, and concerned constituents alike, that the conviction has deepened that a conservative approach to issues facing the Seventh-day Adventist Church is not only needed but welcomed.
Readership and Approach
While the articles in Adventists Affirm seek to follow principles of sound scholarship, they are intended to appeal to a wide readership. The editor seeks support and encouragement from perceptive constituents, editors, educators, pastors, and church leaders to affirm the validity and contemporary relevance of historic Adventist beliefs and practices.
Purpose and Commitment
The purpose of Adventists Affirm is to address issues involving doctrine and practice faced by the church, and to do so based on the Bible and the writings of Ellen White. The publication is intended to affirm the fundamental beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, as confessed in the “Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists.” It also aims to affirm:
1. The Bible as the inspired Word of God.
2. The Spirit of Prophecy writings as inspired counsel and illumination on the Bible.
3. The Bible-based lifestyle and piety of Seventh-day Adventists.
4. The leadership of the church as appointed servants of the Lord.
Inspiration
ADVENTISTS AFFIRM is offered to its readers with the prayer that God will use it to help Adventist believers resist the tempation to “let the world squeeze you into its mold” (Romans 12:2, Phillips).
“God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reform. The opinions of learned men, the deductions of science, the pleas or decisions of ecclesiastical councils, as numerous and discordant as are the churches which they represent, the voice of the majority–not one nor all of these should be regarded as evidence for or against any point of religious faith. Before accepting any doctrine or precept, we should demand a plain ‘Thus saith the Lord’ in its support”
—White, E. G. (1911) The Great Controversy (p. 595) Pacific Press Publishing Association.