The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in Christian and Jewish calendars, as the Sabbath, and its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Wikipedia
Founded: May 21, 1863, Battle Creek, MI
Aid organization: Adventist Development and Relief Agency
Headquarters: Silver Spring, MD
Hospitals: 198
Congregations: 86,576 churches, 71,758 companies
Founders: Ellen G. White, James Springer White, Joseph Bates, J. N. Andrews
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a mainstream Protestant church with approximately 19 million members worldwide, including more than one million members in North America. The Adventist Church operates 173 hospitals and sanitariums and more than 7,500 schools around the world. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) works within communities in more than 130 countries to provide community development and disaster relief.