Overview of the 28 Fundamental Beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men moved by the Holy Spirit. In this Word, God has committed to humanity the knowledge necessary for salvation. Scripture is the supreme, authoritative, and infallible revelation of His will.
There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons. God is immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing, above all, and ever present.
God the eternal Father is Creator, Source, Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation. He is just and holy, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ. Through Him all things were created, the character of God is revealed, salvation is accomplished, and the world is judged.
God the eternal Spirit was active with the Father and the Son in creation, incarnation, and redemption. He inspired the writers of Scripture and fills the church with power for witness.
God has revealed in Scripture the authentic and historical account of His creative activity. In six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and rested on the seventh day.
Man and woman were made in the image of God with individuality, the power and freedom to think and to do. Through sin, the image of God in humanity was marred.
All humanity is now involved in a great controversy between Christ and Satan regarding the character of God, His law, and His sovereignty over the universe.
In Christ’s life of perfect obedience to God’s will, His suffering, death, and resurrection, God provided the only means of atonement for human sin.
In infinite love and mercy, God made Christ, who knew no sin, to be sin for us, so that in Him we might be made the righteousness of God.
By His death on the cross Jesus triumphed over the forces of evil. Through the indwelling Spirit we are called to grow daily in Christlikeness.
The church is the community of believers who confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. In continuity with the people of God in Old Testament times, we are called out from the world.
The universal church is composed of all who truly believe in Christ, but in the last days a remnant has been called to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
The church is one body with many members, called from every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. In Christ we are a new creation.
By baptism we confess our faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and testify of our death to sin and of our purpose to walk in newness of life.
The Lord’s Supper is a participation in the emblems of the body and blood of Jesus as an expression of faith in Him, our Lord and Savior.
God bestows upon all members of His church in every age spiritual gifts which each member is to employ in loving ministry for the common good of the church and humanity.
One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is prophecy. This gift is an identifying mark of the remnant church and was manifested in the ministry of Ellen G. White.
The great principles of God’s law are embodied in the Ten Commandments and exemplified in the life of Christ. They express God’s love, will, and purposes.
The gracious Creator, after the six days of Creation, rested on the seventh day and instituted the Sabbath for all people as a memorial of Creation.
We are God’s stewards, entrusted by Him with time and opportunities, abilities and possessions, and the blessings of the earth and its resources.
We are called to be a godly people who think, feel, and act in harmony with biblical principles in all aspects of personal and social life.
Marriage was divinely established in Eden and affirmed by Jesus to be a lifelong union between a man and a woman in loving companionship.
There is a sanctuary in heaven, the true tabernacle that the Lord set up and not humans. In it Christ ministers on our behalf.
The second coming of Christ is the blessed hope of the church, the grand climax of the gospel.
The wages of sin is death. But God, who alone is immortal, will grant eternal life to His redeemed. Until that day death is an unconscious state for all people.
The millennium is the thousand-year reign of Christ with His saints in heaven between the first and second resurrections.
On the new earth, in which righteousness dwells, God will provide an eternal home for the redeemed and a perfect environment for everlasting life, love, joy, and learning.
This page follows the thematic structure of the 28 Fundamental Beliefs presented on the official Adventist Church site.
