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- noun Plural form of
Adventist .
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Examples
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As a consequence of Miller's sermons, fifty thousand so-called Adventists waited for the end, predicted to occur in the summer of 1843.
Jeff Schweitzer: Rapture Rupture Jeff Schweitzer 2011
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"And the Adventists are the mayor, police, everything."
NYT > Global Home By MARC LACEY 2010
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Examples abound, but include Pentecostalism, Seventh-day Adventists, the Christian Scientists, and the Mormons.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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In a telling example of the dynamism within American religion, some of those Millerites became Seventh-day Adventists, a thriving denomination that endures today.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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With strong track records for success in health and education, Adventists find they get a hearing among skeptics who share those priorities.
Adventists' back-to-basics faith is fastest growing U.S. church 2011
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Publicized research on Adventists' health "has helped bring some objective evaluation of Adventism... particularly all up and down the West Coast," said G.
Adventists' back-to-basics faith is fastest growing U.S. church 2011
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Many in the general public have noticed Adventists tend to be superstars of good health and longevity; research shows they tend to live 10 years longer than the average American.
Adventists' back-to-basics faith is fastest growing U.S. church 2011
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Adventists find the essence of their mission in Revelation 14:12, where the end of the age "calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus."
Adventists' back-to-basics faith is fastest growing U.S. church 2011
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Hispanic Adventists are "the one group that is growing very well," he added.
Adventists' back-to-basics faith is fastest growing U.S. church 2011
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Seventh-day Adventists are asking a different question: Why isn't the church growing much faster on these shores, which is home to just 1.1 million of the world's 16 million Adventists?
Adventists' back-to-basics faith is fastest growing U.S. church 2011
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