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Adventist.org: The Official Site of the Seventh-day Adventist world church Revived by His Word - Home Spiritually Single... GYC Coldwater Seventh-day Adventist Church (Rayborn Memorial) Read SDA Books Online | Word Of Truth Beliefs and practices of the Seventh-Day Adventist denomination The Seventh-day Adventist™ Church Sponsored link. Beliefs: Seventh-day Adventists follow most of the beliefs of conventional conservative Christianity: creation in six days, the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden, original sin; the virgin birth; the divinity of Christ; the nature of the Trinity; belief in Satan as a rebellious created being; God's inspiration of the authors of the Bible, the inerrancy of Scriptures as they were originally written down; the resurrection of Jesus, salvation by the atonement of Christ, considering all same-sex sexual behavior as sinful, regardless of the nature of the relationship; rejection of same-sex marriage and civil unions, etc. However, they differ from other conservative Protestants on a number of other beliefs: Sponsored link: Practices: The practice of Adventism varies greatly from congregation to congregation. References used: The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above essay. Sponsored link