The General Conference structure, while having good representation at periodic sessions, did not have corresponding administrative representation. Growing PainsĪn auspicious development during this time was the biblical understanding regarding church giving: tithing, returning 10 percent of one’s income, replaced Systematic Benevolence in 1879, greatly expanding the financial foundation of the church, and improving funding for its increasingly worldwide missionary work. From both Battle Creek Sanitarium and Battle Creek College, medical and ministerial missionaries were trained and sent in growing numbers to various parts of the world. In 1874, John Nevins Andrews became the first official missionary sent from the United Sates to Europe. This led to the incorporation of an Educational Society that established Battle Creek College in March 1874. It slowly grew until 1872, when it was adopted as a General Conference project. Goodloe Harper Bell began a private school in Battle Creek during the late 1860s. The third major ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church planted in Battle Creek was education. Other sanitariums were established by Adventist doctors in other locations. The sanitarium became a world-renowned institution under the leadership of John Harvey Kellogg. This led to the establishment of the Western Health Reform Institute in 1866, later renamed Battle Creek Sanitarium. An additional vision in 1865, in Rochester, New York, instructed Adventists to have their own institution of healing. This led her and many others to adopt a vegetarian diet and give greater consideration to good health that included the therapeutic use of water, rest, and other natural remedies. She was shown the link between health and spiritual experience.
In early June of the same year, Ellen White had her most comprehensive vision on health while in Otsego, Michigan.
Civil War, led first to the formation of local conferences, then to the organization of the General Conference in May 1863. This, together with a need for official denominational representation for Adventist conscientious objectors who were being drafted for the U.S. In 1859 a new plan of giving, Systematic Benevolence, brought additional support for ministerial and evangelistic effort, requiring further organization to manage the collection and distribution of resources. In 1860 the church adopted the name Seventh-day Adventist primarily so that the publishing work could be incorporated. A Great Place to Growįrom 1855 to 1903 church organization, world mission, and doctrinal understanding saw rapid development. In November 1855 James and Ellen White and others connected with the Review and Herald publishing operation moved to Battle Creek. * A local church was organized not long afterward. Sabbathkeeping Adventist faith came to the city in 1852 when Joseph Bates was directed by the postmaster to “the most honest man in town,” a Millerite peddler named David Hewitt. During the 1850s, new and up-and-coming Battle Creek, Michigan, became a location of growing importance for the Seventh-day Adventist movement.
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