Who Are We

About Us

The Seventh-day Adventist Church Erdington is part of a world-wide organisation with its head office, the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, located in Maryland, USA. Our church is a proud member of the North England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, situated in Birmingham, West Midlands, England.

Structure of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
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Adventist Church is structured into four main layers:
- General Conference (GC): This top level is divided into 13 divisions world-wide.
- Trans European Division (TED): Encompassing 22 European countries, the TED oversees our region.
- British Union Conference (BUC): This includes the North England Conference, South England Conference, Irish Mission, Scottish Mission, and Welsh Mission.
- North England Conference (NEC): Erdington is one of over 100 churches within the NEC.

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General History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Brief History

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination that originated from a global religious revival in the mid-nineteenth century. During this period, many believers felt that Bible prophecies foretold the imminent second coming or advent of Christ.

Following a great disappointment in the 1840s when Christ did not return as expected, a group of these Adventists in the United States persisted in their Bible studies. They concluded that their interpretation of the prophetic events was incorrect, reaffirming their belief in the future second coming of Christ. This group later embraced the seventh-day Sabbath and formally organised as the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1863, initiating their global mission.


The Seventh-day Adventist Church bases its faith and practices entirely on the Bible, encapsulating its beliefs in 28 fundamental doctrines. These key beliefs serve to unify the diverse, global community of Seventh-day Adventists.


Seventh-day Adventist beliefs are meant to permeate your whole life. Growing out of scriptures that paint a compelling portrait of God, you are invited to explore, experience and know the One who desires to make us whole.

What We Believe

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The Trinity

There is one God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons usually called the Trinity. God the Father is the Creator, Source, Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation. God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ, through Whom all things were created; the character of God is revealed; the salvation of humanity is accomplished; and the world is judged. God the Holy Spirit draws men and women to Himself and gives spiritual gifts to the Church.

Christ our Hope

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, so that those who by faith accept this atonement have eternal life.

Christ's Return

The second coming of Christ is the blessed hope of the Church, the grand climax of the Gospel. His coming will be literal, personal, visible, and world-wide. When He returns the righteous dead will be resurrected and together with the righteous living will be glorified and taken to heaven. The unrighteous - those who have rejected divine grace - will die.

The Church

The Church is the community of believers who confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. In it men and women join together for worship, fellowship, instruction in the Word, the celebration of the Lord's Supper, service to our neighbours, and the world-wide proclamation of the Gospel.

The Holy Scriptures

The Old and New Testaments are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote by the Holy Spirit. The Scriptures are the infallible revelation of God's will.

Baptism

Baptism by immersion is a symbol of our union with Christ, the forgiveness of our sins, and our reception of the Holy Spirit.

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments, the great principles of God's law, are exemplified in the life of Christ. They express God's love, will, and purposes concerning human conduct and relationships. Salvation is all of grace and not of works, but its fruitage is obedience to the Commandments, not in hopeless effort to earn salvation, but in grateful harmony with the life and will of Him whose perfect obedience has brought us confidence and acceptance as His sons and daughters.

The Sabbath

The seventh day of the week, Saturday, is observed as the day of rest, worship, and ministry in harmony with the teaching and practice of Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a day of delightful communion with God and one another. We joyfully observe this holy time from Friday evening to Saturday evening, from sunset to sunset, as a celebration of God's creative and redemptive acts.

The New Earth

On the new earth, in which righteousness dwells, God will provide a glorious home for the redeemed with a perfect environment for everlasting life, love, joy and learning. God Himself will dwell with His people, and suffering and death will exist no more.

Full Statement of Fundamental beliefs

A complete statement of the 28 fundamental beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists is available as a pdf file. Click to view or right click and "save target as" to download.