The United Sabbath-Day Adventist Church is a small
African American
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Christian denomination founded by James K. Humphrey.
History
It formed in
New York City
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as a breakaway from the
Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1929–1930 over racial tensions between black and white people. Its beliefs remained similar to Seventh-day Adventists. At its peak in the 1930s the movement had 15 congregations and smaller "missions" throughout the
United States
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and
Jamaica
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. It began to decline in the same decade. As of 2007, a small number of people remain in a single congregation in New York City.
See also
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North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
The North American Division (NAD) of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which oversees the Church's work in the United States, Canada, French possessions of St. Pierre and Miquelon, the Br ...
References
* Joe Mesar and Tom Dybdahl,
The Utopia Park Affair and the Rise of Northern Black Adventists, ''
Adventist Heritage
Progressive Adventists are members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who prefer different emphases or disagree with certain beliefs traditionally held by mainstream Adventism and officially by the church. While they are often described as li ...
'' 1:1 (January 1974), p34–41, 53–54
* ''James K. Humphrey and the Sabbath-Day Adventists'' by R.
mauldClifford Jones (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007)
publisher's page Reviewed by Douglas Morgan in ''
Andrews University Seminary Studies
''Andrews University Seminary Studies'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. It was established in 1963 and publishes research articles and brief notes ...
'' 46:2 (Autumn 2008), p273–276. Jones' PhD thesis is ''Utopia Park, Utopian Church: James K. Humphrey and the Emergence of Sabbath Adventists'' from Western Michigan University – se
abstract
External links
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/nowiki> III blog by "Hobbes", a Seventh-day Adventist lecturer; September 5, 2006,
Historically African-American Christian denominations
Christian denominations in Jamaica
Adventism
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