SDA beliefs summary.
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church has 28 Fundamental Beliefs that provide a framework for its beliefs and practices. These beliefs are as follows:

  1. The Holy Scriptures
  2. The Trinity
  3. The Father
  4. The Son
  5. The Holy Spirit
  6. Creation
  7. Nature of Humanity
  8. The Great Controversy
  9. Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ
  10. Experience of Salvation
  11. Growing in Christ
  12. The Church
  13. The Remnant and Its Mission
  14. Unity in the Body of Christ
  15. Baptism
  16. The Lord's Supper
  17. Spiritual Gifts and Ministries
  18. The Gift of Prophecy
  19. The Law of God
  20. The Sabbath
  21. Stewardship
  22. Christian Behavior
  23. Marriage and the Family
  24. Christ's Ministry in the Heavenly Sanctuary
  25. Second Coming of Christ
  26. Death and Resurrection
  27. The Millennium and the End of Sin
  28. The New Earth

These beliefs encompass the Adventist understanding of God, humanity, salvation, the church, and the end times. Adventists believe that the Bible is the ultimate authority for faith and practice and seek to live according to its teachings.