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Washington Adventist University was established in 1904 by the Seventh-day Adventist Church as Washington Training College. In 1907, it was renamed Washington Foreign Mission Seminary, in 1914, Washington Missionary College, in 1961, Columbia Union College, and in 2009 received its current name. [3]
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is as of 2016 "one of the fastest-growing and most widespread churches worldwide", [4] with a worldwide baptized membership of over 22 million people. As of May 2007, it was the twelfth-largest Protestant religious body in the world, and the sixth-largest highly international religious body.
College Park (previously "College Town") is a small, leafy, residential eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters. It is always the most expensive suburb in South Australia , with a median sale price of $3.3 million as of 2024.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church runs a large educational system throughout the world. As of 2008, 1678 secondary schools are affiliated with the Church. Some schools offer both elementary and secondary education.
Earle Hilgert (1923-2020) - American academic theologian, administrator and librarian [308] Victor Houteff (1885–1955) – Bulgarian who founded the Shepherd's Rod who was disfellowshipped by the Seventh-day Adventist Church [309] Moses Hull (1836–1907) – former pastor who became a Spiritualist lecturer and author.
Sources. Much of this information (particularly the location information) was taken from sites of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, such as the site below.. List of Adventist colleges and universities by divisions of the Adventist Church Archived 2009-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
The Seventh-day Adventist Church had its roots in the Millerite movement of the 1830s to the 1840s, during the period of the Second Great Awakening, and was officially founded in 1863. Prominent figures in the early church included Hiram Edson, Ellen G. White, her husband James Springer White, Joseph Bates, and J. N. Andrews.
The Advanced Bible School (1934-1937) was the forerunner of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. In addition, the SDA Theological Seminary became part of Potomac University from 1957-1960, which in 1960 merged with Emmanuel Missionary College, in Berrien Springs, Michigan, to become Andrews University.