Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Don’t judge this church by the way it looks on the outside or by the people inside. I am fully convinced that the Seventh Day Adventist church is the true church of Christ. This church has the truth and that’s why it’s attacked so fiercely. Remember Isaiah 8:20.

Unless you are already brainwashed by the 7^th Day Adventist doctrine, please avoid this church. I do not normally leave bad reviews for Christian churches, but I believe this to be more «cult» and less «Christian church.»
As an aside, I just want to say how annoying it is listening to their pastor. His teaching style is grating. He left me a phone message once, and I saved it just so I could play it for all the people to whom I was trying to explain his voice and speaking style. Very hard to listen to.
I received a flyer in the mail for their End Times Prophecy seminar. I am a student of End Times Prophecy, and I was interested in hearing what they had to say. They specifically advertised that it wouldn’t be what I had been taught to believe. The seminar was one week long. It was a week when I was actually pretty busy, but I figured «it’s just a week, I will make the sacrifice and go.» I had family in town who I did not spend time with, due to this event. I had other plans I had to cancel to attend this event.
The day of the first seminar, I was visiting my Grandparents beforehand, and I told them where I was going. They said they had gone years ago, and that it was interesting, but not to give them my home address, because they will come a calling…
I got to the event, and my address was required. I specifically asked the lady at the registration table if they would be stopping by my house. The question seemed to anger her, which should have been a red flag for me. But she promised that they do not do that — that they would not come to my house.
I sat through the first seminar. The first 20 minutes, or so, seemed to be wasted time, as it was like a 20 minute commercial before they got to the real meat. The last 20 minutes were also wasted time for me, because it was an alter call, and I am already saved. After a couple days of this formula, I began to arrive a few minutes late, and leave a few minutes early, and this also seemed to anger the people at reception. I was NOT disruptive. I didn’t even enter the sanctuary — I sat in a small pew in the narthex, because the area was wired for sound. So there was nothing to be angry about.
I kept hearing some weird comments about how if I attend X number of days, I would get (or be entered into a drawing for) a free family Bible. I couldn’t understand how I could get to X number of days, since this was only a 7 day seminar.
About 4 – 5 days in, they stopped following the outline. He kept «teasing» us with the things that were supposed to be on that day, by saying it would be addressed the next night, or the night after. I was annoyed, but assumed they just got their outline mixed up on which topics were for which day. But on the 6^th day, the truth was revealed. This was NOT a 7 day seminar. This was a 6 week seminar! I was really angry. There was literally no way I could make this work, based on where I live, and on my busy schedule, and I had already missed out on things that were important to me in order to attend. When I approached reception and innocently asked about the schedule, I held up my flyer and the woman tried to brush it off «oh, don’t pay any attention to that one. That one is wrong. Here, I’ll give you the right one.» Like it was no big deal. Like it wasn’t a blatant bait & switch. Like this supposed Christian Church didn’t just blatantly lie to us all.
If all of this weren’t bad enough, the pastor started calling me, and then GUESS WHO SHOWED UP AT MY HOUSE?! Yes, that is right. They came a calling. To their credit, I sent a rather… clear email to them, telling them how violated I felt, and never to return, and they never have. But it shouldn’t have come to that.
If you get their flyer, and are intrigued, and you want to save yourself the trouble, here you go:
They believe ATTENDING CHURCH ON SUNDAY IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST.
You’re welcome.
If you want The Truth, I highly recommend tuning into Irvin Baxter, of Endtime Ministries. His show is on every Sunday night, and repeats the following Saturday night (Ch 18 /​KWDK). He is very interesting, and he clearly and concisely shows how we are living in the End Times now, and breaks down the signs. If you happen to tune in now, he is basically asking for an offering on every show right now, because of a certain Biblical deadline we are facing, but he hasn’t always and doesn’t always do that, so don’t let that deter you from the useful information he shares.
We ARE living in the End Times, and this stuff IS important. Be sure to get your information from a true Biblical source and not some wacky cult who believes the God who created us, loves us desperately, and sent His Only Son to be brutally murdered in order to save us, would send us all to hell on a technicality.