Walking In the Light: A Journey Out of Adventism
Colleen I grew up a third generation Adventist. I went to Adventist elementary schools and an Adventist academy, and I attended Walla Walla College in Washington. I loved being an […]
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Category: Faith Story
The Taylor’s Letter to Friends and Family
We are running this faith story by Greg Taylor which he wrote just as he was exiting Adventism over two decades ago. Since we first published this story on our […]
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My Journey Out of Legalism
CLAY PECK Originally presented as a spoken message on January 15, 2000 I’m calling this message, “My Journey Out of Legalism.” As I thought about that title, it occurred to […]
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Letter to My Adventist Friends
BERIT FISCHER This is the letter that I sent out to friends and family after leaving the Seventh-day Adventist church. The response I got included silence, withdrawal and accusations of […]
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My Changes Explained
PAM WYCKE This essay is written as an attempt to explain the recent changes in my life that have led to my re-baptism and separation from the Seventh-day Adventist Church. […]
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“…We Will Serve the Lord”
TED AND LISA BOYL-DAVIS Our story is probably similar to many of you rescued by Our Lord Jesus Christ, startling, miraculous, and shocking both to us and our families and […]
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We Who Have Believed Entered Rest!
CYNTHIA FEARING “Now we who have believed enter that rest…” Hebrews 4:3 I was recently asked the following question(s): The answers to these questions are found in the doctrines of […]
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Breaking From Generations
JERALEE A. SMITH I am the daughter of an SDA pastor, who is the son of an SDA pastor who was the son of a devout SDA layperson who heard […]
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My Letter of Resignation From Adventism
To the Warrimoo Seventh-day Adventist church, the Pastor and EldersFrom Ferdinand RajcanyLetter of resignation from the SDA denomination30th December 2004 Dear friends, For the last seven years I was troubled […]
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A Letter to Adventist Pastors in Africa
YUSSUF NYAMERI Dear Adventist Pastors in Africa: I have the pleasure to share with you my testimony for which I will never be sorry. If some will not finish my […]
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My Veil Replaced by Tears
LUANDA A. DANIELS I am a former third generation on both sides of my family Seventh Day Adventist. I was freed from that faith last year in February. What an […]
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I Followed the Voice of Another Shepherd
The Wanderings of One Lost Sheep STEPHEN PITCHER Seventh-day Adventism is the most subtle of all the major cults of American origin. In his groundbreaking work, even Walter Martin, the […]
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Why I’m No Longer an Adventist
GABRIEL PROKSCH To the Pastor and the board of the Seventh-day Adventist Church: The following letter contains my personal reasons which are at the heart of why I’m no longer […]
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I Flirted With Adventism
JOEL LONDON I was first introduced to Seventh-day Adventism several years back, when I was in high school I believe, when I overheard a television broadcast my father was watching. […]
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Taking Off Adventist Sunglasses
TOM AND JUDY SHEWMAKE We were born into the Seventh-day Adventist subculture but during a church evangelistic series we found ourselves examining our beliefs. When we opened our Bibles to […]
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