Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement

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Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement is a division from the Seventh-day Adventist Church created by disagreement over proper Sabbath observance and military service during World War I.

When the German army mobilized in 1914, Seventh-day Adventists in that country had to decide whether they would serve in the military. The president of the East German Union Conference and others in council decided that conscripted Adventists would bear arms and could render service on the Sabbath in defense of their country. Though most followed their leadership in this policy, a minority felt they could not uphold what they believed was the church's original position in regard to keeping the Law of God and also serve in the military. The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Europe disfellowshipped those who refused to serve in the military.

There were about 4,000 Adventists in Germany and other parts of Europe that were disfellowshipped. Attempts at reconciliation were made at the conclusion of the war, and again in 1920 and 1922. The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement was organized as a separate church from the main body of Seventh-day Adventists at Gotha, Germany, July 14-20, 1925.

The reform movement was first headquartered in Isernhagen, Germany, then later in Basel, Switzerland. After World War II, headquarters were moved to Sacramento, California. The church was incorporated in 1949. Offices are currently located in Roanoke, Virginia. The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement has members in over 100 countries. The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement has a General Conference which coordinates the work of the denomination around the world, including the various Union Conferences, Field Conferences and Missions.

The Reform Movement has suffered one division. Near the end of the 1940s, two parties developed, but continued together until June 6, 1952, when the party led by Carlos Kozel decided to reorganize themselves as a separate body. This body operates as the International Missionary Society, Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Reform Movement, and was headquartered in Germany until 2002 when the offices were moved to Los Angeles, California.

Contents 1 Officers 2 General Conference Sessions 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Officers

President

Term	President	Nationality
1925 - 1934	Otto Welp	Germany
1934 - 1942	Willi Maas	Germany
1942 - 1948	Albert Mueller	Germany
1948 - 1951	Carlos Kozel	Argentina
1951 - 1959	Dumitru Nicolici	Romania
1959 - 1963	Andre Lavrik	Brazil
1963 - 1967	Clyde T. Stewart	Australia
1967 - 1979	Francisco Devai	Brazil
1979 - 1983	Wilhelm Volpp	Germany
1983 - 1991	João Moreno	Germany
1991 - 1995	Neville S. Brittain	Australia
1995 - 2003	Alfredo Carlos Sas	Brazil
2003 -	Duraisamy Sureshkumar	India

Secretary

Term	Secretary	Nationality
1925 - 1934	Willi Maas	Germany
1934 - 1948	A. Rieck	Germany
1948 - 1951	Dumitru Nicolici	Romania
1951 - 1955	Clyde T. Stewart	Australia
1955 - 1963	Ivan W. Smith	USA
1963 - 1967	Alfons Balbach	Brazil
1967 - 1971	Alex Norman Macdonald	USA
1971 - 1980	Alfons Balbach	Brazil
1980 - 1987	Alex Norman Macdonald	USA
1987 - 1995	Alfredo Carlos Sas	Brazil
1995 - 1999	Davi Paes Silva	Brazil
1999 - 2001	John Garbi	USA
2001 - 2003	Benjamin Burec	USA
2003 -	David Zic	Canada

[edit] General Conference Sessions

—	Year	City	Country
1.	1925	Gotha	Germany
2.	1928	Isernhagen	Germany
3.	1931	Isernhagen	Germany
4.	1934	Budapest	Hungary
5.	1948	The Hague	Netherlands
6.	1951	Zeist	Zeist
7.	1955	Sao Paulo	Brazil
8.	1959	Sao Paulo	Brazil
9.	1963	Gross Gerau	Germany
10.	1967	Sao Paulo	Brazil
11.	1971	Brasilia	Brazil
12.	1975	Brasilia	Brazil
13.	1979	Bushkill Falls, Pennsylvania	USA
14.	1983	Puslinch, Ontario	Canada
15.	1987	Braganca Paulista	Brazil
16.	1991	Breuberg	Germany
17.	1995	Voineasa	Romania
18.	1999	Itu	Brazil
19.	2003	Itu	Brazil
20.	2007	Jeju	South Korea

[edit] External links

• Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement General Conference
• SDARM General Conference Secretariat
• SDARM East Canadian Field
• SDARM Southeast U.S. Field
• SDARM Australasian Union
• SDARM Ecuadorian Field (in spanish)
• International Missionary Society, Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Reform Movement

[edit] References

• The Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia, Review & Herald Publishing Association
• History of the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement, Alfons Balbach, Reformation Herald Publishing Association, 1999.