[5] Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the functions of its central offices include global missions, leadership development, church planting and management of organizational publications and media.
This council, a governing board made up of elected representatives from Advent Christian Churches,[7] is chaired by the organization's president, Rev.
His followers, called Millerites, waited for the coming of Christ and the end of the world and were greatly disappointed when his predictions proved incorrect.
A third root of the Advent Christians is found in the rise of the doctrine of conditional immortality among Adventist preachers such as Charles F. Hudson (1795–1881) and George Storrs (1796–1879).
The Advent Christian statement of faith is as follows:[11] We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
(Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19) We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
(Philippians 2:6-11; 1 Peter 3:18; Romans 5:9; Matthew 26:64) We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.