Seventh-Day Adventist

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a member of an Adventist Christian denomination that makes Saturday the chief day of rest and religious observance.

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Protestant theol a member of that branch of the Adventists which constituted itself as a separate body after the expected Second Coming of Christ failed to be realized in 1844. They are strongly Protestant, believe that Christ's coming is imminent, and observe Saturday instead of Sunday as their Sabbath

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Seventh-Day Adventist¹

1875–80

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Sheriff Honea previously said investigators "have received some information that leads us to believe that the subject responsible for the shooting targeted this school because of its affiliation with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church".

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He previously noted authorities believed the shooting was an isolated incident, but a state-wide alert was sent to other schools affiliated with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church out of an abundance of caution.

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Matthew Daniel Johnson, 34, was a school counselor at La Sierra Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist private school in Riverside, from 2016 to 2020.

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They include a Baptist, a Muslim, a Seventh-Day Adventist and two practitioners of Santeria, as well as an atheist.

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Three others have been convicted and sentenced to prison, including Dmytro Zelinsky, a Seventh-day Adventist who was given a three-year prison sentence this summer.

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Seventh-Day Seventh-Day Adventists

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