Who Are We?

We will identify, analyze and address the needs of our congregation and provide support.
We will create an environment conducive to the spiritual, physical, social and mental development of our youth.
We will nurture new believers in their spiritual growth and will work diligently to reclaim others.
We will be active agents reflecting the compassion of Christ in our respective communities.
Our church will be accessible to the community and will assist in meeting its needs.

Apple Creek Seventh-day Adventist Church is comprised of people of diverse backgrounds, drawn together by their love for Jesus and their desire to attract others to Him. We aim to present the compassion of Christ through community-based activities, preparing all believers for His soon return.

CHRIST. COMPASSION. COMMUNITY.

The Seventh-day Adventist® Church was born out of the Millerite movement of the 1840s when thousands of Christians searched for greater understanding of biblical prophecy. Among these believers was a group in New England that rediscovered the seventh-day Sabbath. They chose the name “Seventh-day” which refers to the biblical Sabbath, Saturday, ordained by God at Creation. “Adventist” refers to the return, or second advent, of Jesus Christ.

In 1863, the new Sabbath keepers officially organized into a denomination with 3,500 members worshipping in 125 churches. They soon began sharing their faith outside of North America, first Switzerland in 1874, then in Russia, Ghana, South Africa, Argentina, and Japan.

Today, as one of the fastest growing Christian Protestant churches, the Seventh-day Adventist® Church’s worldwide membership has grown to more than 20 million in more than 200 countries. The Adventist Church operates the second largest parochial education system in the world, and operates the second largest religion-based health care network in the U.S.

The Seventh-day Adventist® Church in North America, known as the North American Division, represents more than 1.2 million members from the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Guam and Micronesia. This regional division was officially formed in 1985, and moved from Silver Spring, Maryland, to Columbia, Maryland, in September 2017.