Seventh-day Adventist Education

Introduction

The Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Christian denomination formed in 1861, operates a global system of schools from the preschool- through the graduate-level. Adventist schools emerged during the 19th century, a time of widespread calls for educational reform in the United States. The educational system developed by the Seventh-day Adventist Church was from its beginnings intent on reformation of existing school practices. This reform focused on providing a principle-based education in harmony with the church's Bible-based beliefs. From a lackluster beginning in the 1850s typified by starts and stops, the philosophy of Adventist education has since about 1900 developed into ...