NOT listed as a possible SDA name?

NOT listed as a possible SDA name?

• A. Seventh-day People
• B. Seventh-day Doorshutters
• C. Sabbath-keeping Adventists
• D. Adventist Church

Answer: (D)

The names people use for this group show what they emphasize: the seventh-day Sabbath and the Adventist expectation. Early labels reflect that focus, with descriptors like Seventh-day People and Sabbath-keeping Adventists highlighting Sabbath observance and the Adventist hope. A more colorful historic label such as Seventh-day Doorshutters also surfaced in discussions about their distinctive stance. Yet the formal self-designation isn’t simply “Adventist Church.” The denomination is consistently identified with both elements—Seventh-day and Adventist—often phrased as Seventh-day Adventist Church or, more briefly, Seventh-day Adventists. So the option that isn’t recognized as a standard SDA name is Adventist Church, because it omits the essential Seventh-day element in the common self-designations.

The names people use for this group show what they emphasize: the seventh-day Sabbath and the Adventist expectation. Early labels reflect that focus, with descriptors like Seventh-day People and Sabbath-keeping Adventists highlighting Sabbath observance and the Adventist hope. A more colorful historic label such as Seventh-day Doorshutters also surfaced in discussions about their distinctive stance. Yet the formal self-designation isn’t simply “Adventist Church.” The denomination is consistently identified with both elements—Seventh-day and Adventist—often phrased as Seventh-day Adventist Church or, more briefly, Seventh-day Adventists. So the option that isn’t recognized as a standard SDA name is Adventist Church, because it omits the essential Seventh-day element in the common self-designations.