Tony Rigden
Seventh Day Adventists
While Tony is now a Seventh Day Adventist Christian, he was once an Anglican Christian then an atheist, then a deist and finally a Seventh Day Adventist Christian. For the full story you can read his testimony. Briefly, Tony became a Seventh Day Adventist as the result of a spiritual battle and a remarkable experience while working as a broadcasting radio engineer in a commercial radio station in Mt Isa, Australia.
Seventh Day Adventism is regarded by many Christians as a cult. This is largely as the result of teachings by their clergy rather than a personal conviction or experience. Some Evangelical clergy are particularly critical of Seventh Day Adventism.
Seventh Day Adventists share in common with most Christians a belief that Jesus was and is fully God. That He was and is fully part of the Godhead. That He also became fully man in order to save us. That He is the only way by which we are saved. That salvation is by faith in Him alone.
In nearly all but three areas, SDA's beliefs are those held by most other denominations. The areas of difference are:
- Belief that prophecy spans continuous history *
- Belief in soul sleep *
- Belief that God never authorised the change to Sunday as the day of worship
* Many early protestant reformers (and some non-SDA Christians today) held / hold these beliefs. Thus the most distinctive SDA doctrine is that of keeping the original Friday evening - Saturday evening Sabbath and holding the main weekly church services during that time.
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Why build spiritual bridges?
Most of us have been exposed to the huge ecumenical push of recent decades, and have also seen that this push seems headed towards creating a dumbed down oneness that may eventually include holding hands with the Pope, moderate Islam and the New Age and saying that we “all worship the same God”. So it’s easy for us to react against it and become more isolationist and protective than ever. But, in the end this only results in the true testimony being weakened, while the tares are left to take over. It seems that the wheat, God’s people, need more than ever at this time to build bridges with one another, to learn from one another, to strengthen one another, and to be together a clear New Testament witness to this generation.
Who are the ambassadors in this section?
Each of the “ambassadors” listed in this section of the website have accepted the invitation to represent “their people” (group / denomination / etc), and to be a point of contact for answering questions, helping people find other spiritually sound representatives of “their people” in various locations, and being available to speak in churches or other such meetings of denominational and non-denominational groups. We hope this will provide just one practical means of opening doors between different parts of the body of Christ. Note that these people are not necessarily formal denominational representatives and therefore claim no special endorsement other than their willingness to build bridges and communicate.