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Worldwide the church operates 107 colleges and medical schools, and 7300 elementary and secondary schools. Total enrollment is 1.5 million. It operates over 700 hospitals, sanitaria and clinics. The worldwide budget is $2.7 billion, with $420 million spent on aid and relief efforts.<ref> See [http://www.adventist.org/world_church/facts_and_figures/index.html.en Official statistics online]</ref>

Worldwide the church operates 107 colleges and medical schools, and 7300 elementary and secondary schools. Total enrollment is 1.5 million. It operates over 700 hospitals, sanitaria and clinics. The worldwide budget is $2.7 billion, with $420 million spent on aid and relief efforts.<ref> See [http://www.adventist.org/world_church/facts_and_figures/index.html.en Official statistics online]</ref>

==History==

==History==

The fear that other Protestants would establish a Christian Sunday expanded into opposition to the establishment of a "Christian" identity for the nation, and opposition to school prayer. This led to alliances with secularists in the American political spectrum.  

The fear that other Protestants would establish a Christian Sunday expanded into opposition to the establishment of a "Christian" identity for the nation, and opposition to school prayer. This led to alliances with secularists in the American political spectrum.  

===Health===

==Health==

Adventist emphasis on health and healing coincided with broader emphases on proper diet, nonsmoking, and temperance--which usually meant abstinence. From [[Breakfast cereals|Kellogg's Corn Flakes]] (an Adventist innovation) to sanitaria emphasizing natural cures to first-rate nursing and medical schools, as well as medical missions around the world, Adventists formed many alliances with more innovative forces, both secular and religious.

Adventist emphasis on health and healing coincided with broader emphases on proper diet (specifically the [[Kosher]] dietary laws), promoting [[vegetarianism]], nonsmoking, and temperance--which usually means abstaining from alcohol, premarital sexual, and vulgarity. From [[Breakfast cereals|Kellogg's Corn Flakes]] (an Adventist innovation) to sanitaria emphasizing natural cures to first-rate nursing and medical schools, as well as medical missions around the world, Adventists formed many alliances with more innovative forces, both secular and religious.

In the 20th century premillennial fundamentalism and political conservatism are often associated with each other. The premillennialism of Seventh-day Adventists, however, has not shared the outlook of that conservatism. The Adventists' views on race, prohibition, religious pluralism, the observance of the Sabbath (in the context of establishing Sunday as a national day of rest), and other matters exhibit similarities and differences when compared to the views of premillennial fundamentalists. Adventists have wanted to keep America Protestant, but they stressed liberty as the essence of Protestantism and thus helped to expand American religious pluralism.<ref> Morgan (1994)</ref>

In the 20th century premillennial fundamentalism and political conservatism are often associated with each other. The premillennialism of Seventh-day Adventists, however, has not shared the outlook of that conservatism. The Adventists' views on race, prohibition, religious pluralism, the observance of the Sabbath (in the context of establishing Sunday as a national day of rest), and other matters exhibit similarities and differences when compared to the views of premillennial fundamentalists. Adventists have wanted to keep America Protestant, but they stressed liberty as the essence of Protestantism and thus helped to expand American religious pluralism.<ref> Morgan (1994)</ref>

In the history of [[creationism]] in the United States, the emphasis on flood geology is largely an outgrowth of Seventh-day Adventism.<ref> Ronald L. Numbers, ''The Creationists: The Evolution of Scientific Creationism'' (1992)</ref>

In the history of [[creationism]] in the United States, the emphasis on flood geology is largely an outgrowth of Seventh-day Adventism.<ref> Ronald L. Numbers, ''The Creationists: The Evolution of Scientific Creationism'' (1992)</ref>

==Opposition==

==Opposition==

Many Evangelicals in the 21th century denounce SDA as an illegitimate cult. <ref>[http://www.apologeticsindex.org/s18.html Seventh-day Adventism, Apologetics Index research resource]</ref>

Evangelicals throughout the 19th century denounce them and Adventism an illegitimate cults, the same is said of other Protestant Baptist-origin Millerite movements.<ref>[http://www.apologeticsindex.org/s18.html Seventh-day Adventism, Apologetics Index research resource]</ref>

==External links==

==External links==