A simple statement by an SDA leader showing the main object and method of Seventh-day Adventist evangelism, in a commentary on SDA failure to evangelize Muslims:
“Adventists (like most Christians) have greatly misunderstood Islam,” says Jerry Whitehouse, director of The Global Center for Adventist Muslim Relations, currently located in Loma Linda, California. “Consequently, we have tried to evangelize Muslims the same way we evangelize non-Adventist Christians. We have taught them our Adventist doctrines and pointed out how they needed to change their lifestyles in order to live as Adventists. This approach has not worked.” Full Article
SDA Evangelism: Reaching non-Adventist Christians
Conversion: Teaching SDA doctrines and lifestyle
I have never seen a more truthful description. While there may be exceptions to this, I personally have not witnessed it – either in my years growing up in an SDA pastor’s family or in the churches I attended as an adult.
This is why those who have left find it so frustrating when mainstream Christianity repeatedly rejects our claim that the SDA denomination is not evangelical at all. Does anyone know of a Christ-following church who has this goal – to reach people who already know Christ and teach them their own special way to live?
But the most disturbing aspect of this article shows SDAs are joining a growing movement trying to proclaim that Christianity and Islam worship the same God.
“I don’t believe Islam is either Satanic or inherently evil. Muslims worship the one true God, the God of Abraham, and they believe in a final judgment,” asserts Whitehouse.
While this statement was made several years ago, Whitehouse signed this document in 2008 along with many Christian leaders, proclaiming Christians and Muslims have one God.
The evangelical world doesn’t doubt just the testimony of former Adventists. It seems they don’t believe former Muslims either. Discernment and truth have been traded for patronizing and profit.
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I don’t encourage hate in any direction, but only truth will stand in the end and I pray those I know, will find it.
8thDay4Life 
In the Feb. 2011 issue of Ministry magazine, S. Joseph Kidder notes that one of the reasons that SDA public evangelism efforts used to work better “when many people were Christian and religious.” Indeed, their agenda is showing still…
Wow… that is a revealing discussion! I wonder how you justify yourself as a gospel-driven church, as the claim often is, when the main thrust of your evangelism is toward those who are already Christians? Those that go after the flock are wolves, not shepherds.
As a former wolf, I can attest to the fact that our HRM group had the exact same group in mind for our own message. I brought up one day how we seemed more intent on making Christian’s Torah observant than in seeing lost people saved. I no longer believed as I did when SDA, that the Sabbath was salvational, so even at this point I saw a familiar misguided quest. Here is the ACTUAL response I heard. “It’s not our calling to do that. The Baptists can save them, then we will teach them how to really know God and obey Him.” !!!! Yes… for real.