The Saturday-Sabbath is such a big deal to Seventh-day Adventists that it's their first name, and members around the world have endured significant cultural, economic and sometimes even governmental persecution because of members' determination to keep Saturdays as a day of rest and worship.
The "Adventist" part of "Seventh-day Adventist" refers to the belief that Jesus is coming again, literally and soon, in clouds of glory with angels and trumpets and a live-feed around the world so that every eye will see him. Both parts of the denomination's name point to how the more than 18 million Adventist faithful worldwide take the Bible at face value. Just last year, the SDA world president informed college professors that if they believed in evolution rather than the Bible's literal seven-day creation, then they were not really Adventists.
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