SDARM — the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement — is a peace-loving Christian community of believers who keep the biblical Sabbath and the reform teachings that arose in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century.
In Moldova, the community lives out its faith through service, choral singing, education, and missionary work — weekly gatherings, camps, sacred concerts, and charitable outreach.
The Reform Movement was born during the First World War, when part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Europe accepted believers' participation in the war. For those who saw this as a violation of the fourth and sixth commandments, separation became inevitable.
In 1925, in Gotha (Germany), the group of believers who had kept the pacifist and Sabbatarian position organized itself officially as the Seventh-day Adventist Reform Movement. Since then the work has spread to more than a hundred countries — small but tenacious communities that hold the same creed.
Holy Scripture is the supreme rule of faith and life. No custom, tradition or reasoning can stand above the written Word.
The seventh-day Sabbath — rest, worship, fellowship. The health message — a temperate, vegetarian lifestyle, without alcohol or tobacco.
The pacifist principle — the refusal to bear arms or shed human blood. Christian stewardship — tithes and offerings brought for the Lord's work.
Preparation for meeting Christ — the Christian life as a response of gratitude for the grace of salvation.
1914 — The beginning of the reform
World War I divides the SDA Church in Europe. Those who hold the pacifist and Sabbatarian position begin to organize separately.1925 — Organized at Gotha
At Gotha, in Germany, the Seventh-day Adventist Reform Movement is officially constituted — with a clear creed, without compromise.1927 — Mission field in Moldova
The SDARM Church in Moldova is organized as a mission field under the Danube Union — the first local seed of the movement.1998 — Moldova Union
After decades under the Ukrainian Union, the Moldova Union is constituted independently — with three regional fields and nine departments.Today — A living community
Churches, camps, choir, Sabbath school, missionary and charitable work — over a thousand members scattered across cities and villages.
"Search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me."
Biserica AZSMR din Moldova a fost organizată în 1927, ca un câmp misionar sub Uniunea Dunării. După cel de-al Doilea Război Mondial a făcut parte din Uniunea Ucrainei până în 1998, când s-a constituit independent Uniunea Moldova.
Astăzi lucrarea este împărțită în trei câmpuri regionale — de Nord, Central și de Sud — și nouă departamente: Misionar, Educație și Familie, Școala de Sabat, Publicații, Colportaj, Caritate, Tineret, Muzică și Multimedia.