Joseph Bates

American sailor, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1792-1872) · United States · On the map · Died at 79

Joseph Bates was an American seaman and revivalist minister. He was a co-founder and developer of Sabbatarian Adventism, whose followers would later establish the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Bates is also credited with convincing James White and Ellen G. White of the validity of the seventh-day Sabbath.

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