Adventists disavow Waco cult. (News)

From: The Christian Century | Date: March 17, 1993 | Copyright information

THE SEVENTH-DAY Adventist Church was quick to deny any connection with the violent Branch Davidians, a cult whose members engaged in a murderous shootout with federal authorities at the group's compound near Waco, Texas. The question arose because the violent cult traces its beginnings more than 60 years ago to a group of disaffected Adventists. Four federal agents were killed February 28 when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms sought to serve warrants on the Branch Davidia...

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