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Do people have to be vegetarians to be Adventists?
Being a vegetarian is not a requirement to be a Seventh-day Adventist, and we do not believe people who choose an alternative dietary lifestyle will miss out on salvation.
Not all Adventists are vegetarian. A lifestyle survey by the Adventist Health in the South Pacific in 2001 revealed that only 50% of older Adventists and a quarter of younger church members are vegetarians.
Adventists believe in a holistic approach to religion, which includes honouring God with our minds, bodies and souls. The holistic approach recommends a predominantly vegetarian diet, where such is practically possible, that includes eggs and dairy products. Research shows Adventists who follow a vegetarian lifestyle and refrain from alcohol, tobacco and other harmful substances greatly reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease. Visit the Adventist Health Survey for more information.Click a link below to view a misconception -
- Do Adventists give and accept blood?
- Do Adventists meet on Saturday just to be different?
- Do Adventists promote alternative health remedies and diets above conventional medical treatments?
- Do Adventists believe they need to do good works to go to heaven?
- Do Adventists believe Ellen G. White and her writings to be as important as God and the Bible?
- Do people have to be vegetarians to be Adventists?
- Do Adventists believe that only 144,000 people will go to heaven and that they will only be Seventh-day Adventists?
- Do Adventists consider themselves to be the only true, remnant church?
- Do Adventists belong to a cult?
- Do Adventists believe in a pre-determined date for the second coming of Jesus Christ?
- Do Adventists dislike Catholic people?
- Do Adventists have their own edition of the Bible called the Clear Word?
- Do Adventists believe in the same things as Jehovah's Witnesses?
- Do Adventists think that the media persecuted the church during the Lindy Chamberlain incident?
