A religious movement Events rapidly unfolded in the next several years. In 1847, God showed Ellen that the fourth of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:8-11), about the seventh-day Sabbath, had been neglected by most Christians. The small group of Sabbath-keeping Advent believers grew, aided largely by Ellens writings being published and sent out across the United States and to other countries. By 1860, the few thousand scattered believers realized they needed some organization. They named their new church Seventh-day Adventist to identify two of their distinctive doctrines.
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