Church of God (Seventh-Day)

The Churches of God (7th Day) movement is composed of a number of sabbath keeping churches, from which the General Conference of the Church of God, or simply CoG7, is the most known organization. Like the Seventh Day Baptists and the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Churches of God (Seventh Day) observe Sabbath, which is the seventh day of the week (Saturday).

The Church of God (Seventh Day) represents a line of Sabbatarian Adventists that rejected the visions and teachings of Ellen G. White before the formation of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1863. Robert Coulter, ex-president and official historian of the The General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day), in his book titled "The Journey: A History of the Church of God (Seventh Day)" (2014) credits Gilbert Cranmer (1814–1903) of Michigan as being the founder of the Church of God (Seventh Day).Gilbert Cranmer was a Christian Connection minister and a Biblical Unitarian. He was introduced to Sabbathkeeping in 1852 by Joseph Bates known as the founder and developer of Sabbatarian Adventism. In 1858, five years before the founding of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a group led by Gilbert Cranmer separated from the Adventists who supported James Springer White and Ellen G. White. Another independent Sabbatarian Adventist body formed in Iowa in 1860, and joined with the Church of God (Seventh Day) in 1863.

A publication called The Hope of Israel (now The Bible Advocate) was started in 1863, and this publication extended the influence of the body into other areas. Through this publication, the doctrines of the second advent and seventh-day Sabbath were promoted, and other Christians were invited to gather for meetings. This extended the movement into Missouri, Nebraska and other places, and in 1884 the General Conference of the Church of God was organized. They incorporated in 1899, and "(Seventh Day)" was added to the name in 1923. Offices were established in Stanberry, Missouri.

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