Seventh-day Adventist Church in popular culture refers to the coverage of Adventists and Adventism v day ideas for him film, television, literature, postage stamps and have been discussed in the media for their longevity. Adventists have impacted world eating habits in the breakfast and health food areas. One author wrote, “popular culture hasn’t often been very kind to Adventists. Another Australian film, The Nostradamus Kid, depicts a coming-of-age story in which a Seventh-day Adventist young man grows up in the 1950s.
The 2004 film Hotel Rwanda focuses on the actions of Paul Rusesabagina who was internationally honored for saving 1,268 civilians during the Rwandan genocide. Rusesabagina was educated in Adventist elementary and secondary schools and describes himself as a “lapsed Adventist” in his autobiography. In the American series Gilmore Girls, one of the recurring characters, Mrs. Kim, is a strict, caricatured Seventh-day Adventist. In the House episode “Here Kitty”, Dr. Gregory House refers to the events surrounding William Miller and the “Great Disappointment” of 1844. The 1970s situational comedy, All in the Family alludes briefly to Adventists.
The Family Guy tenth season episode “Livin’ on a Prayer” makes light of some people’s skepticism towards Adventists. Shanaz” complains about the bothersome persistence of door-to-door evangelist Adventists, confusing Jehovah’s Witnesses with Seventh-day Adventists. The Leftovers’ first episode of Season 3 there are some strong references to the event of the Great Disappoinment. On Brazilian television, the Adventist Church has been represented a few times in a pejorative manner in the humorous program Zorra Total, from Rede Globo, the largest broadcaster in the country. Richard Wright, “Granny” is said to be a Seventh-day Adventist.
Pat Frank, one character says to another that Adventists such as him do not drink or trade in whisky. David James Duncan includes Adventist characters. John Harvey Kellogg, the Adventist doctor who invented corn flakes. James Morrow, a character named Neil described his caution around religious people, citing an instance of a Seventh-day Adventist suggesting he accept Jesus to avoid Armageddon.
Sawyer, a character explains the values of being immortal, including studying various faiths including Seventh-day Adventism. Postage stamps are used by countries to celebrate their culture and important people, places and events. 1968, Norfolk Island Postal Service issued a series of definitive stamps depicting historic ships, including a 1968 20c depicting the Seventh-day Adventist owned mission schooner the Pitcairn. In 1981 Norfolk Island issued a 24c Christmas stamp depicting the island’s Seventh-day Adventist Church with its sign and the printed words SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH in all caps. Seventh-day Adventist related issues to date.
Apia which served from 1896 to 1906. The 1979 Christmas miniature sheet includes four stamps showing different churches and an additional five churches surrounding the actual stamps. A Seventh-day Adventist Church is shown in the lower left of the sheet. A 2007 stamp featured the Fusi Saoluafata church, on Upolu Island with the heading “SDA Church”. It came in a pane of 12 stamps showing various church buildings on the islands.
The small isolated UK colony Pitcairn Island has issued the most stamps with a Seventh-day Adventist connection of any postal authority due to the strong connection to the island. 1975: The Pitcairn owned by the Adventist church. 1977: The island church, which is the Seventh-day Adventist church on the island. 1986: A series of four stamps to celebrate 100 years of Adventism on the island.
Clark served as the island postmaster, schoolmaster, Adventist church elder and historian. In 1978 Malawi issued a series of stamps showing churches including a 4P Christmas stamp picturing the Malamulo Mission. A 1979 Tonga stamp included the Nuku’alofa Seventh-day Adventist church in the lower right of the 22s stamp bearing the text TONGA The Friendly Islands Decade of Progress 1969 to 1979. A 1981 Tonga stamp shows an Adventist camp meeting. In 1981 Papua New Guinea issued a stamp that said “Mission Aviation SDA 1964” with an image of an Adventist plane used to provide medical and other aid to remote villages inaccessible by road.
The Adventist Church has operated mission planes in the country since 1964. In a 1982 Christmas 12c issue, the Bahamas issued its first Adventist-themed stamp depicting the Centerville Church in Nassau the Bahamas first Adventist congregation organized in 1911. A 2009 postage stamp depicts Grant’s Town Adventist Church on New Providence Island. A November 11, 2013 stamp issue by the US Post Office commemorating Medal of Honor winners included reference on the backing sheet to Seventh-day Adventist US Army medic Desmond Doss who was the only winner of the American’s highest decoration for bravery who refused to kill or carry any weapon, beliefs that were informed by his Adventist faith. While not mentioning the church or a high-profile member, the October 1998 “Giving and Sharing an American Tradition” USPS stamp has a deep Adventist connection. The first class letter rate 32c stamp was the product of 27 years of advocating by Milton Murray for the release of a philanthropy themed stamp. In 1990, the Cook Islands issued a block of four stamps featuring individuals representative of the four main religions in the territory.
50 stamp to celebrate “100 Anos Inglasia Adventista del 7th dia en Uruguay” that features a stained glass style three angels of Revelation 14 with trumpets over the earth. This imagery is particularly relevant to Adventists who place great emphasis on taking the three angels message to the whole world. A 1996 Vanuatu postal stamp showed the Port Vila Seventh-day Adventist Church in the upper left of the stamp. In 1999 the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Fat Hogs Bay in the British Virgin Islands was shown on a 35c stamp. First day cancelations were issued in Toronto at the start of the GC Session. In 2002 Fiji issued four stamps to celebrate Operation Open Heart.
The mission to do open heart surgeries and train doctors in heart surgery techniques was launched by Russell Lee and two others at Sydney Adventist Hospital in 1986 with a mission to Tonga. Seventh-day Adventist Church on Kiritimati or Christmas Island. 100 year anniversary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church entering the Philippines. The stamp is based on a 1967 painting “God watches over Manila” by O.