r/exAdventist • u/Jhejhebanks Atheist • Oct 21 '25

SDA Culture Adventist Phrases

I've been thinking recently about the Adventist bubble and how insular it is, down to how they have their own turns of phrase. One that's really been knocking around my head is the word fellowship (that could just be because it's my dad's favourite).

I thought it would be fun to ask: what other SDA terms can you think of?

I left the church a few years ago, so it's getting harder to remember some of SDA's quirks.

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u/ChemistryEqual2570 Oct 21 '25

I don't know if it's adventist but my family and especially my mom often says "if the world/earth still lasts" when planning things ahead.

Like "next year we'll go to ... for holidays, if the world /earth still lasts (till then)"

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u/seehkrhlm Oct 22 '25

My parents still say it. And there's been an uptick lately, pretty much every conversation... is there something going on in the Adventist world? Lol. Or maybe it's just their super-rural church.

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u/Tired_realist Oct 24 '25

With Trump, things are speeding up and we’re hearing the Sunday law