Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Sabbath Rest Advent Church is a Christian church which has its spiritual roots in the Seventh-day Advent Church. It claims the inheritance of Seventh-day Adventist theologians Ellet J. Waggoner and Alonzo T. Jones. The church proper was founded by Australian preacher Frederic T. Wright in 1954 and preached in New Zealand, Australia and later in North and Central America, Europe, and Africa. In Germany the church activities were first led by Wolfgang Meyer and later by Andreas Dura; the German branch can claim 100 to 150 members, and is headquartered in Dickendorf, where Wright is buried. The worldwide church assumed the name of Sabbath Rest Advent Church in 1989.The church accepts Wright's claim that church leaders are chosen by God and that they are responsible to him only, not to church members—Wright was deemed to be one such divine channel, but the church mentions Martin Luther as another. One characteristic of the belief is that God is looked to as the Master Healer. Some have accused the church that members are not allowed to visit a doctor. Andreas Dura, however, in a 2006 interview with the Siegener Zeitung, stated that church members are free to visit doctors. Dura also stated that the church is financed by way of tithes, and that church decisions must be taken in \"harmony\", even though the church sees itself as a theocracy."@en }
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- Sabbath_Rest_Advent_Church abstract "The Sabbath Rest Advent Church is a Christian church which has its spiritual roots in the Seventh-day Advent Church. It claims the inheritance of Seventh-day Adventist theologians Ellet J. Waggoner and Alonzo T. Jones. The church proper was founded by Australian preacher Frederic T. Wright in 1954 and preached in New Zealand, Australia and later in North and Central America, Europe, and Africa. In Germany the church activities were first led by Wolfgang Meyer and later by Andreas Dura; the German branch can claim 100 to 150 members, and is headquartered in Dickendorf, where Wright is buried. The worldwide church assumed the name of Sabbath Rest Advent Church in 1989.The church accepts Wright's claim that church leaders are chosen by God and that they are responsible to him only, not to church members—Wright was deemed to be one such divine channel, but the church mentions Martin Luther as another. One characteristic of the belief is that God is looked to as the Master Healer. Some have accused the church that members are not allowed to visit a doctor. Andreas Dura, however, in a 2006 interview with the Siegener Zeitung, stated that church members are free to visit doctors. Dura also stated that the church is financed by way of tithes, and that church decisions must be taken in \"harmony\", even though the church sees itself as a theocracy.".