Salem Association's History

The General Association of Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists (GADSDA) has its origin in the 1930s with Victor Houteff, a Bulgarian Sabbath school teacher. Victor Houteff wrote and published a series of studies, books, and periodicals known as the Shepherd’s Rod series. 

The movement swelled to great numbers in the middle of the Great Depression era; Houteff and his followers were able to build a thriving community surrounding Lake Waco with over 300 acres outside of Waco, Texas. 

In the 1970s, after Houteff died in 1955, a small group of believers came to Salem, SC  to join fellow believers from that movement. There, Davidians united to continue publishing Houteff's writings and officially incorporated as a nonprofit corporation (GADSDA) in 1970. 

Over time, our organization became affectionately known as the "Salem Association" because of our location  in the Salem, SC area.

 Our organization continues to print Houteff's original writings to this day, offering them in hard copy manuscripts and volume series. 

1. IN A PERSONAL GOD: JOHN. 3:16; LK. 12:6,7; 22-28
2. IN GOD THE FATHER: JAMES. 1:17; JHN. 14:1-3; MAT. 11:27
3. IN CHRIST JESUS THE SON OF GOD AND ONLY SAVIOR: JOHN 3:16; 1 JOHN. 4:10; ACTS 16:29-32
4. IN THE HOLY SPIRIT / DIVINE COMFORTER: JOHN. 15:26; 14:26
5. IN THE TRINITY OF THE GODHEAD: MAT. 28:19
6. IN THE BIBLE AS THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD: 2 TIM. 3:16,17
7. IN PROPHETS AND PROPHECIES: EPH. 4:11-13; AMOS 3:7; 1 PE. 1:10-12; 2 PE. 1:20-21
8. IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH: RO. 10:17; 1:17; 4:3-5
9. IN THE NEW BIRTH: MAT. 18:1-6; JOHN. 3:1-7; ROM. 6:1-23; 2 COR. 5:17
10. IN ALL OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AS THE STANDARD OF GOD'S WILL: EX. 20:3-17; JAMES. 2:10-12
11. IN THAT THE ORIGINAL SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH IS THE LORD'S DAY: GEN. 2:2,3; MK. 2:23-28; LK. 23:54-56; MAT. 24:20
12. IN BAPTISM BY IMMERSION: MK. 1:9,10; RO. 6:3-5; ACTS 16:30-33
13. IN TITHES: LEV. 27:30,32; MAL. 3:8-12; MAT. 23:23; l COR. 9:9-14; 2 COR. 9:6-15
14. IN THE ORDINANCES OF THE LORD'S HUMILITY AND SUPPER: JOHN. 13:1-17; l COR. 11: 23-26
15. IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY AND THE DAY OF JUDGMENT: DAN. 8:14; 7:9-10; HEB. 8:1-13; REV. 4:1-11; 5:1-14; 1 PE. 4:17,18; 2 COR. 5:10
16. IN BEING A VEGETARIAN: GEN. 1:29; DAN. 1:8-21; REV. 22:1-5
17. IN ABSTAINING FROM ILLEGAL DRUGS WHICH DEADEN THE CONSCIOUS: LEV. 10:9,10; l JOHN. 2:6
18. IN CHRISTIAN MODESTY: l TIM. 2:9,10; l PET. 3:3,4
19. THAT MAN IS ONLY A MORTAL; WHEN DEATH OCCURS, HE IS IN AN UNCONSIOUS STATE AND WILL BE RESURRECTED: JOB 4:17; 1 TIM 6:15,16
20. THAT IMMORTALITY AS A GIFT GIVEN BY CHRIST: ROM. 6:23; l COR. 15:51-55
21. THAT THE DEAD ARE UNCONSCIOUS: PS. 146:3,4; ECCL. 9:5,6,10; JOHN. 11:11-15
22. IN THE PURIFICATION OF TIIE CHURCH: MAT. 13:30,48,49; EZEK. 9:5,7; ISA. 66:15-18
23. IN THE CLOSING WORK OF THE CHURCH: ISA. 66:19-20; REV. 18:4
24. IN TIIE PRE-MILLENNIUM KINGDOM OF GOD SET UP ON EARTH JUST BEFORE JESUS' SECOND ADVENT: DAN. 2:44; ISA. 2:1-4; MIC. 4:1-13; EZEK. 36:17-32
25. THAT THERE WILL BE A LATTER-DAY CONFEDERACY (RELIGIOUS & SECULAR) AND EVENTUALLY A SUNDAY LAW : REV. 13:1-18; 18:1-24; 1
26. IN THE RESURRECTION OF BOTH GOOD BAD: JOHN. 5:28,29; 1 THES. 4:15-18; REV. 20:5-10
27. IN THE SECOND ADVENT OF CHRIST JESUS:  JOHN. 14:1-3; ACTS 1:11; LK. 21:25-28
28. IN THE WICKED BEING DESTROYED YET NOT SUFFERING IN ETERNAL HELLFIRE: ROM. 6:23; MAL. 4:1-3; OBAD. 16
29. IN HEAVEN WITH CHRIST FOR 1,000 YEARS: REV. 20:1-15
30. IN THE NEW EARTH: ISA. 66:22-23; REV. 21:1-5; 22:1-7