Talk:List of Seventh-day Adventists

The main Seventh-day Adventist Church page had the list below added to it. I belongs on this page. I am not a great fan of lists, so I have moved it to this talk page if anybody wants to sort it. My view is that many of the names on the list have very tenuous connections to Seventh-day Adventism, and there are usually very few reputable references to support. The inclusion of names like Charmaine, who I know is an Adventist is great, but there isn't a page on her! -Fermion 21:02, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not a fan either...and interesting on Charmaine. --Maniwar (talk) 04:45, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Famous Seventh-day Adventists

Music

• Little Richard (pop singer)
• Brian McKnight (R&B singer, songwriter)
• Cheryl James (aka "Salt" from rap group "Salt N Pepa")
• Charmaine (singer for Rebecca St. James)
• David Campos (entertainment personality)
• Joyce Bryant (jazz/blues singer famous during 1940s and 1950s)
• Take 6 (Gospel music group comprised of SDAs (Alvin Chea, bass; Cedric Dent, baritone; Joey Kibble, second tenor; Mark Kibble, first tenor; Claude V. McKnight III, first tenor; David Thomas, second tenor)
• Virtue (female Gospel music group comprised of SDAs (Karima Kibble, Ebony Trotter, Heather Trotter and previously Negelle Sumpter: all attended Oakwood College)
• Jerome Fontamillas (guitarist, keyboard player for the popular rock band Switchfoot)
• Rickey Smith (singer; finalist on the second season of the popular TV show American Idol)
• Joe Lutcher (band leader in 1940s and '50s; SDA convert; was major force in conversion of Little Richard to Seventh-day Adventism)
• Sovory (Allen Sovory is the singer/songwriter of many songs in movies, including The Fan, Jason's Lyric, Blue Crush, The Sixth Man, and American Wedding. He was a backup singer for Lenny Kravitz, and released a solo CD in 1996. His father was a Seventh-day Adventist minister)
• Ivor Myers (rap singer who, with his group, The Boogiemonsters, converted to Seventh-day Adventism. Now he's a SDA paster and religious TV show host)
• Mitch Myers (musician)
• Carlos Pardeiro (gifted classical guitarist and composer) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeerpudnnelg (talk • contribs) 16:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
• Mervyn Warren Jr. (a founding member Take 6 who has also scored several major motion picure soundtracks, and has written/produced music for Bette Midler, Boys II Men, Chicago, and other major artists)

Film, Television, Radio

• Mark Brown (African-American screenwriter, director, and producer; known for such films as Barbershop, Two Can Play That Game, and How To Be A Player)
• Philip Michael Thomas (actor best known for starring as Rico Tubbs on the 1980s TV series Miami Vice)
• Clifton Davis (actor; star of TV series That's My Mama. Star of the 2001 film The Painting. He is also an ordained SDA pastor)
• Darwood Kaye (actor; best known as "Waldo" in the Little Rascals film serials and TV series. He is also an ordained SDA pastor)
• Chi McBride (actor; Boston Public TV series)
• Greg Mathis (famous TV judge; star of syndicated TV series The Judge Greg Mathis Show)
• Terry Benedict (filmmaker; second unit 1st A.D. for Terminator; producer/director of The Conscientious Objector)
• Paul Johnson (owner of a Christian music publishing company; first husband of TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford)

Film, Television, Radio

• Joan Lunden (network broadcast journalist)
• Paul Harvey (nationally famous radio broadcaster)

Sports

• Magic Johnson (professional basketball player)
• Archie Moore (heavy weight boxing champion)

Verification

I'm going through and adding {{fact}} to these because many of these have been slated to be, yet where is the evidence? I've often heard Prince was, but I read an article years ago where he said he was not. So, little by little I will be tagging some of these on the main page. --Maniwar (talk) 13:37, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, I see that all are well sourced. Guess I was premature in my warnings. he he he --Maniwar (talk) 13:46, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Guess we could throw Yolanda Adams and David Lewis into this mix. --Maniwar (talk) 04:57, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

If the criteria are open enough that anyone who had an Adventist family member, then this list could get quite large. A narrow definition needs to be used to verify each instance so that page is not laughable. Ansell 08:10, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I second that motion. Just because someone had an aunt or grandmother and were raised by them does not make them an SDA. I would want to make it specific to that person specifically, themselves being an Adventist. --Maniwar (talk) 13:26, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Prince

Prince was raised in an SDA family, although he is no longer with the church. I've added the appropriate references to his entry here at Wikipedia and added him to the "List of Seventh-day Adventists"

Removed George Boakye Asiamah from post

I removed this entry because I could not come up with one google entry. Also, I've never heard of him, nor could I find anything at adventistbookcenter dot org, or at adventist dot org, or yahoo dot come, or dogpile dot com, or msn dot com, or aol dot com. Therefor, I think that justifies removing him. --Maniwar (talk)

Sources

Here are some sites which provide some names. They are not reliable sources, being a blog and a web page at current. However they give ideas which could be added if reliable citations are provided. We need to police this strictly, per the policy regarding living persons. Feel free to add other sources. Colin MacLaurin 14:13, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

• Famous Seventh-day Adventists at the Famous Adherents website
• Who are the Most Influential Adventists in America by Julius Nam, with many names also mentioned in the follow-up blog discussion
• Andrews University#Notable Alumni and other alumni of Category:Universities and colleges affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. However, must have a reliable source to say whether they are present or former Adventists.

Phife Dawg

The link provided indicates that only his grandmother was an Adventist. I don't see any evidence to indicate that he himself is or ever has been an Adventist. I think unless such evidence is available elsewhere the name should probably be removed, probably as a result of BLP policy. John Carter 20:48, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Verify sources

Many names were removed in this edit. Please find reliable sources for them, then replace. Colin MacLaurin (talk) 04:00, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

The page was reverted to the version linked to above, 5.5 hours ago, with no reason given. I reverted it back. Please supply a reference before adding anyone. It is probably alright if the person has an article already and it is referenced in there. Colin MacLaurin (talk) 06:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Desmond Ford

Desmond Ford is still a seventh-day adventist, he wasn't disfellowshipped. I can't think of any sources right now but he considers himself an adventist and William Johnson on the John Ankerberg Show said that Desmond Ford was never disfellowshipped. Jainsworth16 (talk) 11:48, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Moving This section to Talk Page

==To be classified==

(Unsure if these are present or former Adventists)

• Phife Dawg – rap artist.
• T. R. M. Howard – African American civil rights advocate
• David Neff, editor (as of 2012) of ``Christianity Today´´ magazine, grew up Adventist
• Jerry Yang – poker player
• Members of the Take 6 vocal group