#14. How was the growth of the Millerite Movement consistent with the social and religious movements in America during the same period? How do SDA beliefs reflect the values of these social and religious movements? Cassie Cookenmaster Prof. Erskine American History I HIST-154-B The Millerite Movement developed during America’s Second Great Awakening. This awakening was a religious revival that carried the country into reform movements. The Millerites were the followers of the teachings
Houteff bought a plot of land and moved outside Waco, Texas, bringing just under a hundred followers with him and thereby establishing the Davidian sect. They built a variety of buildings and named the location Mount Carmel after the mount where Elijah overcame the prophets of Baal. On a side note, this Mount Carmel was different from the one involved in the Branch Davidian inferno. Houteff did not want to break away from the Seventh-day Adventism and continued to view his evangelistic message