ABOUT US
WHO ARE WE?
We are a vibrant community of Seventh-Day Adventist christians united in love for God and others.
A Little Bit of
Our History
The Hartsdale SDA Church has been a beacon of light in our community for over 30 years. We are a multicultural fellowship of believers. And we love first-time guests!
The Hartsdale Seventh-day Adventist Church was formed when two small congregations consolidated in the late 1960s. The Mount Vernon SDA Church had eight members who rented a Baptist church for Sabbath services, and the White Plains SDA Church’s 20 members had been renting a Pentecostal church. The two congregations came together at the Pentecostal church in White Plains under the name Central Westchester SDA Church.
After the consolidation, around 1970, one of the members approached a realtor with a binder/down payment, and contacted the Greater New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which agreed to the purchase of a former Baptist church in Hartsdale. As of 1971, the congregation was meeting at Hartsdale as the Westchester SDA Church. By 1980, the church had been renamed Hartsdale SDA Church.
OUR PASTORAL TEAM
Howard Gordon
Head ElderSydonie Roberts
Elder
Godfrey Odongo
Elder
Christian Genao
Lead Pastor
Domingo Suriel
Associate Pastor
OUR CORE BELIEFS
Seventh-day Adventists accept the Bible as their only creed and hold certain fundamental beliefs to be the teaching of the Holy Scriptures. These beliefs, as set forth here, constitute the church’s understanding and expression of the teaching of Scripture.
The 28 Fundamental Beliefs can be organized into six categories of doctrine: God, man, salvation, the church, daily Christian life, and last-day events (restoration).GOD
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD LOVES
God is love, power, and splendor—and God is a mystery. His ways are far beyond us, but He still reaches out to us. God is infinite yet intimate, three yet one, all-knowing yet all-forgiving.
HUMANITY
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD CREATES
From neurons to nebulae, DNA to distant galaxies, we are surrounded by wonder. Yet the beauty is broken.
SALVATION
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD REDEEMS
Love. Harmony. Perfection. Once, all creation sang the same glorious song. By God’s salvation through Jesus Christ the whole creation will be restored.
CHURCH
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD INHABITS
Jesus left His followers with an epic mission: tell the world of His love and His promise to return. Also, they should love people the way He loved them.
LIVING
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD TRANSFORMS
God’s law in the Ten Commandments show us how to live and make clear our need for Jesus. Though the law shows us the path to follow and convicts us of sin, it’s the transformational power of God that enables us to live christ-like lives.
RESTORATION
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD TRIUMPHS
From the Garden of Eden to the Tower of Babel, the destruction of Sodom to the Exodus from Egypt, God has always investigated before taking action.