Timm, associate director of the White Estate. “I like the combination of the historic with modern technology,” said Alberto R. White Estate Visitors Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, James Nix said to the gathered dignitaries “It’s a dream that has been cooking for many, many years,” He went onto say that his most treasured dream is for visitors to experience the love of Jesus and His Word through the narrative of pioneers of the church while touring the center. White Estate, designed the center for the purpose of allowing visitors to both discover the history of establishing the Seventh-day Adventist Church and draw closer to their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.Īt the opening of the Ellen G. White Estate Visitor Center on April 12, 2015. The White Estate officially opened the Ellen G. Nix, director of the White Estate, who assembled the items over a number of years, and donated them to this project. Many of the historical documents and memorabilia on display at the visitor center come from the collection of James R. The artfully designed rooms and passages are filled with original first publication books and 19th-century furniture, light and sound presentations and state-of-the-art interactive displays for visitors of all The White Estate’s visitor center has devoted a section to the life of Ellen White-who Seventh-day Adventists believe had the biblical gift of prophecy, and at the age of 17 was called by God to be His Messenger-the other to her ministry. White's writings, in particular the Testimonies for the Church, give us a detailed picture of her life and of the early days of the Adventist movement, the exhibits at the Visitor's Center deliver a vivid context for what it meant to be the Messenger of the Lord, and to develop and deliver a message much needed in its day – and even more necessary now. A trip to the Ellen White Estate Visitor Center – in person or through online displays that are "up close and personal" – can accomplish what might otherwise be considered "time travel" to a different era. Yet there's a way for anyone, right now, to gain a clear understanding of the world that produced Ellen White's ministry, as well as shaped the early Seventh-day Adventist Church. White first received visions from God and presented these to the Millerite followers who endured the "Great Disappointment" of 1844. More than 150 years separates today's visitors from time when Ellen G. Bringing the Vision to Life: The Ellen G.
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