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Highlights from the life of Ellen G. White

• Ellen Gould Harmon was born in 1827 to Methodist parents at Gorham, Maine, USA.
• At age 9, she suffered a near-fatal accident, terminating her formal education, making her a sickly child.
• In 1840, intrigued by Baptist preacher William Miller's "Advent awakening" revival preaching, Ellen gave her heart to Jesus. Soon after, baptism and membership in the Methodist church.
• She was deeply disappointed when Jesus did not return in 1843 and again in October 1844 as predicted by Millerites.
• At age 17 (December 1844), she experienced her first of many visions.
• Married evangelist James White in 1846.
• Ellen White published her first of dozens of books, A Sketch of the Christian Experience and Views of Ellen G. White in 1851. In 1888 she published her most famous book, The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan; and in 1898 she published The Desire of Ages, a classic biography on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
• In vision Mrs. White was shown various future events. For example, she was shown the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake 2 days before it took place.
• Mrs. White continued to write and minister until she fell and broke her hip at the age of 86. She died five months later, July 16, 1915, and was buried in Battle Creek, Michigan.

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Ellen White's Life Sketch has been organized into the following periods:

Ellen G. White in Europe 1885-1887

Between the summers of 1971 and 1972, Pastor Dores A. Delafield and his wife, Evelyn, conducted seminar-type meetings with ministers, teachers, and laymen throughout Western and Eastern Europe. Often their journeys took them to towns and cities where Ellen White lived and labored between the years 1885 and 1887. Ellen G. White in Europe is the first serious attempt ever to put into print the record of those eventful years when Mrs. White labored so tirelessly on the European continent. Her influence was felt in the evangelistic and institutional expansion of Seventh-day Adventist witnessing in eight European countries. As a preacher and counselor she participated in important conference sessions. She lectured in the major Adventist churches in Europe, meanwhile carrying forward a vast literary work, the influence of which is still felt around the world. Mrs. White appears in this volume not simply as a Christian laborer on the European scene, but as the Lord's special messenger, a warm, friendly human being yet conscientious and faithful in bearing her strong and inspired testimony for the Lord. The book opens an entirely new chapter in her lifework little known to the world and to the vast majority of Seventh-day Adventists. Her diary accounts of her European travels have been drawn from heavily as source material.

Ellen G. White (November 26, 1827 – July 16, 1915), one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, authored numerous books, pamphlets, and periodical articles.

Books

This page lists White's books, their publication dates and number of pages. Approximately 180 books which identify her as author fall into two categories: (1) those published during her lifetime, i.e., until her death in 1915—a group of about 50 volumes amounting to approximately 29% of the total, and (2) those published after her death under the auspices of the Ellen G. White Estate—a group of about 130 volumes amounting to approximately 71% of the total.

Among the comprehensive bibliographies of White's writings that also include her pamphlets and periodical articles is one posted online by Loma Linda University.

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American author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

For other people named Ellen White, see Ellen White (disambiguation).

Ellen Gould White (néeHarmon; November 26, 1827 – July 16, 1915) was an American author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Along with other Adventist leaders, such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, she was influential within a small group of early Adventists who formed what became known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. White is considered a leading figure in American vegetarian history.Smithsonian named her among the "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time".

White's biographer and grandson, Arthur L. White, estimated that she reported receiving over 2,000 visions and dreams from God in public and private meetings throughout her life, many of which were observed by Adventist pioneers and the general public. She verbally described and published for public consumption her accounts of many of these experiences. The Adventist pioneers believed them to be examples of the Biblical gift of prophecy, as outlined in Revelation 12:17 and Revelation 19:10, which describe the testimony of Jesus as the "spirit of prophecy". Her Conflict of the Ages series of writings describes her understanding of the role of God in Biblical history and in church history. This narrative of cosmic conflict, referred to by Seventh-day Adventist theologians as the "Great Controversy theme", became foundational to the development of Seventh-day Adventist theology. Her book on successful Christian living, Steps to Christ, has been published in more than 140 languages. The book Child Guidance— a compilation of her writings about child care, training, and education — has been used as the foundation for the Seventh-day Adventist school system.

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