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*Genesis of BSA

The roots of The Bible Sabbath Association go back to 1943 when a few Sabbath-keepers of different denominational backgrounds felt there was a need for closer fellowship among Sabbath believers without regard to personal convictions on other issues.  The association was organized in 1945, with founder George Main of Pomona Park, Florida, as the first secretary-treasurer.  In 1955, Lawrence and Lottie Burrell were elected secretary-treasurer; the offices were moved to Fairview, Oklahoma. The home office is located at Fairview, Oklahoma 73737. Requests for information, orders for literature, and offerings, should be sent to the business office at PO Box 7707, Bonney Lake, WA 98391.

The Bible Sabbath Association (BSA) is a strictly nonsectarian association with members from a wide variety of groups, including Seventh-day Adventists, Seventh Day Baptists, various Churches of God (Seventh Day), sacred name assemblies, charismatic groups, and others; some members have no church affiliation. 

BSA is not a denomination or church and does not seek to bring about mergers among various groups.   We believe there is strength in diversity and encourage Sabbath-keepers to seek fellowship with and to support their own individual churches or assemblies. 

BSA accepts as members all who acknowledge Jesus Christ (Yahshua the Messiah) as Savior, who regard the Bible as the inspired word of the Creator, and who uphold the seventh-day Sabbath.  BSA takes no official position on other theological issues.

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**Why the BSA/Sabbath Sentinel Archiving Project?

The old materials and Sabbath Sentinel periodicals are primary historical sources. They record what people actually believed, taught, discussed, and experienced at the time. They contain editorials, news, correspondence, reports, announcements, and discussions that don’t appear elsewhere. They allow future researchers and members to understand history directly from those who lived it. 

One of the greatest dangers is that once these documents are lost, their contents are lost forever. Unlike books, periodicals were often printed in relatively small numbers and on inexpensive paper. Most of ours have never been reprinted or digitized, but most now are due to this project. If the remaining copies deteriorate or are discarded, an important part of our history disappears with them. 

Preserving these publications also helps ensure historical accuracy. This benefits everyone, regardless of their perspective, because it allows conclusions to be based on evidence rather than memory or tradition. They record the lives of the people who built the Association such as reports, outreach, local church activities, obituaries, correspondence etc and as such they provide a window into the past.

Archiving is not simply about keeping old papers. It is about preserving irreplaceable evidence.  

I trust that explains why the BSA is pursuing this project. There are no doubt other old items in attics, filing cabinets or libraries that can be gathered, scanned and preserved so that we have a more complete history - should anyone browsing this site comes across old BSA literature, please let us know.