The Seventh-day Remnant Church

The Seventh-day Remnant Church is a Christian church founded in 1985 by Nicholas Patula. It emphasizes the imminent second coming of Jesus, the perpetuity of the law of God, and personal faith in Jesus Christ.
History
According to Nicholas's website remnantofgod.org, Nicholas Patula once "was a devout Catholic." He went to Mass "daily each morning," always was present at church "for every holy day of obligation," said the rosary daily, taught the Catholic Catechism to children at his church, and "was even a Eucharistic minister for the church."
In 1985 Nicholas officially founded remnantofgod.org, which would eventually become one of the main websites of the Seventh-day Remnant Church.
Beliefs
The Seventh-day Remnant Church's statement of faith, which deals with its doctrinal and prophetic beliefs, can be found here: The church has been described as "fundamentalist," and believes that "salvation is a free gift from God."
Culture and practices
Sabbath activities
The Seventh-day Remnant Church has its church services on Saturday. Its suggested activities for the Sabbath may be found here: http://remnantofgod.org/keepingSabbath.htm
Worship service
Because the Seventh-day Remnant Church relies on home churches, the Seventh-day Remnant Church conducts multiple services on Sabbath online. It begins the Sabbath day by hosting a "Children's Sabbath School" for children on Saturday at 11:00 A.M. Central Time. After this service, music is played and the church's founder, Nicholas, after asking all to kneel down in prayer if they can, prays. After this, Nicholas preaches about a portion of a selected Bible study. Some hymns are then played, and afterward Nicholas makes another prayer. At 12:00 P.M Central Time, Nicholas or another person preaches a sermon for the day. At 4:00 P.M. Central Time on Saturday, the church has a Bible study, after which Christian music or recordings of the Bible being read are played.
The church has Bible studies on other days of the week as well, and a "fellowship" on Sundays.
The SDR mission
Evangelism
The Seventh-day Remnant Church has had missions in which tracts were passed out to people or left on their cars. Some of these tract-passing trips were made in Texas, Rome, Italy, and the Philippines.
The Internet
The Seventh-day Remnant Church has depended heavily on the Internet to evangelize people. Prominent online preachers for the church include Nicholas himself, and Craig Kalkofen II. The church also has an online forum.
Publishing
The Seventh-day Remnant Church publishes a newspaper online known as the SDR Herald.
Nicholas, the church's founder, publishes a commentary, known as "Prophecy in the News," on his website on events in the news. His commentary may also be found on WordPress and on other Seventh-day Remnant websites. His webpages on other topics have sometimes been quoted; for example, the Patriot News Network made an entire article out of one of his web pages.
Relations with Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Remnant Church has been mistakenly called "Adventist" by the New York Times. However, the Seventh-day Remnant Church has declared that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is in apostasy, so the Seventh-day Remnant Church is not part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Ellen G. White Estate, in allusion to the belief that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is in apostasy, has declared: "The report that Mrs. White predicted the apostasy of entire Seventh-day Adventist churches and conferences is without support."
One Seventh-day Adventist had this to say about the Seventh-day Remnant Church: "The so called 'Seventh Day Remnant Church' have no idea what they are talking about." Another Seventh-day Adventist, writing an article for a blog, criticized the Seventh-day Remnant Church, classing it with "Adventist Cults."
One Adventist positively said of Nicholas's website: "Here's a webpage that has some interesting links."
At least one Seventh-day Adventist church goes by the name "Seventh Day Remnant Church," but it is not related to the Seventh-day Remnant Church.
Criticism
The Seventh-day Remnant Church has been criticized for being "anti-Catholic." However, Nicholas has a page that welcomes Catholics to his website, and even says: "There are many sincere children of the Creator God in all churches, including the Church of Rome."

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