Seventh-day Adventism has never seen itself as just another church—just another denomination, albeit with a few peculiar beliefs. To the contrary, Adventism from its very beginning has fervently believed that it was a people of prophecy and that it had a special part to play in the closing events of world history. The question that must be asked is how this prophetic understanding affected Adventist mission. Did it promote or discourage it? broaden the scope of mission or narrow it?