How Is ADRA International Associated With The Seventh-Day Adventist Church?
ADRA is an independent agency established by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The church’s involvement in organized humanitarian assistance goes back nearly 80 years. In 1956 the church created the Seventh-day Adventist Welfare Service, Incorporated (SAWS). The name was modified in 1973 to be Seventh-day Adventist World Service, and in 1984 SAWS was reorganized under the current name, Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA).
