Seventh-day Adventists work to clear up misconceptions amid national attention
November 10, 2015 at 8:02 p.m.
| Updated November 11, 2015 at 12:07 p.m.
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Associated Press
In this photo taken Oct. 28, 2015, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson discusses faith during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at a hotel in Broomfield, Colo. In a wide-ranging interview about his faith with The Associated Press, Ben Carson expressed pride in his little-known Seventh-day Adventist church, but also sought some distance from it, framing his beliefs in the broadest Christian terms as his surging campaign prompts scrutiny of his religion.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Visitors of various denominations listen as the Seventh-Day Advent religion is explained at the Nashville First Seventh-Day Adventist Church Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. The Seventh-day Adventist faith has been placed in the spotlight after Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, who was raised in the religion, began his campaign. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Nashville First Seventh-Day Adventist Church Pastor Melvin Santos, left, and his wife, Juliet Santos, who is also the church's health and medical ministries director, speak to a group of visitors about the denomination's faith Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. The Seventh-day Adventist faith has been placed in the spotlight because of Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, who was raised in the religion. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Pastor Peter Kulakov, a Russian immigrant who is the new pastor at Ooltewah Seventh Day Adventist Church, poses for a portrait in the church's sanctuary in Ooltewah, Tenn.
Visitors of various denominations listen as the Seventh-Day Advent religion is explained at the Nashville First Seventh-Day Adventist Church Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. The Seventh-day Adventist faith has been placed in the spotlight after Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, who was raised in the religion, began his campaign. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Nashville First Seventh-Day Adventist Church Pastor Melvin Santos, left, and his wife, Juliet Santos, who is also the church's health and medical ministries director, speak to a group of visitors about the denomination's faith Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. The Seventh-day Adventist faith has been placed in the spotlight because of Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, who was raised in the religion. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Pastor Peter Kulakov, a Russian immigrant who is the new pastor at Ooltewah Seventh Day Adventist Church, poses for a portrait in the church's sanctuary in Ooltewah, Tenn.