Interesting, as a former member of SDA (family of pastors) and now member of SDARM, I can tell you there are a lot of misconceptions of SDARM, many of them mentioned in the article above.

On another note I think its humorous how SDA's label any off shoot as "cult" While the world labels SDA as a cult.

Now onto the article.

The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement (SDARM) comprises a number of ultra-conservative offshoots separated from the ‘mainstream’ Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA). Thus, the term 'SDARM' is used as a generic term and not necessarily limited to just one legal entity. It is very important not to confuse the 'mainstream' SDA Church with the various SDARM Churches.

• "the term SDARM" is not a generic term, perhaps, for SDA church culture it is. However Seventh Day Adventist Reformed Movement, is the name of a well organized church. You can call random SDA offshoots SDARM, however that would not be true, unless they are recognized by the general conference of the SDARM church.
• Right from the start I noticed how the article is painting SDARM as something "cult like" which is completely untrue.

In a nutshell, the SDARM are fanatically conservative and extreme, treating ‘non-essential’ questions as ‘salvation' issues and tests of membership. For example, baptism will be refused or Church discipline initiated (i.e. censor or excommunication) on the basis of failing to comply with Reformist standards concerning vegetarianism, long hair and dress reform. They adopt a Pharisaic attitude to religion.

• Nope not true, according to SDARM salvation is by faith alone, this video highlights it in certain parts. However people who genuinely want to be baptized in our faith will usually show fruits of their conversion. We don't baptize people randomly because they say their converted but not live out a christian life. Pretty simple.

The SDARM arose during World War One Germany, and there is a strong authoritarian German element to their religion. A major split within the SDARM occurred in the 1950s, with two major groups now both claiming to be the SDARM. There are in turn a number of ‘independent historic’ Reformist groups as well.

• This one is probably one of the most out of truth statements. Specially with the statement " There is a strong authoritarian german element to their religion"

If you want a quick non bias summery of how the separation happened look at this article by University of Santa Barbara.

Reformist devotees typically seek to live a rigidly parallel life to that experienced by the SDA pioneers, who lived in a Victorian society of 19th Century America. By obsessing with regulatory minutiae, the SDARM arguably can become assessed with law-keeping which in itself can become an idol, defeating the very good to which God originally intended.

• Its true that there are some members that want to follow the spirit of prophecy like we were living in the 19th century, however they are not the majority. Similarly SDA church also has there EGW imitators, i've seen them <_<.

The SDARM, like most cults, operate under the guise of Christianity but deviate from the orthodox teachings of the historic Christian faith. For example, they typically reject the doctrine of the Trinity and embrace Tritheism (worship of Father, Son and Spirit as three separate gods) or Arianism (holding Jesus as a lesser 'mini' god).

• This is another weird and big misconception, Not true at all in the slightest. You can literally just go to our official sight, instead of going through this bias source to learn what we believe. Here is concerning God