James White

Type: Person

As of November 2026, James White has been mentioned in 3 episodes across 2 podcasts, first heard Nov 2023 on Knowing Better. Depicted as a key institutional builder (publishing, “Gospel Order,” organization) and theological voice who amplifies Ellen White’s authority and helps formalize the SDA church.

James Springer White, also known as Elder White, was a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the husband of Ellen G. White. In 1849, he started the first Sabbatarian Adventist periodical entitled The Present Truth, in 1855 he relocated the fledgling center of the movement to Battle Creek, Michigan, and in 1863 played a pivotal role in the formal organization of the denomination. He later played a major role in the development of the Adventist educational structure beginning in 1874