Adventist beliefs changed over the years under the impact of ‘present truth'

“Adventist beliefs changed over the years under the impact of ‘present truth’. Most startling is the  teaching  regarding Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord. Many of the pioneers, including James White, J.N. Andrews, Uriah Smith, and J.H. Waggoner, held to an Arian or semi-Arian view… that is, the Son at some point in time before the Creation of our  world was generated by the Father… the Trinitarian understanding of God, now part of our fundamental beliefs, was not generally held by the early Adventists. Even today a few do not subscribe to it.”   William G. Johnsson, Adventist Review. Jan 6. 1994. p10.