# Seventh-day Adventism vs. Mormonism - Melissa Duge Spiers | Ep. 2149 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mormon-stories-podcast-975797/seventh-day-adventism-vs-mormonism-melissa-duge-spiers-ep-2149 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mormon-stories-podcast-975797/seventh-day-adventism-vs-mormonism-melissa-duge-spiers-ep-2149.md Podcast: [Mormon Stories Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mormon-stories-podcast-975797) Published: 2026-05-18T18:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonstories/episodes/Seventh-day-Adventism-vs--Mormonism---Melissa-Duge-Spiers--Ep--2149-e3ji9it Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9254014794.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mormon-stories-podcast-975797/episodes/seventh-day-adventism-vs-mormonism-melissa-duge-spiers-ep-2149 Duration seconds: 9629 ## Resource For the first time on Mormon Stories Podcast, we’re diving into the world of Seventh-day Adventism. John sits down with Melissa Spiers, a former Seventh-day Adventist, to explore the history, beliefs, culture, and practices of the SDA Church—and to compare them with Mormonism along the way. In Part 1 of this two-part series, Melissa gives an overview of Seventh-day Adventist origins, theology, lifestyle standards, and church culture, while John and Melissa discuss some of the surprising similarities and key differences between the SDA and LDS traditions. Then later this week in Part 2, Melissa shares her personal story of growing up in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, her experiences within the faith, and the reasons she ultimately chose to leave. If this topic interests you, be sure to check out Melissa’s book, "Holy Disobedience: Sex, Sin, and Secrets in the Biggest Church No One Knows." You can purchase it here . ___________________ Show Notes YouTube At Mormon Stories we explore, celebrate, and challenge Mormon culture through in-depth stories told by members and former members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as scholars, authors, LDS apologists, and other professionals. Our overall mission is to: 1. Facilitate informed consent amongst LDS Church members, investigators, and non-members regarding Mormon history, doctrine, and theology 2. Support Mormons (and members of other high-demand religions) who are experiencing a religious faith crisis 3. Promote healing, growth and community for those who choose to leave the LDS Church or other high demand religions 🤝Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today One-time or recurring donations: https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories?default_interval=m Patreon: https:… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mormon-stories-podcast-975797/episodes/seventh-day-adventism-vs-mormonism-melissa-duge-spiers-ep-2149/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/mormon-stories-podcast-975797/seventh-day-adventism-vs-mormonism-melissa-duge-spiers-ep-2149.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.