The Branch Davidians are a religious sect founded in 1955 by Benjamin Roden. They regard themselves as a continuation of the General Association of Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists, established by Vict
A memorial at the Mount Carmel site identifying leaders of the Adventist movement from Ellen G. White to Vernon Howell
David Koresh in a 1987 mug shot
A memorial to the four ATF agents killed in the February 28 raid on the Mount Carmel Center
FBI photo of the Mount Carmel Center engulfed in flames
The Shepherd's Rod or Davidian Seventh-day Adventists movement was founded in 1929 by Victor Houteff. He joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1919 and was later excommunicated from the church in
Branch Davidians
…Adventists, or the Branch Seventh-day Adventists) are a religious sect founded in 1955 by Benjamin Roden. They regard themselves as a continuation of the General Association of Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists, established by Victor Houteff in 1935. Houteff, a Seventh-day Adventist, wrote a series of tracts entitled the "Shepherd's Rod" that called for reform…
Victor T. Houteff, c. 1950
The Shepherd's Rod, Vols. 1 and 2
Misc. Tract Covers of The Shepherd's Rod Literature