The Branch Davidians (or the General Association of Branch Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, or the Branch Seventh-day Adventists) are a religious group founded in 1955 by Benjamin Roden.

Jan 8, 2026 · The Branch Davidians are one of several groups that continued the work of Victor Houteff (1885–1955), a Bulgarian emigrant to the United States and Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) layman …

Mar 14, 2023 · An apocalyptic religious movement led by David Koresh, the Branch Davidians prophesized in Waco, Texas — until the FBI stormed their compound.

May 16, 2018 · In April 1993, some 75 members of the millennial sect known as the Branch Davidians—including their messianic leader, David Koresh—perished in the blaze that destroyed …

The Branch Davidians developed in 1955 out of a failed apocalyptic prediction of the "Davidians," an offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventist Church led by self-proclaimed prophet Victor Houteff.

The Branch Davidians were a religious group defined by their distinctive reading of prophetic texts and an expectation of imminent fulfillment of apocalyptic events.

Sep 1, 1995 · Victor T. Houteff established the Davidians, a small Adventist reform movement, in 1929, and in 1955 Ben Roden organized the Branch Davidians. Both groups were formed to prepare for the …

Aug 3, 2025 · Though best known for the fatal conflagration at its Texas compound in 1993 while under the leadership of Vernon Wayne Howell, better known as “David Koresh,” the Branch Davidians date …

Feb 6, 2025 · In 1993, FBI officials and other law enforcement agents became locked in a 51-day standoff with the Branch Davidians, a religious sect living on a 940-acre farm and compound near …

Mar 22, 2023 · In 1993, the world came to learn of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect based in the Mount Carmel complex in Waco, Texas, that was an offshoot of the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists.