The Branch Davidians, was a cult founded in 1929 by Victor Houteff. He believed the Seventh-day Adventist Church needed to be reformed, however the church did not accept his ideas for reformation and he was excommunicated along with others who believed in his message. In 1935 he had his headquarters built outside of a town called Waco, Texas and called it the "General Association of Davidian Seventh Day Adventists". They believed that they needed to restore the Davidic Kingdom mentioned in the Bible before the Second Coming of Christ.