Talk:Adventist Mission

First Missionaries, by year
1874
 * Switzerland, J.N. Andrews

1877
 * Denmark

1884
 * England

1885
 * Australia

1888
 * Germany
 * China, Abraham La Rue

'''1894
 * Solusi Mission in Rhodesia

Lake Titicaca account by American Bible Society, 1923

 * Jordan was Secretary, Upper Andes Agency of the American Bible Society


 * submitted by drs (talk) 17:11, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Early Adventist Missionaries, listed by Watts
Watts mentions the following on pages 94-96:

1. J. N. Andrews. First Adventist missionary.

2. M. B. Czechowski. Former Catholic priest. Unofficial missionary who took the Sabbath truth to Italy.

3. William Ings. First SDA worker in England. (1878) Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Loughborough joined Ings the next year.

4. John G. Matteson. First missionary to Demnark and editor of Advent Tidende. (1877)

5. James Erzberger. First ordained SDA minister in Europe. First to preach SDA message in Germany.

6. D. T. Bourdeau. Pioneer missionary to France.

7. Asa T. Robinson. Pioneer missionary to Africa who requested land for Solusi College from Cecil Rhodes.

8. Thomas Branch. A Black Adventist minister who pioneered work at Malamulo.(1905) (Land, p. 184)

9. William Hunt. A diamond miner from Nevada who was the first SDA in South Africa.

10. Peter Wessels. Along with G. J. VanDruten, wrote a letter to the General Conference asking for an Adventist minister for South Africa. The letter was read at the 1886 GC session. The audience was so electrified it rose and sang the doxology.

11. C. L. Boyd. He and D. A. Robinson were the first missionaries sent to Africa. He worked around the Kimberley diamond mines.

12. David Fletcher Tarr (1861-1948). An 1820s South African settler. He was an evangelist who gave more than 60 years of service to the church. He was converted by Peter Wessels. Returned to South Africa in 1893 after training at Battle Creek College and marrying Olive Phillips.

13. William A. Spicer. Spicer College in Pone, India, is named for him. He worked in 92 England and Africa before going to India. Editor of Oriental Watchman.

14. Georgia Burrus. Pioneer self-supporting missionary who worked for the women'of India. Started a girls' school in Calcutta.

15. Stanley Sturges. Pioneered medical missionary work in Nepal.

16. D. A. Robinson. Pioneer missionary to India. Began the work in Calcutta.

17. Anna Knight, First female American Black missionary of any denomination (1901). Worked in India.

18. J. S. James. Pioneer missionary to southern India. Worked for Sabbathkeeping Tamils in Tinnevelly.

19. Eric B. Hare. Dr. Rabbit. TrumpetplayinK. m~dical missionary to Burma.

20. Abram LaRue. Adventist layman who first took the message to Hong Kong.

21. W. C. Grainger. Pioneer missionary to Japan. Took with him T. H. Okohira, a native of Japan and former Healdsburg student.

22. You Un Hyun. First Korean Adventist convert was on his way to Hawaii when ,he was attracted by a sign in Chinese at a Japanese church in Japan. He shared with a shipmate who took the Adventist message to Korea.

23. Hide Kuniya. Japanese minister, the first missionary sent to Korea to baptize and organize churches raised up by a Korean layman.

24. R. A. Caldwell. Australian colpqrteur who first took the Adventist message to the Philippines in 1905.

25. Harry Miller. Pioneer Adventist medical missionary to China. Built many hospitals. Pioneered use of soy milk.

26. J. N. Anderson. First official missionary to China. Arrived in 1901. Began work in Hong Kong.

27. Edwin H. Wilbur. He and his wife were nurses who established medical work in Canton. They were the first Adventist missionaries on mainland China.

28. Ida Thompson. Opened the first school for Chinese girls in Canton, China.

29. L. R. Conradi. Early pioneer to Russia. Worked for German-speaking people in Russia.

30. Gerhard Perk. Read Adventist literature in his bam for fear of being discovered. Accepted Sabbath and became a colporteur.

31. Theophil Babienco. First Russian to keep the Sabbath: Elder of the first Russian church organized. While in jail he discovered the Sabbath and Second Coming truths by personal Bible study.

32. Heinrich J. Loebsack. First Russian convert to become a minister. Worked in Russia all his life.

33. F. A. Stahl. Pioneer missionary to Bolivia and Peru. Worked for Aymara Indians in the Lake Titicaca region. Famous for the story of the Broken Stone Mission.

34. Frank H. Westphal. First Adventist ordained minister sent to South America. Worked in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil.

35. Leo B. Halliwell. Famous for medical missionary work on the Amazon River with his mission boat Luziero.

36. W. H. Thurston. First Adventist missionary sent to Brazil to establish a book agency in Rio de Janeiro.

37. Ovid Elbert Davis. Pioneer missionary to Guiana who died of blackwater fever on a missionary trip to Mount Roraima. Because of his work among the Arecuna and Akawaio tribes, they are called the "Davis" Indians.

38. Antonio Redondo. First SDA baptized in Colombia, the result of a box of SDA books sent to the seaport of Cartagena. No one claimed them and the were distributed among local Christians, one of whom was Redondo.

39. S. Marchisio. An Italian-American tailor who went to Mexico City to sell The Great Controversy.

40. G. W. Caviness. Pioneer misisonary to Mexico.

41. William Arnold. Pioneer colporteur in West Indies. A book he sold in Antigua found its way to Jamaica, where it had fruitful results.

42. James E. Patterson. First Black Adventist missionary (1892). Went to Jamaica.


 * submitted by drs (talk) 17:11, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

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