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First Missionaries, by year[edit]

1874

Switzerland, J.N. Andrews

1877

Denmark

1884

England

1885

Australia

1888

Germany

China, Abraham La Rue

1894

Solusi Mission in Rhodesia

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^ Land, Gary (2005). Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventists. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-5345-0.

Lake Titicaca account by American Bible Society, 1923[edit]

Jordan, W. F. (1923). Chapter 8, The Highlands of Southern Peru in Glimpses of Indian America: illustrating present-day life in Mexico and parts of Central and South America. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company. pp. 114–127. Jordan was Secretary, Upper Andes Agency of the American Bible Society

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Adventist Global Mission, Curricular Unit, 1991[edit]

Watts, Dorothy Eaton Watts (1991). "You Can Make a Difference: Curricular Unit on Adventist Global Mission, Grades 7-12" (PDF). Education Department, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, MD. Retrieved 2012-02-26.

Early Adventist Missionaries, listed by Watts[edit]

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)^[1] 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)^[1]

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)^[1]

At Chinde, East Africa, situated at the mouth of the Zambesi River, we were detained nine days by the British consul, because we were educated Afro-American missionaries. Brother Booth remained three days with us, working zealously to get the detention removed, but without success. Then he proceeded to Cholo (Thyolo) to take possession of the mission. After the expiration of nine days we were permitted to proceed up the river. We left Chinde on the 14th of August, and arrived in Cholo on the 29th.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]

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.^[6]

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).^[6] Went to Jamaica.

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c Land, Gary (2005). Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventists. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 116. ISBN 0-8108-5345-0.
^ Branch, Mrs. Thomas (November 18, 1902). "British Central Africa" (PDF). Review and Herald. 79 (46). Battle Creek, MI: Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association: 17. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
^ "David Fletcher Tarr". British 1820 Settlers to South Africa. December 8, 2007. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
^ "Obituaries, Tarr" (PDF). Review and Herald. 125 (40). Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association: 20. September 30, 1948. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
^ Hessenpflug, B. L. (July 15, 1948). "Obituaries, Tarr" (PDF). South Africa Division Outlook. 46 (13). Kenilworth, Cape: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Southern African Division: 7. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
^ ^a ^b Reynolds, Louis B. (October 18, 1984). "Anna Knight: doing what "couldn't be done"" (PDF). Review and Herald. 161 (42). Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald Publishing Association: 8. ISSN 0161-1119. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

Halliwell along the Amazon[edit]

Halliwell, Leo B. (1959). Light in the jungle, the thirty years mission of Leo and Jessie Halliwell along the Amazon. New York: David McKay Company, Inc. p. 296.

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[0-1] Land, Gary (2005). Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventists. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-5345-0.

[Land-2] Land, Gary (2005). Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventists. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 116. ISBN 0-8108-5345-0.

[3] Branch, Mrs. Thomas (November 18, 1902). "British Central Africa" (PDF). Review and Herald. 79 (46). Battle Creek, MI: Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association: 17. Retrieved 2012-02-27.

[4] "David Fletcher Tarr". British 1820 Settlers to South Africa. December 8, 2007. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

[5] "Obituaries, Tarr" (PDF). Review and Herald. 125 (40). Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association: 20. September 30, 1948. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

[6] Hessenpflug, B. L. (July 15, 1948). "Obituaries, Tarr" (PDF). South Africa Division Outlook. 46 (13). Kenilworth, Cape: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Southern African Division: 7. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

[Reynolds-7] Reynolds, Louis B. (October 18, 1984). "Anna Knight: doing what "couldn't be done"" (PDF). Review and Herald. 161 (42). Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald Publishing Association: 8. ISSN 0161-1119. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

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