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Item Currow, Arthur (1872–1964) and Margaret Elizabeth [Lizzie] (Reid) (1874–1955); later May Lacey White (1873-1969)(2020-07-01) Currow, Stephen J.Arthur Currow was the first Australian Seventh-day Adventist missionary to Fiji. He was instrumental in converting Ratu Meli, one of the first Seventh-day Adventist converts in Fiji.
Item Currow, Elwin George (1926–2016)(2020-07-01) Currow, Stephen J.Elwin George Currow was a doctor of medicine who not only had a distinguished medical career as a hospital administrator but also served the church on significant boards and committees in the South Pacific Division.
Item Currow, George Arthur (1900–1982)(2020-07-01) Currow, Stephen J.George Currow was an educator: long-serving teacher, principal, and mentor. In July 1972, he was the guest speaker at the dedication of the re-built Avondale School1 and at the August 1981 Avondale Homecoming, he was honored during the 60th reunion of his class.
Item Currow, Louis (1867–1947) and Elizabeth Maude (Hubbard) (1874–1959)(2020-07-01) Currow, Stephen J.Louis and Elizabeth Currow were the first self-supporting Seventh-day Adventist medical missionaries to Fiji.
Item Fulton Adventist University College(2020-07-01) Currow, Stephen J.Fulton Adventist University College is located at Sabeto, near the town of Nadi on the west coast of the island of Viti Levu, Fiji. It is administered by the Trans Pacific Union Mission. It currently offers courses of study to degree level in business, education and theology.
Item Jones, Griffith Francis (1864–1940) and Marion (Vallentine) (1860–1939)(2020-07-01) Currow, Stephen J.Captain Griffiths Francis Jones, and his wife, Marion, were pioneer missionaries in Singapore, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, New Britain, and Gibraltar. Jones lived in 18 different countries and held evangelistic meetings in 38 countries with people from 34 different language groups. He was well known as the captain of the Melanesia, the largest mission vessel of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church’s South Pacific fleet. However, Jones made many more significant contributions, including changing the focus of the SDA mission in Papua from industry to evangelism. Yet, as a widower, when assisting in the dedication of missionaries en route to Papua New Guinea, “he was convinced he had only one talent—willingness.” In 2007 he was inducted into Southwestern Adventist University’s Alumni Hall of Fame.
Item Tutty, Robert Henry (1884–1995) and Emily Edith (Koglin) (1891–1961)(2020-07-01) Currow, Stephen J.Robert and Emily Tutty were pioneering missionaries in Dovele (Solomon Islands), Bougainville, and the Admiralty Islands (New Guinea). He was the first Seventh-day Adventist missionary to New Guinea. In 1917, Tutty sailed on the first sailing of the Melanesia to the Solomon Islands and apart from the four-year interruption of World War II, the Tuttys spent the remainder of their 32 years of service as missionaries in the Pacific Islands. During this time Tutty published the history of the Dovele Mission.