This collection showcases entries by Avondale affiliated staff from the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists
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Central Pacific Union Mission, Australasian Division and South Pacific Division
Barry Oliver
The Central Pacific Union Mission (CPUM) existed between 1949 and 2000. It was a constituent union of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and in the South Pacific Division of the General Conference (SPD). When it was dissolved, its headquarters were at 357 Princess Road, Tamavua, Fiji Islands.
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Central Papua Conference, South Pacific Division
Barry Oliver
The Central Papua Conference (CPC) is the Seventh-day Adventist Church administrative entity for the Central Province and National Capital District of Papua New Guinea.
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Cooke, Austin Percival (1917–2015)
Barry Oliver
Austin Cooke was an eminent public evangelist in the territory of the South Pacific Division during the second half of the twentieth century.
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Cook Islands Mission
Barry Oliver
The Cook Islands Mission is a part of, and responsible to the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference. The administrative office of the mission is located at Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Its postal address is PO Box 31, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
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Coral Sea Union Mission, Australasian Division
Barry Oliver
The Coral Sea Union Mission (CSUM) existed as a constituent union mission of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Australasian Division, between 1949 and 1972, when its name changed to the Papua New Guinea Union Mission.
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Denominational Organization, 1860–1863
Barry Oliver
Soon after the great disappointment of 1844, it became evident to some of the Sabbatarian Adventists that there was a need for order and organization if the movement was to have a future. At the same time, there were those who argued that by being organized the Church would become Babylon. However, those who saw the necessity for an efficient system of organization prevailed. It was James White who, throughout the controversies surrounding the proposed organization in the late 1850s and early 1860s, was the most vocal proponent of the need for organization. As early as 1849, he proposed some form of formal support for those in ministry of the word.
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Eastern Highlands Simbu Mission, Papua New Guinea, South Pacific Division
Barry Oliver
The Eastern Highlands Simbu Mission is the Seventh-day Adventist administrative entity for the Eastern Highlands and Simbu provinces of Papua New Guinea. Its headquarters is in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
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East New Britain Mission, Australasian Division
Barry Oliver
The East New Britain Mission existed as an administrative entity of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for eight years between 1964 and 1972. It administered the territory of east New Britain and southern New Ireland in Papua New Guinea, located in the South West Pacific Ocean
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Ferguson, Wallace Ross (1918–1982) and Phyllis Nellie Elsie (Codling) (1918–2000)
Barry Oliver
Wallace and Phyllis Ferguson spent a total of twenty-eight years in mission service in the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, and Pitcairn Island. For much of that time, Wallace was occupied in senior administrative roles.
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Fiji Mission
Barry Oliver
The Fiji Mission is a constituent of the Trans Pacific Union Mission which is based in Tamavua, Suva, Fiji Islands.
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French Polynesia Mission
Barry Oliver
The French Polynesia Mission is a small mission in the territory of the New Zealand Pacific Union Mission of the South Pacific Division. Its headquarters are in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
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Greater Sydney Conference, South Pacific Division
Barry Oliver
The Greater Sydney Conference comprises the cities of Sydney and Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, with a population of approximately 5.23 million people.
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Gungadoo, Stenio (1945–2016)
Barry Oliver
Originally from the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, Doctor Stenio Gungadoo served as a pastor in the Seventh-day Adventist Church for 47 years. At various times, he was a local church pastor, an evangelist, and a church administrator in Africa, New Caledonia, Fiji, and Victoria in Australia.
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Kiribati Mission
Barry Oliver
The Kiribati Mission is a small mission in the territory of the Trans Pacific Union Mission of the South Pacific Division of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
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Lee, John Raymond (1930–2017) and Melva Joyce (Ford) (1929–2008)
Barry Oliver
John and Melva Lee served 34 of their 39 years of denominational employment in the South Pacific mission fields of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and the Solomon Islands. Melva Lee trained as a nurse and used her knowledge and skills to treat disease and teach the principles of healthy living. John Lee trained as a teacher. After a period of school and system-wide leadership in education he was ordained, assuming leadership responsibility at local church, mission and union levels of the church structure.
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Madang Manus Mission, Papua New Guinea, South Pacific Division
Barry Oliver
The Madang Manus Mission is the Seventh-day Adventist administrative entity for the Madang Region of mainland Papua New Guinea and the islands of Manus, also known as the Admiralty Islands, off the north coast of the mainland. Its headquarters are in Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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Morobe Mission, Papua New Guinea, South Pacific Division
Barry Oliver
The Morobe Mission is the Seventh-day Adventist administrative entity for the Morobe region on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. Its headquarters are in Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
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New Britain New Ireland Mission, South Pacific Division
Barry Oliver
The New Britain New Ireland Mission (NBNI) is the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) administrative entity for a large part of the New Guinea Islands region in Papua New Guinea located in the South West Pacific Ocean.
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New Caledonia Mission
Barry Oliver
The New Caledonia Mission is a part of, and responsible to, the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference in the South Pacific Division of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
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New Ireland Mission, South Pacific Division
Barry Oliver
The New Ireland Mission existed as an entity in its own right between 1953 and 1955, and again between 1964 and 1972. Between 1955 and 1964 the territory of the New Ireland Mission was included in the territory of the North Bismarck Mission.
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Newman, John Harvey (1918–2003)
Barry Oliver
John Newman and his wife, Merle, spent most of their working lives ministering in cross-cultural environments in Australia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Papua, New Guinea, and Pitcairn Island during a time when, after World War II, the Church was beginning to gain considerable momentum, particularly in Melanesia.
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New Zealand Pacific Union Conference, South Pacific Division
Barry Oliver
The New Zealand Pacific Union Conference is a constituent union of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and is one of four unions in the South Pacific Division of the General Conference.
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Northern and Milne Bay Mission, South Pacific Division
Barry Oliver
The Northern and Milne Bay Mission (N&MBM) is the Seventh-day Adventist Church administrative entity for the Northern and Milne Bay areas of Papua New Guinea.
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Northern Australian Conference, Australia
Barry Oliver
The Northern Australian Conference is a constituent of the Australian Union Conference in the South Pacific Division of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
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North New South Wales Conference, South Pacific Division
Barry Oliver
The North New South Wales Conference is a constituent of the Australian Union Conference in the South Pacific Division of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
