This collection showcases entries by Avondale affiliated staff from the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists
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Ellen G. White’s Ministry in the South Pacific
John A. Skrzypaszek
Ellen White lived in Australia between 1891 and 1900. Her ministry within the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific Division encompassed an expansion of mission-focused infrastructures fostered by her generous commitment to service and an inspirational visioning of sharing a Christ-centered gospel with the world.
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The Australasian Bible School, Melbourne
John A. Skrzypaszek
Opened in Melbourne, Australia, in 1892, the Australasian Bible School was the forerunner of the Australasian Missionary College, which opened in Cooranbong, NSW, in 1897.
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Lopa, Aaron Mou (c. 1942–2013)
Jillian Thiele
Aaron Lopa, a Papua New Guinean of Wuvulu Island, was a pastor, evangelist, and academic. He was the first Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) from Papua New Guinea to receive a Doctor of Ministry degree. He spent much of his life at Sonoma Adventist College and Pacific Adventist University preparing ministerial students for service.
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ADRA Australia
Brad Watson
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency in Australia (ADRA/A) was established in Australia in 1978 to provide assistance to people in the South Pacific region. Initially referred to as the Seventh-day Adventist World Service in Australia (SAWS/A), the fledgling organisation was attached to the Australasian Division of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church and operated as a branch of the global SAWS organization with headquarters in Washington D. C.
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Australian Indigenous Missionaries from Mona Mona Mission
Brad Watson
During the first half of the twentieth century at least three families from the Mona Mona SDA Mission for Indigenous Australians were sent as missionaries to Papua.
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Hawkes, Lester Norval (1923–2017) and Freda May (Tiller) (1921–2014)
Brad Watson
Lester Norval and Freda May Hawkes were pioneering medical missionaries to Papua New Guinea.