This collection showcases entries by Avondale affiliated staff from the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists
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Institute of Church Ministry and Evangelism, South Pacific Division
Milton Hook
During the time it existed, the Institute of Church Ministry and Evangelism provided resources to assist local churches in the South Pacific Division in their planning and implementation of evangelistic and ministry events between 1985 and 2010.
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James, William Howard (1864–1941)
Milton Hook
Dr. Howard James pioneered the establishment of the Adelaide Sanitarium in South Australia in 1908 and then the Warburton Sanitarium in Victoria in 1914.
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Joyful Tidings Australasian Union Conference
Milton Hook
Joyful Tidings was a periodical published by Avondale Press from 1900 to 1902.
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Judge, Bernard (1879–1959) and Emma (Salm) Judge (1877–1953)
Milton Hook
Bernard and Emma Judge served the Seventh-day Adventist Church in their homeland Australia and as early missionaries to Sumatra and Java.
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Jugha (c. 1897–1976)
Milton Hook
His mother was identified as living at Vuvuruana on the eastern edge of Vagunu Island, within the precincts of Marovo Lagoon. He was a stocky lad with an infectious smile, born about 1897.
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Kabiufa Adventist Secondary School, Papua New Guinea
Milton Hook
Kabiufa Adventist Secondary School is located on the Highlands Highway, 10 km (c. 6.2 mi) north of Goroka, in the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. The school is 1750 m (1.087 mi) above sea level and has a pleasant climate. It offers all levels of secondary education.
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King, Alexander Lawrence (1887–1970)
Milton Hook
Alexander King served the Seventh-day Adventist Church primarily in the publishing work of the Church. First, he was a literature evangelist and then later he was an editor at the Signs Publishing Company for twenty-four years working with the Signs of the Times and Life and Health.
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Kioto (c. 1900–1934)
Milton Hook
Kioto was among the first group of Solomon Islanders to be baptized as Seventh-day Adventists in the Solomon Islands. He was largely responsible for initiating the work of the Church on Choiseul Island, Western Solomon Islands.
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Kiribati
Milton Hook
Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is a sovereign state in Oceania. Kiribati straddles the equator in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The first Sabbath schools were officially established in the late 1940s, and the first Seventh-day Adventist church in 1954.
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Knight, Frank (1890–1976)
Milton Hook
Frank Knight was born in 1890 on New Zealand’s North Island, the son of Sidney and Margaret (Watson) Knight.
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Kukudu Adventist College, Solomon Islands
Milton Hook
Kukudu Adventist College is located on Kolumbangara Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands. It offers classes from elementary to grade 12.
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Landa, Eugene Joseph (1908–2006) and Emmanuele Marie-Jeanne (Baldino) (1908–1967); later Olive (Hodgkinson) (1931–2018)
Milton Hook
Eugene Landa was a pastor and church administrator in Algeria, France, Israel, Tahiti, and Australia.
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Lang, Frederick (1899–1930) and Lily (Maude)
Milton Hook
Frederick and Lily Lang were appointed to Fiji. Frederick and seven others lost their lives at sea in a hurricane in November 1930.
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Longburn Adventist College, New Zealand
Milton Hook
Longburn Adventist College has been the senior Seventh-day Adventist educational institution in New Zealand since it was opened in 1913. It has undergone a number of name changes and often been restructured during its existence.
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Lord Howe Island
Milton Hook
Lord Howe Island is situated in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, 600 kilometres (370 miles) directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, New South Wales and 780 kilometres (480 miles) northeast of Sydney. It has an area of 14.55 square kilometres (5.62 square miles).
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Lyndon, Frank Edward (1868–1945) and Almeda (Aikman) (1874–1960)
Milton Hook
Frank Edward Lyndon was a teacher, pastor, evangelist, and missionary. Frank and Almeda Lyndon are best remembered for their mission to the Polynesians, whom they served for twenty years.
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Ma’afu, Henele (c. 1880–1915)
Milton Hook
Henele (or Henry) Ma’afu was one of a small contingent of Fijians who early served the Seventh-day Adventist Church as missionaries to a foreign land.
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Maekera, Oti (1906–1984)
Milton Hook
Oti Maekera was a pioneering Solomon Island missionary responsible for initiating the work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Britain, Mussau, Manus, and Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. Each of these areas was to become a center of Adventist influence in the country.
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Martin, Alfred Walter (1899–1988) and Hilda Brown (1899–1938); later Enid Irene Peacock Adrian (1910–1998)
Milton Hook
Alfred Walter Martin was a missionary, educator, and administrator from Australia.
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Martin, Harry Rowland (1874–1937) and Prudence Evangeline (Hill) (1883–1974)
Milton Hook
Harry Rowland Martin was an evangelist, educator, and church administrator. Harry Martin’s construction projects provided numerous facilities for the Seventh-day Adventist church in Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Australia.
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Martin, John Radley (1912–1965) and Kathleen Josephine O’Connor Martin Tucker
Milton Hook
John and Kathleen Martin served the Church in Australia and the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. Kathleen Martin trained as a nurse and John Martin was a printer, pastor, and mission administrator. He served as a non-combatant in the Australian armed forces during World War II.
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Mave, Joseph (1922–2009)
Milton Hook
Joseph Mave, from Emirau Island, Papua New Guinea, was the first Papua New Guinean to be elected as an officer of the Papua New Guinea Union Mission.
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Medical and Surgical Sanitarium, Summer Hill, New South Wales
Milton Hook
The initial Seventh-day Adventist missionaries to Australasia used literature and tent crusades to win converts but it was less than a decade before they experimented with Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s model of evangelism, one that promoted a healthy lifestyle, simple hydrotherapy, and massage treatments.
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Michaels, Charles Philip (1854–1936)
Milton Hook
Pastor Charles Michaels commenced his working life with the Seventh-day Adventist Church as one of the first literature evangelists in Australia. He held a number of pastoral, departmental and administrative roles in his forty-nine years of service.
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Mills, Joseph (1883–1927) and Jeanette Glenn Hamilton (Carswell) (1887–1961)
Milton Hook
Joseph and Jeanette (Nettie) Mills taught together at the Eastern Training School in Singapore. Joseph Mills later distinguished himself as the founding principal of the New Zealand Missionary College at Longburn. He also served as principal of the Australasian Missionary College at Avondale, New South Wales, and the Darling Range School at Carmel, Western Australia.
