This collection showcases entries by Avondale affiliated staff from the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists
-
New Caledonia
Milton Hook
The persistent work of a single individual in the face of adversity over 20 years has blossomed into a rapidly growing church among the French-speaking population in New Caledonia.
-
New Zealand
Milton Hook
New Zealand consists of two main islands in the South Pacific Ocean just west of 180° longitude.
-
New Zealand Tract Society (1889–1918)
Milton Hook
The New Zealand Tract Society (NZTS) was a branch of the American-based International Tract Society with a constitution and by-laws modified to meet New Zealand’s legal code. Its chief purpose was to encourage the membership to sell, loan, and give away denominational tracts and periodicals.
-
Nicholson, Donald (1882–1954) and Lilian Sophia Maud (Clarke) (1883–1965)
Milton Hook
Donald and Lillian Nicholson spent 17 years between 1915 and 1932 as pioneer missionaries in the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides.
-
Niue
Milton Hook
Niue is a large coral atoll in the South Pacific.One young woman of Niuean-Samoan parents, Vaiola Malama Kerisome, became a Seventh-day Adventist while overseas and returned to Niue in 1915 as a self-supporting missionary.
-
North Fitzroy Church, Melbourne, Australia
Milton Hook
The North Fitzroy Adventist Church, arising from a Sabbath School and organized in January 1886, was the first Seventh-day Adventist church organized in the Southern Hemisphere.
-
Nunawading Adventist College
Milton Hook
Nunawading Christian College (NCC) is a Seventh-day Adventist school offering all grades of elementary and secondary education.
-
Our Little Friend (Australasian Division)
Milton Hook
Our Little Friend was a special periodical for children in Australasia published between 1933 and 1977. It was preceded by Our Young Friends, published for about 18-months beginning in 1891, and Children’s Friend, published from approximately 1901 to 1903.
-
Paap, John Henry (1871–1919)
Milton Hook
New Zealand national John Paap was a gifted educator who taught in two countries: at Healdsburg College and Pacific Union College in the United States and at the Avondale School for Christian Workers in Australia.
-
Palmer, William Walter (1865–1949)
Milton Hook
William Palmer was an early convert to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tonga. He engaged in translation work and was, for a short time, the director of the Tongan Mission.
-
Pana, Barnabas (1897–1984)
Milton Hook
Barnabas Pana was one of the first ordained Solomon Islanders, and he worked over 40 years as a missionary among his people and was integral to the translation of the Marovo Bible.
-
Papa’aroa Adventist College, Cook Islands
Milton Hook
Papa’aroa Adventist College is located at Titikaveka, via Raratonga, Cook Isands. It offers classes from elementary level to grade 10.
-
Papua New Guinea
Milton Hook
Papua New Guinea is located between 0 and 10 degrees south of the equator, to the north of Australia. It occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea.
-
Parker, Calvin Harry (1869–1939) and Myrtle Gilbereta (Griffis) (1867–1934)
Milton Hook
Calvin and Myrtle Parker devoted 35 years to exceptionally effective service as missionaries in the South Pacific region.
-
Parkin, Frederick Joseph James (1881–1955)
Milton Hook
On September 26, 1881, Frederick Parkin was born in Williamstown, Victoria, the son of British immigrants George and Esther (Williamson) Parkin. As a young man, he accepted the Seventh-day Adventist faith and attended the Avondale School for Christian Workers.
-
Penny-a-Day Plan
Milton Hook
The Penny-a-Day Plan was a system introduced in the Australasian Union Conference in 1911 to encourage members to support the distribution of church publications.
-
Peo, Ghusa (c. 1896–1926)
Milton Hook
Ghusa Peo, a mission leader from the Solomon Islands, was the eldest son born to Chief Tetagu and his wife, Sambenaru, of the Marovo Lagoon region in the Solomon Islands. Jimiru, Rini, Kata Rangaso, and Liligetto were Ghusa Peo’s younger brothers.
-
Peterson, Alfred William (1887–1971)
Milton Hook
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Alfred W. Peterson gave leadership to youth ministries in the Seventh-day Adventist church at the General Conference, Australasian Division, and three union conferences in the United States.
-
Pitcairn Island
Milton Hook
The people of Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific first learned about the biblical Sabbath from John Tay in 1886, and the story of Pitcairn has become deeply entrenched in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific.
-
Poroi, Agnes (Parker) (Deane) (1887–1977)
Milton Hook
Agnes Poroi, fluent in four languages, served the church as a translator and editor for the Eastern Polynesian magazines, Sabbath School lessons, and books at the Rarotongan press in the Cook Islands and the Papeete Press in Tahiti.
-
Potter, John James (1879–1945)
Milton Hook
John James Potter was involved in the publishing work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and manager of the Signs Publishing Company.
-
Prescott College, Australia
Milton Hook
Prescott College operates on three separate campuses in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It is administered by the South Australian Conference, a conference in the Australian Union Conference.
-
Pretyman, Cecil Herbert (1875–1965)
Milton Hook
Cecil Herbert Pretyman was an Adventist literature evangelist, financial administer, chaplain, and pastor in South Africa and Australia.
-
Rainima, Alipati (d. 1912)
Milton Hook
Alipati Rainima, a Fijian Seventh-day Adventist, commenced working as a literature evangelist in 1903. He pioneered many new areas in Fiji in his nine years of service for the Church before he died.
