This collection showcases entries by Avondale affiliated staff from the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists
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Mountain, Arthur, Jr. (1890–1975) and Leila (Minchin) (d. 1946); later Thora (Thomsen) (1914–1965)
Milton Hook
Arthur Mountain, Jr. spent forty-four years in the service of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, twenty-nine of them in mission work in Asia. He trained as a teacher, but worked as a literature evangelist, minister, business manager, treasurer, and mission president.
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Murray, Ralph Stewart (1929–1990) and Betty Ruth (Hawken)
Milton Hook
Ralph and Betty Murray gave 31 years of practical ministry, paid and voluntary constructing buildings for the Adventist mission work in Papua New Guinea and the South sea Islands. He died in an accident in Samoa while in active service when 61 years of age.
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Mussau, Emirau, and Tench Islands, Papua New Guinea
Milton Hook
Mussau, Emirau, and Tench islands were similar to Pitcairn Island, both had a heritage of murder and mayhem. The Seventh-day Adventist missionaries were excited by the prospect of converting the entire populations of these islands, albeit that the total population of the St. Matthias group was forty times more than that of Pitcairn Island.
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Nacadruta, Josefati (d. 1910)
Milton Hook
Josefati (or Joseph) Nacadruta was one of the first Fijians, along with Pauliasi Bunoa and Alipati Rainima, to work for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Fiji.
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Na Davui ni Lotu (The Trumpet of the Church)
Milton Hook
Na Davui ni Lotu was a church paper printed for members in the Fiji Mission from 1928 to 1935.
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Nakasamai, Mitieli (c. 1890–1945)
Milton Hook
Mitieli (or Mitchell) Nakasamai was born in Fiji about 1890. As a teenager he was one of the first students to attend the Buresala School on Ovalau Island in 1905. He first appeared in denominational periodicals as a missionary at Namarai in the Ra Coast region of Viti Levu in 1912.
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Nauru
Milton Hook
The Adventist work in the island country of Nauru in the South Pacific was resisted by the governing authorities until they recognized the church in 2013, and construction of the first church building was completed in 2017.
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Navesau Adventist High School, Fiji
Milton Hook
Navesau Adventist High School is a Seventh-day Adventist secondary school in the Wainibuka Valley on the island of Viti Levu, Fiji.
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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.
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New Zealand
Milton Hook
New Zealand consists of two main islands in the South Pacific Ocean just west of 180° longitude.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nunawading Adventist College
Milton Hook
Nunawading Christian College (NCC) is a Seventh-day Adventist school offering all grades of elementary and secondary education.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
