New Online Encyclopedia Tells the Story of Adventists as Never Before
I came across this through a twitter feed. The link for the article is here.
Here is the lead-in to the article. Click the link above to read the full article or the link below to access the online encyclopedia.
The encyclopedia, launched in 2020, is a tool for those wanting to learn more about the Adventist Church in North America and around the world, for those who want to understand why the church is the way it is, and for those looking to witness to others.
The Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists, available online at encyclopedia.adventist.org, tells the stories of distinguished Adventists in history and those less known or new to many Adventists today, including the stories of many Adventist women and minority Adventist Americans.
Did you know that Rachel “Anna” Knight, nurse and teacher, was not only the first African American female Adventist missionary sent anywhere, but also the first Black woman to be sent to India by a mission board of any denomination?
Did you know that Catharine “Kate” Lindsay was the first female Seventh-day Adventist physician and medical missionary? Lindsay was a leader in developing the first Seventh-day Adventist School of Nursing in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Did you know that Marcial Serna was the first Adventist minister of Mexican ancestry to work in the United States? Or that Ignacio Alvarado, a pioneering Hispanic Adventist in southern Texas, built the first Adventist church in the Rio Grande Valley, sparking the growth of Adventism among Spanish speakers throughout the state?
Or what about Marvin and Glen Walter, who built the first Adventist two-room clinic facility for the Navajos in Monument Valley on the Arizona-Utah border from materials left over from an old movie set? And did you know that Lilakai Julian Neil, the first baptized Seventh-day Adventist from among the Navajo people, later became the first woman elected to the Navajo Tribal Council?
Did you know the stories of the faithful Japanese-American Adventists during Japanese-American Internment (1942-1945)? They impel us to reaffirm our commitment to defending the rights of the vulnerable.
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Will any of this make it into Logos? This resource will help me use my Logos library better. Factbook is what links us outside Logos?
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