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Chief Mlevu Ndlovu was a traditional leader of the Kalanga people and a trustworthy friend of the Adventist pioneers of Solusi Mission in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
Benjamin Chepkwony araap Ng’etich, a pioneer Adventist worker in Kenya, was born in 1919 at Nyabangi village in Belgut in Kericho’s Location 1, Kiptere.
Dorthea or “Thea” Nielsen was a Danish missionary nurse and instructor who served in Kenya at the Kendu Mission Hospital before moving to Nyanchwa.
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Karen Nielsen was a Danish missionary nurse and medical trainer who served faithfully in Kenya at the Kendu Mission Hospital for nearly 30 years in continued service in Kenya.
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Harrison Kamande Njuguna was as an active member of the SDA Church at Mombasa and a leading choir leader in Kenya.
William Francis Nortje was an Afrikaner farmer in Kenya who became a Seventh-day Adventist lay evangelist at the height of colonial rule in Kenya.
Peter Nyambo was a missionary to British East Africa, Malawi teacher, and political activist.
Jonathan Auma Nyamongo was a pioneer teacher, pastor, and administrator in Kenya.
Elisha Arunga was a pastor and administrator in Kenya.
Jeremiah Oigo was a pioneer gospel worker and church planter in Eastern Kenya. He was sent to commence the Adventist work among the Kamba people of Machakos and Makueni counties, a considerable distance from his hometown in Ranen, Migori County.
Nahashon Nyasimi Osebe was the first Adventist lay evangelist to work among the Kipsigis.
James Edward Pittaway was a pioneer Adventist member and church builder in South Africa who came to the faith in the early days of the Adventist message coming to Africa.
Arthur John Raitt was a British missionary educator in Southern Africa who became a teacher at Solusi College. He was diagnosed with cancer and died young at the age of only 27. However, he greatly impacted the students he taught in the fleeting years of his life.
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William Raitt and his wife Hilda were British missionaries to East Africa, serving in Tanganyika and then Kenya in later years. He was the founder of the Kenya Coast Mission in 1934 and was responsible for the establishment and spread of the Adventist faith in the Kenyan coast.
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Ranen Conference is a part of West Kenya Union Conference in the East-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Its headquarters is 25 miles from Kisii on the main Tanzania Road, Kenya.
Felix Gaylord Reid, popularly known as F. G. Reid, was an American missionary to Kenya and other countries in East and Central Africa. He was also one of the longest-serving missionaries, arriving in 1938 and leaving in 1970. He served as a minister, instructor, and later as a church administrator, eventually becoming the president of a mission field -- the Tanganyika Mission Field and two Unions -- the Zambesi Union and the East Africa Union.
Milton Robison was an American missionary educator, administrator, and evangelist who dedicated much of his career to establishing and developing the education ministry in Africa. He served as the inaugural principal of Helderberg College in South Africa, and later held key positions such as secretary, education secretary, and eventually field secretary for the Southern African Division.
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Henry Robson was a long-serving missionary to Tanganyika and Uganda. He and his wife, Ada, helped establish and develop the Adventist mission work in Africa, serving there for 32 years.
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Joseph Rono was an Adventist pastor, evangelist and the second president of Western Kenya in Field.
Silvano Chepsiror araap Ruto was a pioneer Adventist evangelist, lay leader, and administrator in northern Nandi in western Kenya.