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Fritz Rinder served his society as councilor, and his work in the German peace movement demonstrates the holistic view of his calling.
Rubens Pereira Rios was an illustrator for the Brazil Publishing House and a dedicated musician, serving as a singer, choir conductor, member of singing quartets, and composer of many musical arrangements.
Petro Kime Risase was a teacher and pioneer missionary in East Africa. Petro Kime Risase was born between 1888 and 1891 at Kihurio Village, South Pare Mountains, in Same District, Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania.
East-Central Africa Division Biography Groundbreakers Missionaries
Richard Martin Ritland was a Seventh-day Adventist biologist, paleontologist, and early director of the Geoscience Research Institute. He also served as a professor at Atlantic Union College, Loma Linda University, and Andrews University. He worked extensively on issues of science and faith, and he led geology field conferences to educate Adventist teachers and administrators about the history of the earth and life.
Floyd Rittenhouse was a notable educator who served at various church academies and as president of Andrews University and Pacific Union College.
Germano Guilherme Ritter was an administrator, mission director, conference president, canvasser, and pastor from Brasil.
Orlando Rubem Ritter was a pastor, teacher and administrator in Brazil.
Alva Paul and Avanelle Ruth Ritz spent two decades as missionaries in the Far Eastern Division. They were instrumental in the establishment of the first Adventist church in Bangkok in 1933. They also pioneered the Adventist work in the northern part of Thailand.
Southern Asia-Pacific Division Biography Groundbreakers Missionaries Couples
Andrew Joseph Robbins was a pastor, Bible teacher, a pioneer missionary to China and the Philippines, a professor, a hospital chaplain, evangelist, and church administrator.
Southern Asia-Pacific Division Biography Groundbreakers Missionaries Couples
Frank H. Robbins devoted 37 years to church administration – 19 as president of the Columbia Union Conference and another 18 as president of conferences in the Columbia Union.
Grant Alonzo Roberts was a pioneering missionary, evangelist, pastor, church administrator, and the second president of the Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists from 1936 to 1941.
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Robert Franklin Roberts and his wife, Jan, served as missionaries in several countries in Africa from 1976 to 1992, until they were called to serve at the Adventist Aviation-Indonesia in the territory of Papua, Indonesia, for more than twenty years. Under Robert’s leadership, Adventist Aviation Indonesia (now Adventist Aviation) developed and expanded.
Vincent L. Roberts, pastor and administrator, was the first African American executive officer of a union conference in the North American Division, serving as treasurer of the Southwestern Union. Prior to that he was the first secretary-treasurer of the Southwest Region Conference and subsequently the conference’s president for 13 years.
Alfred and Carrie Robie from North America were pioneers of the Avondale Health Retreat in Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia. Subsequently they were moved to a similar facility that was being established in Rockhampton, Queensland but the enterprise was short-lived and they returned to the United States.
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Mario Robinson Kemble was a renowned musician, pastor and church administrator in Colombia, Venezuela, and the United States.
Asa T. Robinson served as an evangelist and administrator in the United States and Australia and led out in organizing the Adventist work in South Africa.
Christopher Robinson was a British-born Seventh-day Adventist pioneer in southern Africa.
Dores Alanzo Robinson was an evangelist, educator, and administrator who served in South Africa, England, and India during the early period of Seventh-day Adventist world mission.
North American Division Biography Educators Missionaries Died/Imprisoned for Faith
Loretta Farnsworth is credited with being the first Seventh-day Adventist Bible worker. She served as a pioneer city mission worker, evangelist, pioneer missionary to South Africa and Australia, chaplain, and religion teacher.
North American Division Biography Groundbreakers Missionaries Women
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.
East-Central Africa Division Biography Educators Missionaries