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Eli B. Miller was a pioneer Adventist educator and missionary, the first professor of elocution or homiletics in Adventist history, and contributor and editor of Bible Readings and some of the earliest Sabbath School lessons.
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Esta Miller was a younger brother of Dr. Harry Miller, a pioneer missionary to China. He was counted among the early Seventh-day Adventists who learned the Mandarin language and was instrumental in winning the initial Chinese converts prior to his premature death at twenty-six years of age.
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Maude Miller was the first Adventist missionary who died in China, the foreign country to which she dedicated her selfless service.
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Joseph and Jeanette (Nettie) Mills taught together at the Eastern Training School in Singapore. Joseph Mills later distinguished himself as the founding principal of the New Zealand Missionary College at Longburn. He also served as principal of the Australasian Missionary College at Avondale, New South Wales, and the Darling Range School at Carmel, Western Australia.
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Clorinda Strong Minor, a Millerite preacher and editor, was the first missionary, albeit unofficial, of Sabbath-keeping Adventism to the Jews in Palestine.
North American Division Biography Groundbreakers Missionaries Died/Imprisoned for Faith Women
Zachariah Misinjro was an Adventist missionary and gospel worker who served in the South Nyanza region in Kenya of the East Africa Union.
Henri Monnier was the pioneer missionary to Rwanda whom the locals called “Rukandirango” (The Mighty Man).
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Hannah More (or Moore) was a missionary, a teacher, and an early Seventh-day Adventist convert (1866) whose tragic death helped prompt the church to develop a more intentional approach to welfare and hospitality.
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Byron Morse was a pioneer American missionary educator and administrator to Kenya, arriving within three years of the commencement of the Seventh-day Adventist missionary work in Kenya. He and his wife helped deepen the Adventist work in East Africa and was the face of the relations between the colonial administration and the Adventist mission.
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Helen Luella Morton was an Adventist teacher, student, doctor, and missionary who lived an extraordinary life. Morton faced numerous difficulties throughout her life, especially with her health, yet she persevered and achieved many amazing accomplishments. She had great love and passion for both teaching and mission work.
North American Division Biography Educators Missionaries Died/Imprisoned for Faith Women
Frederick Mote was a distinguished departmental secretary in the Indiana Conference, the Philippine Union Mission and Far Eastern Division of Seventh-day Adventists. He also served as president of the West Visayan Mission, the Missouri Conference, the Upper Columbia Conference (the Australasian Division), and the Far Eastern Division. He completed his service as a field secretary with the General Conference. His wife Florence taught Bible units, music, and regular subjects at academies and nurses training institutions wherever Frederick was located.
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Frithjof Muderspach served most of his life as a missionary in East Africa. He was respected and loved by nationals as well as fellow missionaries. His faithfulness and sacrificial service were legendary and an inspiration to many young people in his homeland, Denmark.
Trans-European Division Biography Missionaries Died/Imprisoned for Faith
Ralph Waldo Munson was a Seventh-day Adventist missionary pioneer in Indonesia and Singapore.
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Richard Munzig was a German Adventist missionary, martyr, and defender of the Adventist faith.
Inter-European Division Biography Missionaries Died/Imprisoned for Faith
Matthew Murdoch was a Scottish Adventist missionary to Kenya who helped establish the Adventist work in Kenya, serving in various stations, among them the Chebwai mission in Western Kenya.
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.
South Pacific Division Biography Groundbreakers Missionaries Died/Imprisoned for Faith
Andreas Nielsen is known as a pioneer for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Greenland. As a missionary, literature evangelist, and pastor, he served in Denmark, Germany, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland.
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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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Niels Balle Nielsen was a lifetime missionary, serving the Seventh-day Adventist church for 50 years, most of which were spent in the mission field overseas. He worked primarily as a secretary-treasurer at different levels and for a few years as a union president. He was known for his quiet but friendly and helpful character and faithfulness in service.