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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.
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Bert Robert’s career as a printer for the Seventh-day Adventist Church was distinguished due to his pioneer work in the establishment of the print shop in Shanghai.
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 African countries from 1976 to 1992. Afterward, they were called to serve with Adventist Aviation Indonesia in Papua, where they ministered for more than twenty years. Under Robert’s leadership, Adventist Aviation Indonesia (now Adventist Aviation) experienced significant growth and development.
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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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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.
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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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Pavel Rodionov was a Russian by birth and a mission pioneer in Manchuria and Mongolia. In 1949 he transferred to Australia as the first Seventh-day Adventist minister to nurture any of the many groups who had migrated from Europe to Australia after the Second World War. He established the Russian church in Sydney before his premature passing.
Luis Antonio Rojas Ayala was a pioneering pastor, public evangelist, and administrator in Argentina, Paraguay and Chile.
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Jack and Wilma Rowe were medical missionaries to Fiji.
South Pacific Division Biography Missionaries Died/Imprisoned for Faith
Donald Charles Roy was a longtime and influential teacher trainer and curriculum developer in the South Pacific Division (SPD) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.1 A gifted musician, he was also highly sought after as a vocalist and frequently served as a conductor for choirs and orchestras. Always active, he completed a second Ph.D. during retirement and was still publishing professional articles at the time of his unexpected death.
Pedro de Oliveira Ruela was a missionary physician from Brazil.
South American Division Biography Missionaries Died/Imprisoned for Faith
Riley Russell (露說, Rho Seol) was the first medical missionary to enter Korea as a medical doctor. He devoted himself to missionary work and medical service in Korea for 15 years as the director of Soonan Dispensary-Hospital, the head of the Workers’ Training School, and the director of the West Chosen Mission.
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Robert Salau was a pioneer missionary to New Guinea.
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Homer and Lenna (Whitney) Salisbury spent their lives dedicated to educating Adventist young people.
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Frank Salway was a missionary builder who served primarily in Kenya, but also extended his services to Tanganyika and Uganda. He helped in the construction of various mission stations, churches, mission homes, dispensaries, hospitals, and other facilities from 1924 until his death in 1934.
Mimi Scharffenberg was a Bible instructor, translator, editor, and pioneer missionary, the first single female Adventist missionary to Korea.
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Herman and Lydia Schell were missionaries in Indonesia, Korea and the Phillippines. The Schells gave their life to mission service, enduring difficulties and imprisonment during the war years.
Southern Asia-Pacific Division Biography Missionaries Died/Imprisoned for Faith