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Wako Orisa Budicha was an Adventist Bible worker and church elder who contributed to the establishment and growth of the Adventist church in Tula and other places in Ethiopia.
Bugema University was chartered in 2009 by the Uganda government and is a Seventh-day Adventist Church institution of higher learning owned and operated by the Uganda Union Mission. It is located 30 kilometers north of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, on Gayaza-Zirobwe Road, in the Luwero District of Central Uganda. It is the largest Seventh-day Adventist school in Uganda.
Andrea Bukombi and his wife, Joyce Muhindo, served as home missionaries and teachers in Uganda. Andrea Bukombi was also an evangelist and pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist Church under the Rwenzori Mission Station of Uganda Field.
East-Central Africa Division Biography Educators Missionaries Couples
Samuel Gayie Buro was an Adventist minister and pioneer worker in Ethiopia.
Since its beginning after World War I, the Adventist work in the African country of Burundi has been challenged by strongholds of Islam and Catholicism and political upheaval.
East-Central Africa Division Burundi Country (Based on SDA membership)
Seventh-day Adventist health services in Burundi can be traced back to the early days of the Adventist church in the country. In 1925 David E. Delhove, Burundi’s first Adventist missionary, settled in Buganda, in Cibitoke province. He reached people through evangelism, education, and health programs. In 1983 Seventh-day Adventist Welfare Services (SAWS), now Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), launched in Burundi.
Burundi Union Mission (BUM) is a part of the East-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Its headquarters is in Kiriri, Bujumbura, Burundi, and it covers the country of Burundi.
Busegwe Girls High School is located on the site of the first Seventh-day Adventist mission established in Tanzania in 1903. The location operated as the headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church from that time until 1978, when the mission office was moved to Arusha. Some of the buildings used by the school are those that were built by the missionaries. It is the only Adventist girls’ school in Tanzania.
Caleb Busienei was a pioneer Nandi Seventh-day Adventist who came to the faith through the early work of David Sparrow in Western Kenya.
Peter Kipkemboi araap Butuk was a pioneer Nandi teacher, evangelist, district pastor, and church administrator.
Samuel Bwami was an Adventist pastor with a passion for sharing the Adventist message with the Muslims of Uganda and opening a dialogue with them.
Bwasi Secondary School is an Adventist educational institution located by Lake Victoria in Musoma Rural Council, Musoma, Tanzania. German missionaries first started it in 1909.
Edward Cadwallader was an educational missionary to Africa.
East-Central Africa Division Biography Educators Missionaries
Arthur Asa Grandvile Carscallen was the first Seventh-day Adventist missionary to Kenya. He was also a missionary to British Guiana.
East-Central Africa Division Biography Groundbreakers Missionaries
Central Kasai Field is a part of the East-Central Africa Division. It was organized in 1981 and reorganized in 1993. Its headquarters is in Kananga, Kasai Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Central Kenya Conference is a part of East Kenya Union Conference in the East-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
The Central Rwanda Field is located at Muhanga, Muhanga District in the Southern Province of Rwanda. It operates under Rwanda Union Mission in East Central Africa Division. The administrative office of the Field was moved from Gitwe to Muhanga in 2011. In 2017, the Central Rwanda Field had 250 churches and 119,758 members out of a population of 1,482,250.
Central Tanzania Field is one of the four church administrative units of Southern Tanzania Union Mission. Formerly part of East-Central Tanzania Conference, Central Tanzania Field was organized in 2019.
Central Uganda Conference is a part of Uganda Union Mission in the East-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
Lameck Chacha Marwa was a pastor and administrator in Tanzania.