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F. N. Chase was an American missionary educator in Kenya serving for six years as the principal of the Kamagambo High School and Training College in Kenya. Prior to that, he had served at Bugema in Uganda before moving to the Middle East and eventually returning to the United States.
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Chebwai Adventist College and Schools is one of the oldest Adventist institutions in Western Kenya.
The Chebwai Adventist Dispensary in the North Kabras division of Kakamega county is one of the oldest health facilities in western Kenya. It was established in accordance with the Adventist philosophy of reaching out to the world through the medical ministry. It serves the local community as well as the students at the Chebwai Adventist Primary School, the Chebwai Adventist High School, and Chebwai Adventist Teachers College. The staff in these institutions and their families, as well as the members of the larger community in the North Kabras division, are served at this facility. The facility has done a lot to alleviate the impact of treatable common ailments that are endemic in the area.
The Chepareria Adventist Health Centre in West Pokot in northwestern Kenya, is one of the leading health facilities in the region offering a range of medical services.
Petero Chetambe was a pioneer Luhya Adventist, pastor, teacher, and church planter among the Luhya people in Kenya.
Grace Agnes Clarke was a pioneer missionary to Kenya, educator, church administrator, Bible translator, and lexicographer.
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The Adventist Church in Colonial Kenya made its mark in Education, Healthcare, and Publishing, and all of them created jobs for many Africans. The Church was criticized by early nationalists for actively dissuading them from the clamor for independence.
William Commin was an early church administrator in Southern Africa. He also served as editor for early Adventist publications in Africa and worked to deepen the publishing ministry in the young Adventist Church in Africa.
Cosam Paipo Kyenda Kaluhala was the first Congolese ordained minister, and he played a key role in spreading Adventism in Congo.
Maurice Cuthbert was the son of pioneer missionary to East Africa, William Cuthbert.
William Cuthbert was a pioneer Adventist missionary, lay minister and evangelist.
Dalacho Dando Sadiyo was an evangelist and church planter from Ethiopia.
In 1917 the founding of the Musofu Mission and the opening of a school served as a springboard for the Adventist Church penetration of the Congo.
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T. F. Duke was a missionary to Kenya and founder of Ranen Conference.
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George Dunder served with his wife, Virginia, as a missionary to Kenya and Tanzania.
Alma Virginia Dunder, née Closser, was a missionary to Tanzania and Kenya with her husband, George, spending 11 years in both countries with the bulk of it in Tanzania.
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East Burundi Field is one of the entities of the Burundi Union Mission. It is located in the central-eastern part of the country, and covers six provinces, namely: Cankuzo, Gitega, Makamba, Mwaro, Rutana, and Ruyigi.
The East Central Rwanda Conference (formerly East Central Rwanda Field) is part of the Rwanda Union Mission in the East-Central Africa Division of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
East Kenya Union Conference belongs to the East-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists. It was organized in 2013. Its headquarters is in Nairobi, Kenya.
The East-Central Africa Division (ECD) is one of the three divisions of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists on the African continent.