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The Voice of Hope, known as Ashar Bani in the Bangla language, is produced in a studio that the Adventist World Radio had set up for the Bangladesh Union Mission on May 18, 1992. The first Bangla program by Pastor D. P. Rema was on the air on March 23, 1993.
William and Effa Ammundsen were missionaries to the Philippines. William was a pastor, educator, church administrator and college president, while Effa dedicated her ministry to young people.
Southern Asia-Pacific Division Biography Educators Missionaries Couples
Arthur Eugene Anderson was a pastor and the only Seventh-day Adventist missionary to the Chin people of Burma (now Myanmar).
Southern Asia-Pacific Division Biography Groundbreakers Missionaries
Florencio Monterde Arrogante was a writer, church leader, administrator, and eloquent speaker from the Philippines.
Floyd Garfield Ashbaugh was a pioneer colporteur missionary, youth leader, temperance promoter, and church administrator.
Adventist-laymen Services and Industries (ASI) in the territory of Southern Asia-Pacific Division was first organized in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2013.
Asia-Pacific International University in Muak Lek, Thailand, was established in March 2003, to provide Christian education at the tertiary level in the Asia-Pacific region.
Leonardo Remulta Asoy was an Adventist pastor, youth leader, and Sabbath School leader, and a “dynamic promoter and supporter of evangelism.”
Yan Aye was an instructor, principal, union education director, and president of Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary, Myaungmya, Myanmar.
Ayeyarwady (formerly Irrawaddy) Adventist Seminary (AYAS), an Adventist complete secondary boarding school located in Myaungmya, Myanmar, opened in 1927 as the first Adventist primary school in the Ayeyarwady region and is accredited internationally by the Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities based in Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Ayeyarwady Mission is a church administrative unit of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Myanmar.
Ba Hla Thein was an Adventist administrator and pastor from Myanmar.
Ba Nyein, teacher, evangelist, and church administrator, was born on October 12, 1914, and brought up in a Buddhist family at Aung Hlaing Gyi Village, Wakema Township, Irrawaddy Region, Myanmar (formerly Burma), to U Saung Tha and Daw Lun.
On December 8, 1966, the hospital was inaugurated and given the official name of Bacolod Sanitarium and Hospital with Dr. Willis Gentry Dick as its first medical director. The name of the hospital was changed to Bacolod Adventist Medical Center (BAMC) in 2004. Adventist Medical Center-Bacolod is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, specifically under the Central Philippine Union Conference.
Baesa Adventist Academy’s semi-centennial history started when the brethren of Baesa Seventh-day Adventist Church, known for its moniker Baesa Tagalog Church, and under the leadership of the School Board Chairman Elder Alejandro Rada, realized the need for a secondary school that would continue to provide Adventist Christian education for their children who were graduating from the church-founded Baesa Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School (BSDAES) earlier established in 1967-1968.
Matilal Baidya was one of the pioneer Adventist workers in Bangladesh.
Severino Jutba Balansag, Sr. was an Adventist literature evangelist, pastor, church leader, and administrator.
Bandar Lampung Adventist Hospital is located in the city of Bandar Lampung, 145 miles west of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta. Situated on the southern tip of Sumatera Island, it is one of the well-known hospitals in the city as well across Lampung Province.
Bangladesh Adventist Nursing College is a Seventh-day Adventist boarding institution for nursing and midwifery education. It is operated by the Bangladesh Adventist Union Mission and is located in Gowalbathan, Kaliakoir, Gazipur under the zone of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The college started with the name Bangladesh Adventist Nursing Institute in 2017. It became a college in 2021 and expanded with various courses. Currently, the college offers Bachelor of Science and Diploma degree programs in nursing and midwifery.
Juan Bangloy was a pioneer Adventist educator, minister, and leader from the Philippines.