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Ignacio Alvarado, a pioneering Hispanic Adventist in South Texas, built the first Adventist church in the Río Grande Valley, sparking the growth of Adventism among Spanish-speakers throughout the state.
North American Division Biography Groundbreakers Died/Imprisoned for Faith
George Washington Amadon contributed to the success of the Review and Herald publishing office during its earliest decades as a typesetter, foreman, administrator, editor, and author.
Grace Edith Amadon was a musician, teacher, illustrator, and writer. She served in North America and South Africa.
Martha Dorner Byington was the first Adventist home school teacher and a founder of the Dorcas Society (later renamed Community Service Centers).
North American Division Biography Groundbreakers Women Educators
The Amazonas-Roraima Conference (Associação Amazonas Roraima or AAmaR) is an administrative unit of the Seventh-day Adventist Church located in the territory of the Northwest Brazil Union Mission (União Noroeste Brasileira or UNoB).
Amazonia Adventist College (Faculdade Adventista da Amazônia, or FAAMA) is a school for elementary, high school, and college education that offers day and boarding school. It belongs to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Brazil.
Ratu Ambrose was a Fijian "roko" or high chief who converted to Adventism. For many years Adventism was seen as an outsider religion in Fiji, but Ambrose’s conversion created an opportunity for many people to give Adventism serious consideration. Chief Ambrose’s donation of property and other resources for a permanent Adventist mission station provided the much needed help at a crucial point in the development of Adventism in Fiji.
South Pacific Division Biography Died/Imprisoned for Faith Groundbreakers
Karl Frederick Ambs, not to be confused with his uncle, Karl Friedrich Ambs (1884–1967), was an educator, business manager, missionary to Africa, and an assistant treasurer of the General Conference.
American Samoa is located in the south-central Pacific Ocean approximately 1,600 miles (2,600 kilometers) northeast of New Zealand and 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) southwest of Hawaii.
South Pacific Division American Samoa Country (Based on SDA membership)
Amman Adventist Secondary School, located on Rainbow Street A31 in Amman, Jordan, is an SDA coeducational secondary school operated by the East Mediterranean Region of the Middle East and North Africa Union. It follows the curriculum prescribed by the Jordanian Ministry of Education augmented by the Seventh-Adventist education program. The school was renamed in 2019 and is now known as the Adventist National School.
Middle East and North Africa Union Mission Educational Institutions
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
Pastor John Amoah served in church administration in Ghana from 1965 to 1975 as president during the time that the Ghana Mission became the Ghana Conference.
Daniel Kwabena Amponsah was an Adventist pastor and administrator from Ghana.
Víctor Enrique Ampuero Matta was a pastor, educator, educational manager, mentor of Adventist youth, editor, writer, lecturer, and leading scholar in South American Adventism.
The Amur Mission was a Siberian church unit that comprised the easternmost Oblasts of Siberia from 1914 to 1925.
The Amyes Memorial Hospital was opened in 1939 at Kukudu on the Island of Kolombangara, Western Solomon Islands. Today it functions at the Kukudu Adventist Clinic.
Sidney Amyes was a New Zealand national who strongly supported the Seventh-day Adventist Church with his means and influence in its early days in South New Zealand.
Anambra Mission is a part of Eastern Nigeria Union Conference of the West-Central African Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Formerly part of the Anambra-Imo Conference, Anambra Mission was organized in 2015. Its headquarters is in Nkpor, Anambra State, Nigeria.
The Anambra-Imo Conference in the Eastern Nigeria Union Mission of the West-Central Africa Division existed from 2003 through 2014, at which point it was divided into Imo Conference and the Anambra Administrative Unit.
Andaman and Nicobar Region is a part of the Southern Asia Division of Seventh-day Adventists. It was organized in 1989. Its headquarters is in South Andaman, Andaman Islands, India.