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Paul Badaut pioneered the missionary work in Mauritius and later served as president of the South France Conference in the early 1900s.
Samuel Badaut was a French Adventist minister and a departmental leader in the Latin Union Conference that included Algeria, Belgium, France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland.
Baden-Wuerttemberg Conference is a part of the South German Union Conference in the Inter-European Division of Seventh-day Adventists. It was organized in 1912 and reorganized in 1970. Its headquarters is in Stuttgart, Germany.
Harry John Baerg was a Canadian-born wildlife artist, illustrator, and author.2 He was best-known for his illustrations that appeared in numerous church publications and children’s books, including the 20-volume edition of Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories (1964). Baerg earned recognition beyond the denomination as a respected wildlife illustrator.
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.
The territory of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas includes South Bahamas Conference (formerly Bahamas Conference) and North Bahamas Conference (formerly North Bahamas Mission), which are part of Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission, a part of the Inter-American Division.
Inter-American Division Bahamas Country (Based on SDA membership)
In 1912, James H. Smith, his wife, and two children came to the Bahamas. Recognizing the significant need for Seventh-day Adventist Christian education, he established the first church school in a building that formerly housed the Odd Fellows Lodge, known as Aurora Hall.
Zadour G. Baharian was an Armenian Seventh-day Adventist evangelist and missionary who was known as the great apostle to the Levant (Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia) and had often been described as the “Second Paul.” Tirelessly and without fear he ranged throughout the heart of the Turkish Empire in Asia Minor and Armenia, sharing the Adventist message under difficult circumstances, persecution, death threats, and imprisonment, leading many souls to Christ.
Middle East and North Africa Union Mission Biography Died/Imprisoned for Faith
The Clínica Adventista da Bahia (Bahia Adventist Clinic) is a medical missionary institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which is part of the Adventist Health International Network. It is located in the territory of the East Brazil Union Mission and operates on the Faculdade Adventista da Bahia (Bahia Adventist College) (FADBA) campus in the city of Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil.
The Bahia Conference (Associação Bahia or AB) is an administrative unit of the Seventh-day Adventist Church located in the territory of East Brazil Union Mission (União Leste Brasileira or ULB).
John F. Bahler's role in the Texas Tract and Missionary Society contributed to the organization of the Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Ernst "Earnest" Wilhelm and Herta Bahr served as Seventh-day Adventist missionaries in Korea. Bahr himself was an administrator in Korea and later served as a pastor in the United States.
Bahrain, officially Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island nation in the Persian (Arabian) Gulf. The earliest record indicates the first Seventh-day Adventists arrived in Bahrain in 1955, when the British government recruited qualified medical personal from India to maintain adequate hospitals in the Persian Gulf. The members were mostly nurses, and, although the Middle East Division officers corresponded with them, the first visit of church officials was made to Bahrain in April 1963.
Middle East and North Africa Union Mission Bahrain Country (Based on SDA membership)
The story of two Chinese colporteurs, Beh Chin-chien (白金鑒, Bai Jinjian) and Djeng Hsiang-pu (曾湘甫 Zeng Xiangfu), is one of Christian courage pitted against the inclement weather of western China and the difficulties of taking the gospel to Moslem Uyghers in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the largest province of China on its northwest border. It is also the story of their ultimate sacrifice for their belief in the gospel commission of Christ.
Chinese Union Mission China Biography Died/Imprisoned for Faith
Matilal Baidya was one of the pioneer Adventist workers in Bangladesh.
Leonard Lee Bailey was a physician and a pioneering pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon. In 1984, he attracted international attention for transplanting a baboon’s heart into a newborn infant.
North American Division Biography Groundbreakers Medical Workers
Alfred Sherman DePuy Baird was an architect who supervised construction of buildings for denominational institutions in Michigan and Washington, D.C.
The Baja California Conference, located in the Northern Mexican Union, is part of Inter-American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Its territory is made up of the state of Baja California and the municipality of San Luis Río Colorado in the state of Sonora. It is located north of the Baja California Peninsula and northwest of Mexico.
Bajio Mexican Conference, located in the Central Mexican Union Mission, is part of Inter-American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Its territory is made up of the states of Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Querétaro, and Michoacán.
James and Annie Baker were missionary nurses to Africa and among the earliest pioneer Adventist missionaries to east-central Africa.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division Biography Groundbreakers Medical Workers Missionaries Couples