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Donald R. Bankhead was a minister, professor, administrator, and missionary acclaimed for his four and half decades of service in India. His love for the classroom moved him and his wife to go to the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS) in the Philippines in 2011 as Adventist Volunteer Services (AVS) workers. They taught in the Education Department of AIIAS Graduate School. Donald was asked to be the principal of AIIAS Junior Academy, now AIIAS Academy. During his tenure as principal, he played a pivotal role in obtaining accreditation from the Philippine government.
Clifford Thomas Bannister was a missionary to East, Central, and Southern Africa, and a church administrator and minister.
This article examines the history of the development of baptismal vows in concept, word, and usage throughout the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church—from early references in Adventist publications and letters to current, official baptismal vows found in church manuals.
Harold Wilson Baptiste was a Grenadian evangelist, pastor, and administrator who served in both the Caribbean and the United States for more than 30 years.
José Baracat, pastor and administrator, was born March 14, 1909, in the city of Alexandria, Egypt (then a British protectorate).
Maria Deuz Baracat was a nurse and Bible worker from Brazil.
Willi Paul Baranski, pastor and canvasser, was born February 16, 1908, in the city of Ulenhof, Germany, to an Adventist family.
Telesia Stanslaus Baranuba was a Tanzanian Seventh-day Adventist lay evangelist, Church leader, gospel singer, Women’s Ministry leader, and family-life instructor whose ministry significantly contributed to the growth of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in western Tanzania.
Petronilo J. Barayuga was a visionary leader and educator in the Philippines.
The island of Barbados lies south of the Greater Antilles and east of the Caribbean Islands. In 1890, the first ordained Adventist missionary to the island, Dexter Ball, and a literature evangelist, William Arnold, arrived on the island.
Inter-American Division Barbados Country (Based on SDA membership)
The Barbados Seventh-day Adventist Secondary School is a co-educational, day high school located on Dalkeith Road, Saint Michael, near Bridgetown, Barbados.
Hubert and Olive Barham gave thirteen years of service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Solomon Islands in the first half of the twentieth century.
Teofilo Venida Barizo was a teacher, evangelist, and administrator from the Philippines.
Southern Asia-Pacific Division Biography Died/Imprisoned for Faith
Pastor Len Barnard, an Australian national who began working for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1934, was best known for his three decades of pioneering missionary work, particularly in Papua New Guinea.
Edwin E. Barnes, organist, choir director, composer, and singer with a sonorous bass voice, was a pioneer in early Seventh-day Adventist music education and hymnody. He was born in Shirley, Southampton, England, on March 15, 1864, the son of Samuel and Sarah Barnes.
Roger William Barnes, pioneering urologist, was born in Littleton, Colorado, in 1897.
Graham Frederick Barnett was a teacher and school administrator from Australia. While serving on the faculty of Pacific Adventist University in Papua New Guinea he died in an accident on campus.
J. Estelle Barnett was a community activist, innovative lay leader, and formidable advocate for racial justice in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Charles and Beatrice Baron accepted an appointment on Lord Howe island in 1894. They also served on Norfolk Island, New Zealand and Australia, sometimes as paid workers and sometimes self-supporting.
Eri L. Barr was a Sabbatarian Adventist leader and minister and the first Seventh-day Adventist minister of color.