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This week, we learn about the life of F. Donald Yost, the first General Conference archivist and the founding director of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists' Office of Archives and Statistics, which is now the Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research.

This Week in Adventist History (December 29, 2023)

This Week in Adventist History (January 13, 2023)

This week, learn about the first person baptized as a Seventh-day Adventist in Germany!

This Week in Adventist History (January 20, 2023)

This week, learn about the life of Mary A. Steward.

This Week in Adventist History (January 27, 2023)

This week, we look at the life of Charles M. Snow, Seventh-day Adventist author and editor.

This Week in Adventist History (February 3, 2023)

This week, we learn about a short-lived Adventist periodical, the Benghazi Adventist Hospital, and about the first Seventh-day Adventist to die as the result of a Sunday law in the United States.

This Week in Adventist History (February 10, 2023)

Learn about many of the events happening in the Seventh-day Adventist Church during this week in Adventist history.

This Week in Adventist History (February 17, 2023)

We hear about events from General Conference Sessions which took place during this week in Adventist history.

This Week in Adventist History (February 24, 2023)

This Week in Adventist History (March 3, 2023)

This week, we learn about the lives of Meade Van Putten and Harold Singleton.

This Week in Adventist History (March 10, 2023)

This week, we take a look at the life and work of Uriah Smith.

This Week in Adventist History (March 17, 2023)

This week, Bert Beach visited Syria. Find out more about this visit in "This Week in Adventist History"!

This Week in Adventist History (March 24, 2023)

This week, we learn about the life of Alyne Dumas Lee, a world-renowned lyric soprano soloist, lifelong Seventh-day Adventist, and Oakwood University's first Artist in Residence.

This Week in Adventist History (March 31, 2023)

This week, we hear about Ruth Holley's life of service.

This Week in Adventist History (April 7, 2023)

In this episode, we learn about missions milestones from this week in Adventist history.

This Week in Adventist History (April 14, 2023)

This week, we learn about the life of Hubert L. Tolhurst.

This Week in Adventist History (April 21, 2023)

This week, we hear the story of Carmen Vaca, the first Aymara woman to spread the Adventist message among the Quechua people.

This Week in Adventist History (April 28, 2023)

This week, learn about Dr. Everet Witzel's life of service and about some of the groundwork laid for the organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

This Week in Adventist History (May 5, 2023)

This week, we hear stories from around the world that happened during this week in Adventist history.

This Week in Adventist History (May 12, 2023)

This week, learn about the life of Eric Were, Adventist filmmaker.

This Week in Adventist History (May 19, 2023)

This week, learn about the life of C. L. Torrey, Adventist administrator and missionary.

This Week in Adventist History (May 26, 2023)

This week, we hear about Heman Gurney, an early Sabbatarian Adventist.

This Week in Adventist History (June 2, 2023)

This week, we learn about the lives and work of Ruth and Louis Nielsen, Adventist educators, as well as about the 42nd General Conference Session, held in 1930.

This Week in Adventist History (June 9, 2023)

This week, we hear about the 45th General Conference, which took place in 1946. You can access the folder of recordings mentioned in this episode at https://documents.adventistarchives.org/Audio.

This Week in Adventist History (June 16, 2023)

This week, we hear about Annie S. Higgins and Chloe Foutz and their contributions to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

This Week in Adventist History (June 23, 2023)

This week, we learn about the life of F.

This Week in Adventist History (June 30, 2023)

We share stories from this week in Adventist history. This week, we travel from 1842 to 1989, with a few stops in between. Enjoy!

This Week in Adventist History (July 7, 2023)

We learn about the life of Maung Maung, who helped the Seventh-day Adventist Church organize in what is now Myanmar, and died during this week in Adventist history.

This Week in Adventist History (July 14, 2023)

This week, learn about Grace D. Mace and Lottie Quinn, two sisters whose stories come from this week in Adventist history.

This Week in Adventist History (July 21, 2023)

This week, we learn about early evangelistic efforts in Japan and California, as well as the establishment of a sanitarium in Australia and a school in Argentina.

This Week in Adventist History (July 28, 2023)

This week, we learn about George I. Butler, one of the Church's General Conference presidents.

This Week in Adventist History (August 4, 2023)

This week, we learn about the beginnings of the Seventh-day Adventist work in Cuba.

This Week in Adventist History (August 11, 2023)

This week, learn about the Healey family, who were early Adventist Church missionaries.

This Week in Adventist History (August 18, 2023)

This week, we cover the expansion of the Seventh-day Adventist Church around the globe.

This Week in Adventist History (August 25, 2023)

This week, learn about the Oss family, who was dedicated to service.

This Week in Adventist History (September 1, 2023)

This week, it's the 175th anniversary of the Sabbath Conference held in Hiram Edson's barn. Hear the story in this episode of "This Week in Adventist History".

This Week in Adventist History (September 8, 2023)

This week, let's learn about the Battle Creek Sanitarium.

This Week in Adventist History (September 15, 2023)

We learn about the life of Etta Littlejohn Bradford and the life of Cora Richards Abbott, two Adventist Church medical workers who were born during this week in Adventist history.

This Week in Adventist History (September 21, 2023)

This week, we look at the life of Charles Kinny, the first African American ordained as a Seventh-day Adventist minister.

This Week in Adventist History (September 29, 2023)

This week, we learn about the life of Emidio Sequeira.

This Week in Adventist History (October 6, 2023)

Learn about how Seventh-day Adventists became, well, Seventh-day Adventists in this week's "This Week in Adventist History".

This Week in Adventist History (October 13, 2023)

This week, we learn about the New Westminster Ukrainian Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Westminster, Canada, and the congregations that came after it.

This Week in Adventist History (October 20, 2023)

This Week in Adventist History (October 27, 2023)

This week, we learn about the creation of the Geoscience Research Institute.

This Week in Adventist History (November 3, 2023)

Learn about the life of Harold Miller, an Adventist composer, musician, and educator. Do you know which hymn or hymns of his appear in the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal? Watch to find out.

This Week in Adventist History (November 10, 2023)

Learn about the evangelistic visit that J. N. Loughborough and Ludwig Conradi in 1896, and the 1898 opening of the Adventist-operated New York City Mission.

This Week in Adventist History (November 17, 2023)

This Week in Adventist History (November 24, 2023)

Let's learn about the Seventh-day Adventists in Tobago. History is being made this week in Adventist history.

This Week in Adventist History (December 1, 2023)

This week, let's learn about a boarding academy in the U.S. state of Indiana.

This Week in Adventist History (December 8, 2023)

This week, we learn about Ralph and Carrie Munson, the first Seventh-day Adventist workers in Indonesia.

This Week in Adventist History (December 15, 2023)

Learn about religious liberty advocate Bert B. Beach (1958-2022) and about artist and illustrator Vernon Nye (1915-2013).

This Week in Adventist History (December 22, 2023)

This week, we learn about the first Adventist publication in the Tahitian language and the growth of the Adventist Church in the Pacific.