Videos

This week, we get an update from Dr. Trim and Dr. Santrac about the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists (https://encyclopedia.adventist.org).

Happy New Year! This week we see dramatic photographs from a fire at an Adventist publishing house in England, and hear about the life of service led by Carl F.

This week, we learn about George and Anna Wood, early Adventist workers in what is now Indonesia.

This week we learn about Katherine French, her husband Thomas, and the price many early Adventist church workers paid to share the Gospel.

This week, we learn about Dr. Walter Thompson, a 1962 typhoon, and the birth of John N. Loughborough.

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This week, we learn about Klaas Tilstra, an Adventist pastor, evangelist, educator, and administrator. You can read more about him at https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/.

This week we learn about Clayton and Mollie Potts and their work in Peru, as well as the 1897 General Conference Session.

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This week in Adventist history, we focus on historic Adventist hospitals.

This week, we learn about the life of Uriah Smith (1832-1903).

This week, we learn about Meri Kahinju's life of service.

This week, we learn about the life of Frank F. Oster, one of the first Seventh-day Adventists to enter what was then known as Persia.

This week, learn about John G. Matteson, the Danish-American who introduced the Seventh-day Adventist message to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

This week, learn about the life of William H. Edwards, treasurer of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists from 1893 to 1897.

Learn about Reuben H. Nightingale, Adventist minister and administrator.

This week, we learn about Joseph Harvey Waggoner.

This week, learn a bit about Sabbath-keepers in the US state of Iowa and about Abram La Rue, pioneer missionary to Asia.

This week, we learn about the organization of the first Seventh-day Adventist congregation in the US state of Utah, about George I.

Learn about the lives of Ervin and Mildred Sorensen, Adventist Church workers in the Southern Asia Division and the Far Eastern Division for over a total of twenty-two years!

This week, learn about when the Adventist Church started keeping and reporting church statistics, and about the life of Clayton Potts, an Adventist missionary doctor, and his wife, Mollie.

This week we learn about the history of the Asia Adventist Theological Seminary, located in the Philippines.

This week, we learn about the life of Louis Muderspach (1877-1959), Adventist educator and administrator.

As the 2022 General Conference Session closes, we take a look at (and a listen to part of a speech from) the 45th Session, which began during this week in Adventist history.

This week we hear about (the) Fernando Stahl, an Adventist Church mission plane in South America.

This week, we learn about the closure of the Stanborough Sanitarium and about the 1970 General Conference Session, the retirement of W. R. Beach, and the election of C. O. Franz.

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This week, learn about Adventist administrator and educator William H. Wakeham's life of service.

This week, we learn about the start of youth ministries within the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

This week, we learn about an election, the creation of two new divisions in 1950, and the Adventist Church's first missionaries to California in 1868.

This week, we learn about the life and work of Vernon Nye, Seventh-day Adventist illustrator and artist.

In this segment, we learn about the life of Eliza H. Morton, who died during this week in Adventist history.

We hear about a number of events which took place during this week in Adventist history.

This week, we learn about the Holm family, who served as overseas workers in what is now Indonesia and in Tanzania.

This week, we learn about the first Seventh-day Adventist camp meeting in eastern Canada, about the life of Henry N. White, and about the life of L. R. Rasmussen, Adventist educator and administrator.

This week, we learn about the Great Kantō Earthquake, which struck Japan on September 1, 1923, and of the experiences of Seventh-day Adventists who experienced the earthquake.

Today, 'This Week in Adventist History' does a bit of a world tour: we visit the U.S. state of Michigan, the country of Liberia, and the country of Argentina.

This week, we learn about the beginning of the use of light aircraft in Adventist mission work, especially in South America.

This week we learn about Tyrifjord Videregaendae Skole and about the foundation of the Indiana Conference.

This week, let's learn about Georgia Burrus Burgess, an early Seventh-day Adventist missionary to India.

This week, we hear about the second Seventh-day Adventist camp meeting and take brief trips to Zambia and China to hear about Adventist history from those places.

This week, learn about two pioneering Adventist ministers, Frederick Wheeler and George E. Peters.

This week, we learn about Fritz Rinder, a Seventh-day Adventist who, together with his wife Lilly, ministered to their communities through music.

This week, we learn about the first Seventh-day Adventist missionaries in New Caledonia and other places. We also learn about the life of O. B. Edwards, Adventist educator and musician.

This week, we hear about the 23rd General Conference Session and about the opening of Kobe Adventist Hospital in Kobe, Japan.

This week, we learn about Adventist artist and illustrator, Russell Harlan. Even if you haven't heard about him, you've probably seen his artwork!

A lot happened during this week in Adventist history! Learn more by watching.

This week, we learn about the long career of Seventh-day Adventist nurse and educator, Emma Binder (1901-1993).

This week, we learn about several Adventist institutions--a school in the United States and hospitals in Trinidad and Thailand.

This week, we learn about the founding of two Seventh-day Adventist educational institutions.

This week, we look at the life of Teruhiko Okohira, whose work began the spread of the Seventh-day Adventist message in the country of Japan.