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Dr. Trim speaks about how early Adventists took up mission offerings for Christmas, held meetings on Christmas (and didn't hold meetings on Christmas), and used Christmas as a springboard for evangelism. Merry Christmas and happy holidays from all of us here in the Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research!

This Week in Adventist History (December 28, 2018)

This Week in Adventist History (January 5, 2018)

Happy new year! Welcome to the first episode of "This Week in Adventist History" for 2018.

This Week in Adventist History (January 12, 2018)

This week, learn about the life of Harry Moyle Tippett.

This Week in Adventist History (January 19, 2018)

This week, learn about the Health and Temperance Missionary School and about Mrs. S. M. I. Henry.

This Week in Adventist History (January 26, 2018)

This week, learn about the second Ellen G. White Estate Branch Office and an Adventist hospital in Ethiopia.

This Week in Adventist History (February 2, 2018)

This week, learn a little about an Adventist poet.

This Week in Adventist History (February 9, 2018)

Learn about Samuel Mitchell and about George Akers during this week's episode of "This Week in Adventist History".

This Week in Adventist History (February 16, 2018)

This week, we'll learn about the ministry of William and Mary White, as well as about the details of Ellen White's death.

This Week in Adventist History (February 23, 2018)

This week, follow the progression that two Adventist universities took in regards to their institution's names!

This Week in Adventist History (March 2, 2018)

This week, learn about one of the church's former executive secretaries, who served the church for nearly fifty years.

This Week in Adventist History (March 9, 2018)

This week, learn about H. L. Rudy's expansive ministry and how it took him around the world.

This Week in Adventist History (March 16, 2018)

Have you ever heard of Margaret Rowen? She used falsified documents to claim that she was a future messenger of God. Learn more about her in "This Week in Adventist History".

This Week in Adventist History (March 23, 2018)

During this week in Adventist history, the Adventist Church in Scandinavia made changes to its structure, and a new publishing house in Peru was organized. Find out more in this week's episode.

This Week in Adventist History (March 30, 2018)

This week, learn about Dr. Regalado Santos and about George Albert King.

This Week in Adventist History (April 6, 2018)

This week, learn about the founding of the Papua New Guinea Union Mission and about early Adventist mission work in southern India.

This Week in Adventist History (April 13, 2018)

Learn about three events that happened during this week in 1958.

This Week in Adventist History (April 20, 2018)

This week, learn about the opening of Pua Adventist School in Chile and the life of L. A. Hoopes.

This Week in Adventist History (April 27, 2018)

This week, learn about Robert Beckner, pioneer missionary to Myanmar, and listen to what GC Secretary W.A. Spicer said during this week in 1924.

This Week in Adventist History (May 4, 2018)

This week, learn about the first baptism in Liberia and about the life of M. E. Kern, the very first Young People's secretary in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

This Week in Adventist History (May 11, 2018)

This week, learn about J. P. Kellogg's life and about W. A. Spicer's 1924 trip to what is now Malawi.

This Week in Adventist History (May 18, 2018)

This week, the first Seventh-day Adventist congregation is organized in Leduc, Alberta, Canada. Find out about that, and other events, from "This Week in Adventist History".

This Week in Adventist History (May 25, 2018)

During this week in #AdventistHistory, the first officers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church were elected, and the church's constitution was adopted. Find out more in this week's episode!

This Week in Adventist History (June 1, 2018)

This week, learn about the opening day of the 1936 General Conference Session, held in San Francisco, California.

This Week in Adventist History (June 8, 2018)

During this week in Adventist history, the first issue of the Signs of the Times was published, and the 1930 General Conference session was in progress. Enjoy!

This Week in Adventist History (June 15, 2018)

This week, learn about an 1888 camp meeting in Nevada, the opening of a sanitarium in Colorado in 1895, and a tent meeting in North Carolina in 1919.

This Week in Adventist History (June 22, 2018)

This week, learn about an innovative field day at a Massachusetts camp meeting and about August Swedberg, a pioneer church worker and writer.

This Week in Adventist History (June 29, 2018)

This Week in Adventist History (July 6, 2018)

This week, learn about C. L. Boyd and H. A. Morrison, two very dedicated church workers, who both died during this week in Adventist history.

This Week in Adventist History (July 13, 2018)

This week, two camp meetings end in 1900 and four missionaries set out to Mexico in 1908. Learn more in "This Week in Adventist History"!

This Week in Adventist History (July 27, 2018)

This week, learn about the life of Julia Burgess and about the 1923 European Mission Council, held in Zurich, Switzerland.

This Week in Adventist History (August 3, 2018)

This week, learn about the life of James Springer White.

This Week in Adventist History (August 10, 2018)

This week, a conference is organized and a long-serving church worker is born. Learn more in this week's episode of "This Week in Adventist History"!

This Week in Adventist History (August 17, 2018)

This week, the life of Rollin D. Quinn is remembered.

This Week in Adventist History (August 24, 2018)

This week, the school that was to become Andrews University opened its doors for the very first time.

This Week in Adventist History (August 31, 2018)

This week, we focus on the beginnings of Adventism in Argentina and a remarkable early example of total member involvement.

This Week in Adventist History (September 7, 2018)

This week, we focus on an influential medical missionary who died during this week in 1950.

This Week in Adventist History (September 14, 2018)

This week, learn about Emil C. Witzke and about Ezra Longway, who served as a missionary in Asia for fifty-five years.

This Week in Adventist History (September 21, 2018)

This week, learn about the first Adventist camp meeting on Pitcairn Island.

This Week in Adventist History (September 28, 2018)

This week, we learn about the opening of Taiwan Adventist College and about the creation of what is now the Biblical Research Institute.

This Week in Adventist History (October 5, 2018)

When Hurricane Flora devastated Haiti in 1963, Adventist young people there responded to the urgent needs of others. Learn more during this week's "This Week in Adventist History"!

This Week in Adventist History (October 12, 2018)

This week, learn about the organization of the first Seventh-day Adventist Church congregation in Albania, and about the merging of two North American conferences.

This Week in Adventist History (October 19, 2018)

During this week, the schooner 'Pitcairn' set forth on its very first voyage across the Pacific Ocean. Alejandra Castillo tells us more in this week's episode.

This Week in Adventist History (October 26, 2018)

This week, learn about Thomas J. Bradley and about a special week in the country of Bhutan.

This Week in Adventist History (November 2, 2018)

This week, learn about a family of missionaries!

This Week in Adventist History (November 9, 2018)

This week, Dr. David Trim tells us about the life and ministry of evangelist George Vandeman.

This Week in Adventist History (November 16, 2018)

This week, learn about the lives of Albert Tarr and Walter Bond, Adventist Church administrators and missionaries.

This Week in Adventist History (November 23, 2018)

This week, learn about people involved in the publishing ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

This Week in Adventist History (November 30, 2018)

This week, we focus on medical mission in Seventh-day Adventist history.

This Week in Adventist History (December 7, 2018)

During this week in Adventist history, the Adventist Church in Russia opened Zaoksky Theological Seminary.

This Week in Adventist History (December 14, 2018)

Churches are dedicated and organized, people are born, people die, and missions are organized, all over the world and all during this week in Adventist history.

This Week in Adventist History (December 21, 2018)

This week, we learn of two missionary families who suffered loss while in the mission field.