Videos Currently viewing This Week in Adventist History (2017) All Videos This week, learn about the first Bolivian to become a Seventh-day Adventist, and about the move of the General Conference headquarters from Battle Creek, Michigan to Takoma Park, Maryland. This Week in Adventist History (December 22, 2017) Learn about the beginnings of Walla Walla University and about the life of Martha Seaward. This Week in Adventist History (December 29, 2017) This week, learn about a famous fire in Adventist history. This Week in Adventist History (January 6, 2017) Welcome to the first episode of "This Week in Adventist History" for 2017! Learn about Lewis Johnson, early Adventist missionary to Scandinavia, and about William C. This Week in Adventist History (January 13, 2017) This week, hear what three Adventists from the past have to say about the New Year. This Week in Adventist History (January 20, 2017) Learn about Goodloe Harper Bell, early Adventist educator, and missionary Thomas Henry Watson. This Week in Adventist History (January 27, 2017) This week, learn about the person who laid the foundation for mission work in China, among other things. This Week in Adventist History (February 3, 2017) This week, learn about the beginnings of Helderberg College, near Cape Town, South Africa. This Week in Adventist History (February 10, 2017) This week, learn about the organization of the South American Division, the life of Oliver Montgomery, and the life of Flora Williams. This Week in Adventist History (February 17, 2017) This week, learn about two General Conference sessions which both started on February 15! This Week in Adventist History (February 24, 2017) Learn about the life and legacy of Jacob N. Anderson, a pioneer missionary to China. This Week in Adventist History (March 3, 2017) This week, learn about a family who served as missionaries in Iran. This Week in Adventist HIstory (March 10, 2017) This week, learn about a pioneer missionary to China, Clara Falconer. This Week in Adventist History (March 17, 2017) Find out how Ellen G. White was inspired to write one of the denomination's most recognizable books. This Week in Adventist History (March 24, 2017) What do an outlaw and a drunkard have to do with the first Seventh-day Adventist church in the country of Brazil? This Week in Adventist History (March 31, 2017) This week, learn about the first time the Advent message reached western Africa and about the woman who was essentially the first Seventh-day Adventist schoolteacher. This Week in Adventist History (April 7, 2017) This week, learn about a missionary who pioneered Adventist mission in Barbados and about the mission work of the twin grandsons of Ellen G. White. This Week in Adventist History (April 14, 2017) Learn about two Adventist women born this week in history who changed the world in their own exceptional ways. This Week in Adventist History (April 21, 2017) This week, learn about the results of the 31st General Conference session, held throughout this week and beyond in 1901. This Week in Adventist History (April 28, 2017) How did the Advent message come to the state of Iowa in the United States? Who was Haik Salakian? Find out in this segment of "This Week in Adventist History"! This Week in Adventist History (May 5, 2017) This week, learn about the establishment of two Adventist medical institutions, one in Tokyo, Japan, and one in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. This Week in Adventist History (May 12, 2017) This week, we learn about one of the first conferences ever formed in the Adventist Church and about the first Adventist missionaries to sail to Australia. This Week in Adventist History (May 19, 2017) This week, learn about the elections of several notable Adventist pioneers. This Week in Adventist History (May 26, 2017) This week, learn about the ministry of D. A. Parsons. This Week in Adventist History (June 2, 2017) This week, learn about a college that was rebuilt and two conferences that were organized. This Week in Adventist History (June 9, 2017) This week, learn about the first issue of Signs of the Times, a Battle Creek baseball team, and one of the very first articles from Ellen G. White in the pages of the Review. This Week in Adventist History (June 16, 2017) This week, learn about Dr. Herbert Ribton and about the creation of the Sunshine Bands. This Week in Adventist History (June 23, 2017) Dr. Benjamin Baker shares about a time when Ellen G. White had a vision about time-setting (or, the practice of setting a specific date for Christ's Second Coming). This Week in Adventist History (June 30, 2017) This week, learn about two missionary General Conference treasurers. This Week in Adventist History (July 7, 2017) This week, learn about missionaries who began the Adventist work in Zimbabwe and Zambia and about the creation of the Center for Adventist-Muslim Relations. This Week in Adventist History (July 14, 2017) This week, the 46th General Conference Session convened in San Francisco and the first Adventist missionary lands in Crimea. This Week in Adventist History (July 21, 2017) This week, youth from various European countries participate in an unprecedented event for 1928. This Week in Adventist History (July 28, 2017) This week, learn about the young adult poet who wrote hymns describing the Advent Movement's pioneer days. This Week in Adventist History (August 4, 2017) This week, learn about the first international Pathfinder camporee and about a woman who ministered to tens of thousands of prison inmates in the U.S. state of Alabama through music. This Week in Adventist History (August 11, 2017) This week, learn about the first Bolivian to become a Seventh-day Adventist, and about the move of the General Conference headquarters from Battle Creek, Michigan to Takoma Park, Maryland. This Week in Adventist History (August 18, 2017) This week, learn how Seventh-day Adventists responded to the aftermath of Hurricane Camille, which struck the southern United States in 1969. This Week in Adventist History (August 25, 2017) This week, learn about the Dime Tabernacle, the first Adventist camp meeting in Canada, the arrival of the first Seventh-day Adventist missionary to Hungary, and the opening of Battle Creek College. "This Week in Adventist History" (September 1, 2017) This week, learn about the first Seventh-day Adventist camp meeting, the first African American campmeeting, and the organization of the first church in Seattle, Washington. This Week in Adventist History (September 8, 2017) This week, learn a little about what inspires Adventists to minister in cities and metropolitan areas. This Week in Adventist History (September 15, 2017) This week, learn about the first Adventist baptisms in the Indian Ocean island country of Mauritius. This Week in Adventist History (September 22, 2017) Learn about the impact a Sabbath School class had in late nineteenth century Barbados. This Week in Adventist History (September 29, 2017) This week, learn how the Nebraska Conference was organized, among other facts. This Week in Adventist History (October 6, 2017) This week, get a glimpse into the life of the youngest person ever elected as an executive officer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. This Week in Adventist History (October 13, 2017) This week in Adventist history is notable for Adventist education! Learn about the origins of Adventist schools in the Philippines, Lebanon, and the U.S. state of Wisconsin. This Week in Adventist History (October 20, 2017) Learn how early Adventists stood on matters of temperance, and about the life and career of Willis B. Quigley. This Week in Adventist History (October 27, 2017) This week, learn about the opening of Aore Adventist Academy, located in Vanuatu. This Week in Adventist History (November 3, 2017) This week, learn about Almeda Nelsen, Adventist educator and missionary to the Bahamas. This Week in Adventist History (November 10, 2017) This week, learn about early Adventist missionaries, some of whom served in Ecuador and some in Europe. This Week in Adventist History (November 17, 2017) This week, learn how the Seventh-day Adventist Church began on the Caribbean island of Barbados. This Week in Adventist History (November 24, 2017) This week, learn about a record-breaking heart transplant and about one person's lifetime of service. This Week in Adventist History (December 1, 2017) This week, learn about an early manager of the Adventist publishing house in Japan and about a pioneering church leader from Nigeria. This Week in Adventist History (December 8, 2017) This week, learn about events from the 1882 General Conference session, which ran from December 7 to December 19, one hundred thirty-five years ago. This Week in Adventist History (December 15, 2017) Learn about the missionaries who brought the church's message to Chile and Tonga.