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John Nevins Andrews (July 22, 1829 – October 21, 1883) was a Seventh-day Adventist minister, the first official Seventh-day Adventist missionary, writer, editor, and scholar. Andrews University (Michigan, USA), a university owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist church, is named after him.
Andrews University (Andrews) is a private Seventh-day Adventist university in Berrien Springs, Michigan.Founded in 1874 as Battle Creek College, it was the first higher education facility started by Seventh-day Adventists and is the flagship university of the Seventh-day Adventist school system, [4] [5] the world's second largest Christian school system.
Legacy of Leadership is an outdoor 1998 sculpture by Alan Collins, installed on the Andrews University campus in Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States.The bronze sculptural group depicts J. N. Andrews and his children Charles and Mary departing from Boston Harbor in 1874 for missionary work overseas.
The Advanced Bible School (1934-1937) was the forerunner of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. In addition, the SDA Theological Seminary became part of Potomac University from 1957-1960, which in 1960 merged with Emmanuel Missionary College, in Berrien Springs, Michigan, to become Andrews University. Presidents Milton E. Kern (1934 ...
J. N. Andrews was the first SDA missionary sent to countries outside North America. He was the most prominent author and scholar of his time, in the Adventist church. Andrews became a Millerite in February 1843 and began to observe the seventh-day Sabbath in 1845. He met James White and Ellen G. White in September 1849.
Josephine Cunnington Edwards (1904 – 1993 [1]) was a Seventh-day Adventist author, public speaker, and teacher. She published 34 books and numerous articles. Several of her books were inspired by her seven years of missionary service in Africa alongside her husband, Elder Lowell A Edwards.
Johnsson was a missionary to India at Vincent Hill School and Spicer Memorial College (1960–1975). He served at Andrews University as Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Theology in the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary (1975–1980) and associate seminary dean (1978–1980).
Mary Maria Andrews was born 20 March 1915 at Adaminaby, New South Wales, Australia. [1] From an early age she developed a calling to missionary work. In 1936 she received a diploma from the Missionary and Bible Training College in Croydon, New South Wales, and was accepted by the Church Missionary Society for training for mission work in China.