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Barrows, Henry Walter (1886-1961) and Leonora Camilla (Olsen) (1884-1936)
Henry and Leonora Barrows were missionaries in China. Henry Barrows is remembered for his business accounting skills, notably as treasurer and auditor at the Shanghai office of the Asiatic Division and as an auditor at General Conference headquarters, Washington, D.C.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1552/thumbnail.jp
Belleau, George Samuel (1895-1964)
George Belleau served in Canada, Brazil, and the United States as a pastor, evangelist, union and local departmental director, and conference president.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1554/thumbnail.jp
Christian, John Willis (1876-1963)
John W. Christian, pastor and administrator, was president of the South Dakota, Nebraska, and Chicago conferences and of the Southwestern Union and Pacific Union conferences.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1565/thumbnail.jp
Honan Mission (1917-1951)
The Honan Mission 河南区会 was constituted in 1917 as a subsidiary of the North China Union Conference. It comprised Honan (now Henan) Province, and its headquarters was located at Yen-cheng 郾城 (now Yancheng). Seventh-day Adventist mission work in the territory had commenced in 1903 and considerable advances were made during the years leading up to 1917.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1576/thumbnail.jp
Ketring, Herman Feaster (1873-1958)
Herman F. Ketring was distinguished as a pioneering missionary to Chile. Prior to and after his overseas service he ministered in Kansas and subsequently as president of the Central New England Conference.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1581/thumbnail.jp
Kiangsi Mission (1917-1951)
The Kiangsi (江西区会) (later Jiangxi 江西省) Province was a part of the South China Mission in 1910. Later, it was placed under the North China Union Mission, and then during a re-organization in 1919 it was apportioned to the Central China Union Mission.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1582/thumbnail.jp
Sandstrom, Donald John (1928-1999)
Donald J. Sandstrom was a pastor in Massachusetts, a missionary in South America and East Africa, and president of three conferences in the United States.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1594/thumbnail.jp
Steele, William (1874-1951) and Millie Elliott (1872–1941)
William and Millie Steele were among Adventism’s earliest missionaries in Latin American and subsequently built up Spanish-speaking congregations in the United States.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1598/thumbnail.jp
Investigative Judgment (Judgement)
The investigative judgment is a central doctrine in Seventh-day Adventism’s highly developed theology of judgment and eschatology. One of the churches most misunderstood doctrines, it has been the subject of much scrutiny, severe criticism, dynamic defense, and continued affirmation.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1550/thumbnail.jp