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Cox, James John Charles (1925–2020)
No full textA pastor and New Testament professor, James J. C. Cox served Adventist academic institutions in Australia and the United States both as a scholar and an administrator
Faulkner, Norman Hawken (1892–1965)
No full textNorman Hawken Faulkner was Youth and Education secretary for Australasian Union Conference and the Sanitarium Health Food Company branch manager
Naisogo, Mecusela (c.1860–1938)
No full textMecusela Naisogo was one of the earliest Fijian ordained ministers. He was in active service for about twenty years
Moala, Semisi (1900–c.1981)
No full textSemisi Moala was a Pioneer Tongan school principal and minister
Loveless, William Alfred (1928–2014)
No full textWilliam Loveless was an exceptionally gifted church pastor and innovative educator who served at length in the two largest Seventh-day Adventist communities, Sligo Church near the General Conference headquarters on the East Coast of America in addition to Loma Linda University Church on the West Coast with its diverse medical and educational fraternity
Oswald, Theodore Lewis (1891–1970)
No full textTheodore L. Oswald, minister, missionary in South America, and conference president, led the Home Missionary (Personal Ministries) department of the General Conference from 1946 to 1958
Rice, Jesse Dan (1857–1952)
No full textJesse Rice and his wife, Cora, were missionaries to Rarotonga
Rue, George Henry (1899–1993)
No full textGeorge H. Rue, MD, missionary physician, led in developing widely respected Adventist medical institutions in Korea despite repeated setbacks and forbidding circumstances during the years of World War II and the Korean War
Stringer, Rodney George (1851–1914) and Caroline “Carrie” (Sanborn) (1869–1948)
No full textRodney and Caroline Stringer were missionaries to Rurutu Island
Bible Stories in the Classroom: The Why and the How
No full textEveryone relates to stories. Stories have universal appeal. They connect people, present them with new ideas, motivate them, and challenge their thinking. As Adventist educators, we have an enormous resource of such life-changing and life-challenging stories: the Bible. Using these stories, expressed in song, poetry, drama, biography, and personal accounts, we can lead our students to discover that the Bible is not one single narrative or a novel, but a compilation of many narratives, unified in their shared concern with overarching issues of the cosmic battle between good and evil. This article deals with the why and the how of using Bible stories in the classroom