ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
The Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists project is directed by and based at the General Conference Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research (ASTR), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
ESDA is a global church project which aims at completing approximately 8,500 articles with accompanying photographs, media, and original documents. ESDA is a great tool, not only for those seeking to learn more about the church, but also for those looking to witness to others. ESDA Online, the church’s first online reference work, launched on July 1st, 2020. This free online resource will continue indefinitely, to be constantly updated and expanded.
Understand Adventist Church History!
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Cool SDA History Fact: The Seventh-day Adventist Church began with just a small group of believers, but one of its earliest global mission pioneers, J. N. Andrews, became the first official Adventist missionary sent overseas in 1874. He traveled to Switzerland with his two children to spread the gospel, helping launch the church’s international mission movement.
What makes this especially remarkable is that Andrews was a widowed father who took his 16-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter with him on this mission. His children helped with the publishing work, making the family part of the pioneering effort.
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