Seventh-day Adventist Denomination The Official Directories 1940 Published by the REVIEW £6 HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION TAKOMA PARK, WASHINGTON, D. C. PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. T 1C lf 44444.44+4.4.444.4X4444444.4.4.44444.44+44++++++++++ + 4. 4. .4. 4. S. D. A. +.4 $ + * + THEOLOGICAL + .2. SEMINARY 4. + +. ++.÷ • • +. PURPOSE .4 .... 4. It is the purpose of this school to provide 4 + opportunity for such graduate study and research as will contribute to the advancement of sound 4 • scholarship in the fields of Bible and Religious +4 + History in harmony with the educational principles + of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, and to + + provide instruction in the practical application of +..: * its program of study. + + ,1 For the attainment of this purpose the + curriculum is so organized as to make available + t courses in the various fields of theological study, ,T. such as Biblical Languages, Archaeology, Exegesis, + and Doctrinal and Pastoral Theology; in Religious + History, including Near Eastern Antiquity, Church + History, and Non-Christian Religions; in Homi- letics, Speech, and such other related courses as + from time to time may be deemed necessary by its faculty and board of directors. 4.- + •:. 0 f special interest to conference executives + is a class recently organized in Conference Admin- + istration. • + Information -+ + For information and application blanks, write to— + + ,,.. + ..;,..„ .t. M. E. KERN, President Takoma Park, Washington, D.C. 4 4 + * +++++++++++++0-044+.4+0' ++.4.*-0404,'Ax++++4•+++++++4•44+++ 1940 YEAR BOOK OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST DENOMINATION Comprising a Complete Directory of the General Conference, all Union and Local Conferences, Mission Fields, Educational Institutions, Publishing Houses, Periodicals, and Sanitariums. (Recn5=::, PREPARED BY H. E. ROGERS, Statistical Secretary of the General Conference PUBLISHED BY REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON, D. C. PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. • +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++n iw.41 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Q...0 Th + THE CAUSE NEEDS YOU + By HEIJIN Siorz-PoRTFR How many times have you heard of this ti "Hurry, my brother, the time draweth nigh ti When our Saviour shall come once again in His glory; 4. Have you done your part in telling the Slot ti •:. For many years now we have heard people say That His coming may be upon this very day. But still our Lord tarries, to give us a chance To show Him how we make the Gospel ad- + ValICC. ti So come, let us toil; to our great Cause he true; We need leaders, evangelists, teachers, and YOU. 1.et us do the work now, so the Lord soon can say, "They have finished their task, go to them today." 1.4 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++* PREFACE The following pages present a directory of the conferences, missions, and institutions connected with the Seventh-day Adventist denomina- tion. The Statistical Report for 1938, the one last issued at this date, gives the following information respecting the points named: The denomination was organized May 21, 1863, and will therefore soon complete 77 years of organized effort. The work was confined to North America until the year 1874, when the first minister, Elder J. N. Andrews, was sent to Switzerland, to open up work in Central Europe. Work was gradually begun in other countries. In 1886 a missionary was sent to Russia, the first non-Protestant country to be entered by this work. On July 28, 1890, the schooner "Pitcairn" was launched in San Francisco Bay, and was soon prepared to carry a group of missionaries to various Pacific islands. In 1894 workers first entered a heathen land, opening a mission in Matabeleland, South Africa. South America was entered the same year. Japan entered Nov. 19, 1896. Since 1901 to the close of 1938, 4,479 missionaries were sent out to engage in various lands. This work has spread to various lands, occupy- ing all the larger countries, and many of the islands of the. sea. At the close of 1938 this work was conducted in 387 countries, islands, and island groups, by 28,084 evangelistic and institutional laborers, who are using 766 languages and modes of speech in their work: The membership of the 8,570 churches throughout the world at the close of 1938 stood at 469,951. There are 69 union conferences and mis- sions, 136 local conferences, 315 missions, 523 institutions. In No•th America there are 10,361 laborers, and 17,723 in countries outside North America. The funds contributed during 1938 were the largest ever raised during any one year since the denomination began. its work, , and amounted to $13,141,921.94, a per capita of $27.96 for every member in the world. • • There are 79 publishing houses and branches, and their periodical sales for 1938 were $4,190,330.13; they employ 1,221 in producing this litera- ture, and 3,352 are engaged in its sale. Literature is issued in 195 languages, and there are 316 periodicals issued. There are 13,536 Sabbath schools, with an enrollment. of 588,358, and annual contributions of $1,726,392.68. There are 85 sanitariums, and 74 treatment rooms engaged in the care of sick and suffering, with 6,481 physicians and nurses, who treated 528,124 patients during 1938. There are 2,483 primary schools, and 255 advanced schools, with 6,029 teachers employed, and an enrollment of 113,257, and 1,422 students en- tered some line of work at the close of the school year. 3 4 PREFACE The value of all the organizations and institutions connected with denomination at the close of 1938 was $48,174,987.96. The total - ment in these stood at $60,348,878.04. The total amount of funds contributed since the organization of General Conference in 1863 to the close of 1938 was $266,230,921.29/ /lie value of literature sales since 1863 has been $118,204,678.40. c'si During the past three years 188 languages have been entered by some representative of this message. This is an average of one practically every five days during the three years. CONTENTS Fundamental Beliefs 5 General Conference and Departments 9 Divisions: North America 24 Australasian 72 Central European. 1 82 Central European II 96 China 103 Far Eastern 125 Inter-American 143 Northern European 158 South American 180 Southern African 194 Southern Asia 215 Southern European 231. U. S. S. R. 246 Institutions: Educational 247 Publishing Houses 294 Periodicals Issued 308 Sanitariums 327 Treatment Rooms 344 Food Companies 347 Statistical Tables 349 Constitution 364 Ministerial Directory 373 Obituary Record 462 Index 464 FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF SEVENTH- DAY ADVENTISTS Seventh-day Adventists hold certain fundamental beliefs, the principal features of which, together with a portion of the scriptural references upon which they are based, may be summarized as follows: 1. That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, contain an all-sufficient revelation of His will to men, and are the only unerring rule of faith and practice. 2 Tim. 3:15-17. 2. That the Godhead, or Trinity, consists of the Eternal Father, a personal, spiritual Being, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, infinite in wisdom and love; the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Eternal Father, through whom all things were created and through whom the salvation of the redeemed hosts will be accomplished; the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Godhead, the great regenerating power in the work of redemption. Matt. 28:19. 3. That Jesus Christ is very God, being of the same nature and essence as the Eternal Father. While retaining His divine nature He took upon Himself the nature of the human family, lived on the earth as a man, exemplified in His life as our Example the principles of righteousness, attested His relationship to God by many mighty miracles, died for our sins on the cross, was raised from the dead, and ascended to the Father, where He ever lives to make intercession for us. John 1:1, 14; Heb. 2:9-18; 8:1, 2; 4:14-16; 7:25. 4. That every person in order to obtain salvation must experience the new birth; that this comprises an entire transformation of life and character by the recreative power of God through faith in the Loyd Jesus Christ. John 3:16; Matt. 18:3; Acts 2:37-39. 5. That baptism is an ordinance of the Christian church and should follow repentance and forgiveness of sins. By its observance faith is shown in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. That the proper form of baptism is by immersion. Rom. 6:1-6; Acts 16:30-33. 6. That the will of God as it relates to moral conduct is comprehended in His law of ten commandments; that these are great moral, un- changeable precepts, binding upon all men, in every age. Ex. 20:1-17. 7. That the fourth commandment of this unchangeable law requires the observance of the seventh day Sabbath. This holy institution is at the same time a memorial of creation and a sign of sanctification, a sign of the believer's rest from his own works of sin, and his entrance into the rest of soul which Jesus promises to those who come to Him. Gen. 2:1-3; Ex. 20:8-11; 31:12-17; Heb. 4:1-10. 8. That the law of ten commandments points out sin, the penalty of which is death. The law can not save the transgressor from his sin, 6 6 FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS nor impart power to keep him from sinning. In infinite love and mercy, God provides a way whereby this may be done.