YEARBOOK of the Seventh-day Adventist Denomination The Official Directories 1946 Published by the REVIEW & HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION TAKOMA PARK WASHINGTON 12, D.C. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY • • • Serving Our World Ministry Our Instruction— "I am instructed to say to students, In your search for knowledge, climb higher than the standard set by the world; follow where Jesus has led the way." "A thorough education, which will lit young men and women for service. is to be given in our schools. All who engage in the acquisition of knowledge should strive to reach the highest round of the ladder."—"Counsels to Teachers," pp. 402, 394. Our Purpose— It is the purpose of the Seminary to give this training by offering such courses in graduate study and research as will contribute to the advancement of sound scholarship and the professional training for ministers and Bible, Biblical Lan- guage, and Church History teachers in our colleges and academies. The professional training for ministers leads to the Bachelor of Divinity degree. The Master of Arts degree is granted primarily to teachers. We Welcome— Graduates of our senior colleges who have majored in the fields of Bible, Theology, History, and Biblical Languages for graduate work in preparation for preaching and teach- ing. Our older and more experienced conference workers, who may not have graduated from a senior college, but who desire refresher courses in the field of their labors. Mission appointees who may be assigned to the Seminary for special language and foreign missionary training. Arrangements— Denominational workers are invited to make plans to attend the Seminary through their respective conference presidents or school principals, and the president of the Seminary. Write for your copy of the Seminary Bulletin SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Takoma Park, Washington 12, D. C. 1946 YEARBOOK OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST DENOMINATION Comprising a Directory of the General Conference, Union and Local Conferences, Mission Fields, Educational Institutions, Publishing Houses, Peri- odicals, and Medical Institutions. (ReconF,,,—,J in 19 PREPARED BY CLAUDE CUNARD, Statistical Secretary of the General Conference PUBLISHED BY REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON, D. C. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. CONTENTS Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists 4 General Conference and Departments 7 Divisions: North America 23 Australasian 71 Central European 80 China 90 Far Eastern 106' Inter-American 119 Northern European 136 South American 147 Southern African 162 Southern Asia 185 Southern European 199 General Conference Missions Division 215 Union of Socialist Soviet Republics 223 listitutions: Educational 224 Food Companies 270 Medical 272 Dispensaries and Treatment Rooms 286 Publishing Houses 289 Periodicals Issued 301 Statistical Tables 316 Constitution and By-Laws 327 Workgrs Directory 333 Necrology 422 Institutional Workers Index 424 2 Preface A directory of tne conferences, mission fields and institutions connected with the Seventh-day Adventist denomination is given in the following pages. Adminis- trative and workers' lists have been furnished by the organizations concerned. In cases where current reports were not received, previous official and personnel rolls have been retained or adjusted to the best information available. Below ap- pears data summarized largely from the 1944 Statistical Report, the one last issued at this date. The number of churches and the church membership in each of the confer- ences in North America are those reported at the close of the third quarter, 1945. In fields outside of North America the church and membership statistics at the close of 1944 have been used except in a few instances where the organizations themselves have reported later figures. Populations of conferences in North Amer- ica are based on the 1940 census reports; and population figures for other fields have been furnished largely from the different Division or Union offices. The names and addresses of workers in official positions who hold misfionary credentials have been included in the Workers Directory in addition to ordained and licensed ministers. A separate index of principal workers employed in educa- tional, publishing and medical institutions is also given. The Seventh-day Adventist denomination was organized May 21, 1863, with a constituency of 125 churches and 3,500 members. The work was largely confined to North America until the year 1874, when the first missionary, Elder J. N. Andrews, was sent to Switzerland. Gradually other countries were entered. In 1886 a minister went to Russia, the first non-Protestant country in which this work was started. The schooner "Pitcairn" was launched in San Francisco Bay on July 28, 1890, and was soon prepared to carry groups of missionaries to various Pacific islands. In 1894 Seventh-day Adventist workers first entered a heathen land, opening a mission in Matabeleland, South Africa. South America was entered the same year, and Japan in 1896. Since 1901 to the close of 1945, 5,215 missionaries have been sent out for mis- sion service in various lands, occupying all of the larger countries of the world and many of the islands of the sea. Twenty-nine thousand six hundred and-sixty- five evangelistic and institutional workers were using more than 600 languages and modes of speech in their gospel service. The membership of the 9,351 Seventh-day Adventist churches throughout the world in 1944 was 557,768. There were 69 union conferences and missions, 135 local conferences, 192 regularly organized mission fields, and 557 institutions. Of the 29,665 laborers, 11,158 were in North America, and 18,507 in other countries. The funds in tithes and offerings contributed in 1944 by Seventh-day Adventists were the largest ever raised by the denomination during any one year. The amount of $28,685,434.11 was a per capita contribution of $51.43 for every member in the world field. In North America alone the per capita giving in tithes and offerings was $109.28. The Statistical Report showed that there were 61 Seventh-day Adventist pub- lishing houses and branches, whose book and periodical retail sales in 1944 were $8,509,267.09. These publishing houses employed 1,106 workers in producing this literature, and 3,440 more were engaged in its distribution. Seventh-day Adventist literature has been printed in 185 languages, and there were 280 periodicals issued. The enrollment in the 14,602 Sabbath schools was 669,863, and the annual Sabbath school contributions were $3,544,888.34. Sanitariums, hospitals, and treat- ment rooms, to the number 184 engaged in the care of the sick, with 5,885 physi- cians, nurses, and other attendants, who treated 856,211 out-patients and 100,857 in-patients during 1944. There were 3,116 elementary schools, and 285 secondary and advanced schools with 6,908 teachers employed, and an enrollment of 136,517 pupils. At the close of the 1943-44 school year 1,045 students entered some branch of denominational work. The property value of all organizations and institutions collected with the Sev- enth-day Adventist denomination, including churches, at the close of 1944 was $100,443,162.13. The total amount of funds in tithes and offerings contributed since the organi- zation of the Seventh-day Adventist. General Conference in 1863 to the close of 1944 was $384,500,973.92. Literature sales for the same period were registered as $152,456,924.71. 3 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 Lord 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 immer- sion. 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, unchangeable precepts, binding upon all men, in every age. Ex. 20:1-17. 7. That the fourth commandment of this unchangeable law requires the observ- ance of the seventh day Sabbath.