Women’s History Month 2024

The Impact of Women on the Mission of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church


Once again, we will be posting the life stories of Adventist women of former times during March, Women’s History Month. This time we are concentrating on women who devoted their lives as missionaries. This year the church is celebrating 150 years of Adventist missions, and it is really interesting to see that women were among the first missionaries to enter many new countries.

The articles this month will be taken from the Adventist Encyclopedia where you can continue reading about the women presented and find many more. https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/

We also encourage you to do your own research about women who have made an impact in your countries so that we can lift up their devotion and life achievements in the future. We mustn't forget the women who have gone before us.

The records of many of the pioneer missionary women have been hidden within the life stories of their husbands. Still, there were also single women who devoted their lives to taking God’s message to unentered countries. I am looking forward to discovering more about women in mission in the early days of our church.

The Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists (ESDA) is now live and freely accessible at encyclopedia.adventist.org. Launched Wednesday, July 1, 2022 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, the project involves nearly 1,000 writers from all world church divisions and attached fields. It features more than 2,100 articles, photographs, and other historically significant documents. New articles will continue to be added to the encyclopedia. We invite you to visit encyclopedia.adventist.org for education and insight on the history and structure, culture, theology, and more of the Adventist Church around the world. 



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