NPUC History 1918 Influenza Excerpts The 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic as it was called was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It spread worldwide during 1918–1919 and is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with th... Read more This Week in Adventist History (January 20, 2017) Who was Thomas Henry Watson? Read more Charles L. Boyd Taking Adventism to the Puget Sound When Isaac Van Horn, the Northwest’s first Adventist minister, left the region the denominational leaders asked Charles L. Boyd to take his place as president of the North Pacific Conference with its five churches and 123 members. Boyd was previou... Read more A Missionary Family for the Northwest Isaac and Adelia Van Horn A small group of Seventh-day Adventists formed in the Walla Walla Valley in the late 1860s. Because they were nearly 1,000 miles from the nearest Adventist church or minister, they soon wrote the headquarters of the young denomination requesting a... Read more Joseph Hermanus Warrington Laurence Pioneer Black Adventist Evangelist and Pastor Joseph Hermanus Warrington Laurence was a pioneer minister all his life. He lost his father soon after his birth on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts, in 1885, and was raised by his mother and stepfather as an Episcopalian. Against his mother’s wi... Read more Harold L. Wood Missionary to Alaska Around the turn of the century, a number of Seventh-day Adventists traveled to Alaska to find wealth and adventure. Walter Sutherland, fourth president of Walla Walla College, along with Theodore Andrews, a teacher at the college, quit their jobs ... Read more Momentum Northwest Adventists have always had a penchant for fulfilling the great Gospel Commission. In the late 1800s, they generously contributed to send one of the church’s first mission boats, the Pitcairn, to the South Pacific. In 1886, some of the fi... Read more Caroline Maxson Wood A Gifted Musician in a Remote Frontier At the young age of 16, Caroline Maxson married James Franklin Wood and the newlyweds along with Caroline’s parents, Stephen and Lois Maxson, moved to the frontier of Nebraska. In 1859, the two families purchased covered wagons and headed to the P... Read more Alonzo T. Jones From Indian Fighter to Adventist Preacher At the age of 20, Alonzo T. Jones left his home in Rockhill, Ohio, and enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served in the Southwest before being transferred to Fort Vancouver in the Northwest. In January 1873, his company was transferred to northern... Read more Pioneer Minister in the Northwest Daniel T. Fero During the 1870s and 1880s, the General Conference transferred at least 12 ministers from the East to the Pacific Northwest to help establish an Adventist presence in this remote mission field. A few of these missionary ministers were Isaac Van Ho... Read more Thomas H. Starbuck Early Willamette Valley Leader The spread of the Adventist message throughout the Pacific Northwest can be traced back to the blessings of God and the dedication and hard work of individuals like Thomas H. Starbuck. Through his life he served as a church elder, builder of both ... Read more Helen Conard Early Adventist Educator Whether you live in the Willamette Valley, the interior of Alaska, downtown Seattle or eastern Montana, chances are you spent several years in a small town in eastern Washington called College Place. The reason is simple—Walla Walla College. Read more Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
1918 Influenza Excerpts The 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic as it was called was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It spread worldwide during 1918–1919 and is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with th... Read more
Charles L. Boyd Taking Adventism to the Puget Sound When Isaac Van Horn, the Northwest’s first Adventist minister, left the region the denominational leaders asked Charles L. Boyd to take his place as president of the North Pacific Conference with its five churches and 123 members. Boyd was previou... Read more
A Missionary Family for the Northwest Isaac and Adelia Van Horn A small group of Seventh-day Adventists formed in the Walla Walla Valley in the late 1860s. Because they were nearly 1,000 miles from the nearest Adventist church or minister, they soon wrote the headquarters of the young denomination requesting a... Read more
Joseph Hermanus Warrington Laurence Pioneer Black Adventist Evangelist and Pastor Joseph Hermanus Warrington Laurence was a pioneer minister all his life. He lost his father soon after his birth on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts, in 1885, and was raised by his mother and stepfather as an Episcopalian. Against his mother’s wi... Read more
Harold L. Wood Missionary to Alaska Around the turn of the century, a number of Seventh-day Adventists traveled to Alaska to find wealth and adventure. Walter Sutherland, fourth president of Walla Walla College, along with Theodore Andrews, a teacher at the college, quit their jobs ... Read more
Momentum Northwest Adventists have always had a penchant for fulfilling the great Gospel Commission. In the late 1800s, they generously contributed to send one of the church’s first mission boats, the Pitcairn, to the South Pacific. In 1886, some of the fi... Read more
Caroline Maxson Wood A Gifted Musician in a Remote Frontier At the young age of 16, Caroline Maxson married James Franklin Wood and the newlyweds along with Caroline’s parents, Stephen and Lois Maxson, moved to the frontier of Nebraska. In 1859, the two families purchased covered wagons and headed to the P... Read more
Alonzo T. Jones From Indian Fighter to Adventist Preacher At the age of 20, Alonzo T. Jones left his home in Rockhill, Ohio, and enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served in the Southwest before being transferred to Fort Vancouver in the Northwest. In January 1873, his company was transferred to northern... Read more
Pioneer Minister in the Northwest Daniel T. Fero During the 1870s and 1880s, the General Conference transferred at least 12 ministers from the East to the Pacific Northwest to help establish an Adventist presence in this remote mission field. A few of these missionary ministers were Isaac Van Ho... Read more
Thomas H. Starbuck Early Willamette Valley Leader The spread of the Adventist message throughout the Pacific Northwest can be traced back to the blessings of God and the dedication and hard work of individuals like Thomas H. Starbuck. Through his life he served as a church elder, builder of both ... Read more
Helen Conard Early Adventist Educator Whether you live in the Willamette Valley, the interior of Alaska, downtown Seattle or eastern Montana, chances are you spent several years in a small town in eastern Washington called College Place. The reason is simple—Walla Walla College. Read more
