Does the church still send missionaries?

For more than 130 years of Adventist mission, many thousands of Adventist men and women have left the comfort of their homelands to serve the Lord in distance places. A strong, witnessing church in many parts of the world today stands as a monument to their success and dedication.

What about today? The reality is that Adventist mission is alive and well. Each year the church sends scores of missionaries to serve in many different roles around the world. These missionaries show God's love in many practical ways such as education, health care, Bible studies, literacy training, development and relief work, church planting, and leadership training.

Information on Adventist Mission Work

Do They Still Go?

For more than 130 years, the Adventist Church has been passionate about mission. J. N. Andrews was the first official Seventh-day Adventist missionary, boarding a ship for Europe in 1874

Does the world still need missionaries?

As long as there is even one person who doesn't know God's love, we will still need missionaries.

A Tradition of Mission

The first official Adventist missionary, J. N. Andrews, found his mission field in Europe in 1874. But before him there had been other “unofficial” Adventist missionaries—lay people who, on their own initiative, headed overseas to share the good news about Jesus.