​20 Questions

You know the 28 fundamental beliefs, Adventist history, the names of the General Conference president, secretary, and treasurer. But how well do you know the culture that makes us truly Adventist? Take this quiz (no using Google) and check your answers with those at the bottom of the page to see how you compare with others in your congregation.—Editors.

SCORE

17-20

You’re an Adventist alright.

12-16

Nice effort!.

6-11

Not bad. You knew half of them!.

0-5

Bet you learned a few things!

1. First Adventist media ministry (radio or TV)

2. General Conference presidents born outside North America

3. First speaker of the It Is Written television ministry

4. Editor of both Our Little Friend and Signs of the Times (at separate times)

5. First General Conference president

6. Only father and son to serve as presidents of the

7. General Conference

8. Site of the first Adventist college in the United States

9. west of the Rockies

10. First speaker of the Breath of Life television ministry

11. Instrumental in founding the first Adventist school of nursing

12. First African American president of the North American Division

13. First African American to serve on the staff of Adventist Review

14. Where Ellen White received her first vision about the great controversy

15. Where the Seventh-day Adventist Church was first chartered

16. First (and only) woman to serve as treasurer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

17. First Adventist to serve as chaplain of the United States Senate

18. Where the first Hispanic Adventists were baptized

19. First Adventist school to offer higher education to African Americans

20. First speaker of La Voz de la Esperanza radio ministry

21. Missionary and author of best-selling children’s books

22. Where James and Ellen White were married

ANSWERS

(Some questions have more than one answer.)

1. Milton Peverini

2. Katherine “Kate” Lindsay

3. Healdsburg, California

4. Roy Adams

5. Sanchez, Arizona

6. John Byington

7. Lawrence Maxwell

8. Jan Paulsen

9. Eric B. Hare

10. Charles E. Bradford

11. Neal C. and Ted N. C. Wilson

12. Battle Creek, Michigan

13. Voice of Prophecy

14. Portland, Maine

15. Charles D. Brooks

16. Ole Olsen

17. Ted N. C. Wilson

18. Minerva Jane Chapman

19. Barry C. Black

20. H.M.S. Richards

21. Oakwood Industrial School

22. Lovett’s Grove, Ohio

23. George Vandeman

24. Healdsburg College

25. Charles H. Watson

26. Carlos Medley