They Also Served: Stories of Adventist Women

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They Also Served: Stories of Adventist Women

Join historian Dr. Heidi Olson Campbell as she uncovers the untold stories and ”unvisited tombs” of women who impacted Christianity in America and around the world, and who made the Seventh-day Adventist church what it is today.

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  1. EPISODE 1

    Unvisited Tombs

    Why study women's history? Why are women's roles in the development of Christianity so often invisible? Historian Dr. Heidi Olson Campbell uncovers why the way history is written and preserved can leave many important stories untold and why telling these stories matters for understanding our past and our future. Guests: Laura Wibberding, Dr. Lisa Clark Diller, Dr. Ed Allen, Dr. Kevin Burton, Dr. Ella Simmons, Celeste Ryan Blyden. Show Notes Book | They Also Served (1940) by Ava Covington

    21 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    Your Daughters Will Prophesy: Women in the Millerite Movement

    Women were active participants in the Millerite Movement, a mid-nineteenth century American revival movement. They not only believed Christ was coming soon, they actively disseminated the good news. And if Christ was coming soon, they needed to work together to improve the lives of those around them. This episode explores the lives of little-known Millerite women who were actively involved in the Millerite, temperance, abolition, and suffrage movements and how these activities intersected. Guest: Dr. Kevin Burton, Director of the Center for Adventist Research.  Explore More Book | Strangers and Pilgrims by Catherine Brekus https://uncpress.org/book/9780807847459/strangers-and-pilgrims/ Book | Sarah Osborn’s World: The Rise of Evangelical Christianity in Early America by Catherine Brekus - https://a.co/d/cyznIlQ  Book | Barbara Kruger “Divine Expectations: An American Woman In Nineteenth-Century Palestine” - https://a.co/d/3sVK2Gv  1843 Fitch Prophecy Chart - https://adventistdigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/adl:421834 This episode mentions Sojourner Truth, William Miller, Clorinda S. Minor, Emily Clemens Pearson, Olivia Maria Rice, Lucy Maria Hersy Stoddard, Caroline Severance, Charles Fitch, Abigail Folsom, Catherine S. Kilton, and Ellen Harmon White.

    36 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    Gospel Bearers Ignoring Barriers: Building the Church

    Many women in the Millerite Movement had eagerly hoped for Christ to come on October 22, 1844.  They had dedicated their time, energy and resources to spread the good news of Christ's soon return through print and by mouth. But what happened after Christ didn’t return on October 22, 1844? Did women return home to be the “angels of the household”? Or did they play a role in the formation of the churches that came out of the Millerite Movement, shaping the landscape of American Christianity forever? Guests: Dr. Cindy Tutsch, Author and retired Associate Director of the Ellen White Estate. Dr. Michael Campbell, Director of Archives, Statistics and Research at the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Celeste Ryan Blyden is the Executive Secretary for the Columbia Union.  Explore More Article | Annie Rebekah Smith - https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=AA69  Article | Adelia Patton Van Horn - https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=AIST&highlight=conference  Article | Maude Boyd - https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=AAZ0  Article | Only Eyes Were Lost: The Life of Ai Araki - https://am.adventistmission.org/v4n3-20  Book | Ellen White on Leadership by Cindy Tustch - https://www.adventsource.org/store/items-by-author?value=Cindy%20Tusch  Books by Michael Campbell | https://www.adventsource.org/store/items-by?value=Michael%20Campbell This episode mentions Mary Frances Maxon, Annie Rebekah Smith,  Adelia Patton Van Horn, Minnie Sipe, Sarah Lindsey,  Martha Byington Amadon,  Maude Sisely Boyd,  Ai Araki, and Ellen White.

    26 min

  4. FEB 28

    Premieres March 7, 2025!

    Coming March 7, on this season of They Also Served: Stories of Adventist Women. Join host Heidi Olson Campbell as she explores the untold stories and "unvisited tombs" of women in Adventist history. Premieres March 7, 2025. Subscribe now!

    3 min

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Join historian Dr. Heidi Olson Campbell as she uncovers the untold stories and ”unvisited tombs” of women who impacted Christianity in America and around the world, and who made the Seventh-day Adventist church what it is today.

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