Thriving: Adventist Education’s Wholistic Development By Aimee Saesim Leukert
T
he establishment of Adventist education
the fledgling church and its vision. At that point,
began in the late 1800s after the
evangelists had already been dispatched to share
foundation of the Seventh-day Adventist
their faith across the world, and hospitals, another
denomination had been set and its
strong emphasis of the Seventh-day Adventist
leaders began to look past the immediate structure
Church, were being established. “What now?” these
of the church—both literally and figuratively. As
church elders purportedly asked themselves.
the story goes, a group of church elders gathered
“Where should we direct our resources, our time,
for a meeting one evening to discuss the future of
our efforts?” Should the church invest in more
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