March 3, 2026

Dolphijn, Francis

Key Points

The celebration marked a significant milestone for the Seventh-Day Adventists in Ghana.
Francis I. U. Dolphijn officially accepted the Seventh-Day Adventist faith in 1888.
Archival records show the importance of this acceptance in the church's history.
The 1988 celebration reflects on a century of the church's impact in Ghana.

Abstract

When Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA) in Ghana celebrated their church’s hundredth year in the country in 1988, they were looking back to their 1888 origins. In that year, according to official SDA archival records, Francis I. U. Dolphijn of Apam in the Central Region of modern Ghana formally accepted the Seventh-Day Adventist faith at home there in Ghana.

Dolphijn, Francis

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