Black SDA
Brothers & Sisters
Brothers & Sisters
This well-known black SDA preacher was born in Greensboro, NC in 1930. He graduated from Oakwood College (now Oakwood University). He served as field secretary for the Columbia Union Conference at a time when racial tensions existed in the church. He then went on to become field secretary for the General Conference. He also served as the first speaker-director of Breath of Life Ministries. He died in 2016 from pancreatic cancer.
Who was C.D. Brooks?
This choir was originally organized in 1946 by the late Dr. Eva B. Dykes. Since its inception, the choir has traveled widely and received several awards including 2017 Choir of the World.
Who are the Aeolians?
This private SDA university in Berrien Springs, Michigan was founded in 1874 as Battle Creek College. It was the first higher education facility started by Seventh-day Adventists and is the flagship university of the Seventh-day Adventist school system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
What is Andrews University?
"If people will be blessed by the water of life, they must be willing to drink it from a brown bowl."
Who did Charles Bowles say?
This vocal artist was born in 1955 and is founder of the U.S. Dream Academy, Songs of Freedom Publishing Company, and Coral Records Recording Company. He is an ordained Seventh-day Adventist minister. He has sung for both President Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey.
Who is Wintley Phipps?
This church is located in the historic district of Harlem, New York City and has been serving members and the community since her birth in the early 1900’s.
What is Ephesus SDA Church?
"I saw (in the Adventist message) wonderful possibilities for my people. I had no special personal aims or ambitions, but I felt that this message could do so much for my people."
Who did Lewis C. Sheafe say?
The first Black SDA woman to complete requirements for PhD. She also founded the Oakwood Aeolians Choir.
Who was Eva B. Dykes?
This bass-baritone singer and composer has enjoyed a career as an internationally known soloist, ordained minister, radio personality, and award-winning religion teacher in the SDA church. He was invited by Calvin Rock, president of Oakwood College, and Nathaniel G. Higgs, new principal at Oakwood College Academy, to join him in helping raise the spiritual tone at the school. He established a strong Bible program and with Higgs led out in a number of activities and inspired the students to a renewed spiritual commitment. He received a Zapara Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1990 for his work as a teacher, counselor, and campus chaplain at the academy.
Who is T. Marshall Kelly?
"The Aeolians could sing passages from the phone book and still make you feel the presence of the Divine."
What did The Huntsville Times say about the Aeolians?
A black SDA woman who assisted her father Frederick Douglass in civil rights action.
Who was Rosetta Douglass-Sprague?
"I am more a Seventh-day Adventist than a colored man."
What did Dr. James Howard say?
Kentucky's first woman licensed medical doctor who was a Seventh-day Adventist
Who is Mary Britton?
"Our aim is to do what we can to give the message in this generation."
What did Sydney Scott say?