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Few historical dates for the Adventist Church of Bangladesh. The early pioneers like Lal Gopal Mookerjee, Grace Kellogg and S.F. Schelling and their progress dates
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Historical Dates for the SDA church of Bangladesh by Sunil Sarkar(2013)
1898 – Grace Kellogg Mookrjee with one woman missionary joined as Bible
worker in Oriental Watchman Publishing house, Calcutta, East Bengal.
1902 - got married with Pastor LG Mookerjee .
1906- Grace Kellogg and Pastor LG Mookerjee rented a Jute Godown in the
market area and started a village school in Gopalgonj, East Bengal.
1908 – Sickness of Grace Kellogg and going back to USA.
1909 – Death of Grace Kellogg Mookerjee in USA.
1913 – Second marriage of Pastor LG Mookerjee with Clara May Lovyday
1915 – Returning back of Pastor LG Mookrjee in Gopalgonj, East Bengal and
starting of 3 village schools.
1916 – Visits of W.W. Fletch a worker of General Conference of Seventh day
Adventist church, who spends 16 days in a boat reading Bible, preaching and
visiting neighbors in Gopalgonj with LG Mookrjee and the family.
1919 – Starting a boarding school as Bengali Boys School.
1921- Starting of Co-education boarding school in Gatepara, Gopalgoj, East
Bengal and acceptance of General Conference of Adventist Church to take
Gopalgonj as mission station.
1926 – Coming of S.F. Schelling as superintendent and medical doctor who was
fresh graduate of Loma Linda University to build hospital and nursing school.
1932- Hospital building completed to function as hospital and nursing school in
Jalirpar, Gopalgonj, East Bengal by C.F. Schelling and Pastor LG Mookerjee.
1934 – The work of Principals house with guest rooms was completed.