Early Adventist Female Leaders in the Adventist Church in South America (2020)

Sylvia Cristina Scholtus. Women in leadership in the beginnings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South America. Editorial Universidad Adventista del Plata, 2020. 107 pp.

”This book exposes a pending debt to fill an existing gap in Adventist history. That debt continues to be the recognition of the fervor and enthusiasm to communicate the Gospel that guided many early Adventist female leaders in South America. These courageous women dedicated their lives in a self-sacrificing and laborious way to contribute to the establishment, spreading and strengthening of Adventism in the countries that make up the present South American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

This work recounts the story of some of those women. All of them have been women of faith, with their struggles and heartaches, but also with hope and victories in Christ. Their lives, their dedication and their leadership inspired in others an intense longing to be sons and daughters of God. Their passion for doing good and honoring God gave fruits that today leave us indebted to them.

It is the author’s desire that this book doesn’t just fill a historic void, but that it motivates and inspires the development of all the potential of the woman filled with the Spirit of God that she may reflect His grace and mercy towards human beings.”

Description from the publisher’s website.