Paddy Cannon is significant in Australian Adventist Church history as reportedly the first Indigenous Australian to be ordained as a local church elder.
Tag: Mona Mona Mission
Tracing the growth of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's relationship with Australia's First Peoples, the journey has been marked by efforts for reconciliation, indigenous empowerment and leadership.
Worships, training and reconciliation all formed part of the South Pacific Divisions National Reconciliation Week activities.
Working with other Avondale University historians and Indigenous ministry leaders, Dr Brad Watson has researched and written the history of Mona Mona Mission. He talked about this project and why it matters.
A new book tells the history of an Aboriginal mission established by the Seventh-day Adventist Church near Kuranda in northern Queensland.
The book, which details the history of the Mona Mona Mission, will be released later this year.