needed to be put on a business footing. South Africa: For South Africa, a Dutch laborer should go back with Wessels to work among the people of that nationality. There should be tracts in the Nguni languages. The United States: The work in the Southern United States needed attention. Olsen believed that canvassing, or book sales, would be the most successful type of work in the early years of the work there. Missions in the big American cities should get special help. The Bible school in Chicago deserved the conference's support. In 1889, three Colleges existed to serve the church: Battle Creek in Michigan, South Lancaster in Massachusetts, and Healdsburg in California. Careful consideration should be given to a college in the Mid-West. Olsen recommended that the work in the United States be divided into districts with each one being under the supervision of a member of the General Conference committee. This district superintendent would plan the institutes, camp-meetings, general meetings and other work for the territory. (Olsen, 1889, p. 8) As the meetings progressed, Olsen's recommendation on this became a reality. Training Institutes: There should be special time-limited schools established for the training of ministers, the teaching of the Scandinavian, French and German languages in the United States. Most of these schools were slated to begin in November 1889. Yet, everything that has been started should be improved upon. Religious Liberty: The recently established National Religious Liberty Association should receive the General Conference Session's endorsement. The GC Session should also develop a plan for circulating Religious Liberty petitions. These initiatives demonstrate Olsen's comprehensive involvement with the world church. See also General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Seventh-day Adventist Church Seventh-day Adventist theology Seventh-day Adventist eschatology History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church References 1845 births 1915 deaths Seventh-day Adventist administrators Seventh-day Adventist religious workers American Seventh-day Adventist ministers American Seventh-day Adventist missionaries History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Norwegian Seventh-day Adventists Norwegian emigrants to the United States Andrews University alumni Seventh-day Adventist missionaries in South Africa