Kellogg-Mookerjee Memorial Seminary

The history of Kellogg-Mookerjee Memorial Seminary Seventh-day Adventist School is before any other Adventist work in Bangladesh.

“We have had to undergo a few of Paul’s experiences in connection with the cause of God in East Bengal. In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own country men, n weariness and painfulness, in watehings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, the work of the Third Angel’s Message was opened in Eastern Bengal” (Mookerjee, 1922,p.7).

A number of evangelists, medical worker and missionaries were appointed in the Land of Bengal in the beginning of 19th century, and Pastor and Mrs. Mookerjee (Garace Kellogg) were one of those successful missionary who is the reason for many Seventh-day Adventist souls in Bangladesh. In 1906 Pastor and Mrs. Mookerjee discovered this new mission field in East Bengal, at Gopalgunj which was the first mission station for Seventh-day Adventist Church of Bangladesh. In the initial stage they rented a mud-floored, mat-walled jute godown house for Rs.900 per month at the heart of a bazaar without any appreciation of Mission budget for that area and started Preaching Third Angel’s Message. They printed their own tracts, engage preachers, school teachers, find out dispensary assistants, hire boats to go out on preaching tours, distributing literature, bought land and make modest bungalow, school and dispensary quarters all at their won expense. Sickness in the family in 1908 changed the target of the work and they had to move to United States to wife’s native place. Though the sickness and death of his first wife cause a great harm for the school work at Gopalgunj still Pastor Mookerjee did not give up the hope to build up his dreamed boarding school. In 1915 Pastor Mookerjee had come back with his second wife Clara May Loveday to repair the work which was carried on under disadvantage.

In 1917 the long visit leading brethren, Pastor W.W.Fletcher who spent eighteen days one a boat with Pastor Mookerjee to study the interests of the work and to get better acquainted with the present work and the visit of J.E. Fulton changed the past work of East Bengle with list of several workers.

When in 1906 a land was bought by Lal Gopal Mookerjee and his wife Grace Kellogg Mookerjee at Gopalgunj, Gatepera that became the first mission station in East Bengal (now Bangladesh),a village school was established in that area with the self supported dispensary work of Pastor and Mrs. Mookerjee. But then another location was found by Lal Gopal Mookerjee and his second wife Clara May Loveday in 1918 at Jalirpar, in Faridpur district (now Gopalgunj) of East Bengal (now Bangladesh) when they started their first boarding school for boys to its present location, which is located in the lower Ganges of Madhumati River, at the bank of Kumar Nadi(Kumar river).This school officially became a central boding school in the month of January of 1921.

In 1930 under the charge of a missionary medical worker C.F.Schilling the school moved to Gatepara, Gopalgunj(proper) where the first mission station, dispensary and the school was built by L.G.Mookerjee and his wife. And in this year another boarding school which used to be called ‘Bangali Girls School’ was transferred from Hogli to Gopalgunj as it became a coeducational boarding school for boys and girls. Presently this location is recognized as South Bangladesh Mission of Seventh-day Adventist,Gatepara, Gopalgunj, Bangladesh.

In 1939 the school was allocated back to its previous position, which is the present location of the school at Jalirpar, Gopalgunj, East Bengal (now Bangladesh) which is three miles south of Takherhat and eighteen miles north from South Bangladesh Mission of SDA, Gatepara, Gopalgunj(Proper), Bangladesh.

And gradually the school established, developed and contributed everything that belong to Adventist Church of Bangladesh today, many thing of India and the World Church of Adventists. Dr. Bernard Lall of Lomalinda University was one the example who said : cut my flesh and you will get the sand of KMMS school . Thank you