Divisions Arthur Grosvenor Daniells (September 28, 1858 – April 18, 1935)[1] was a Seventh-day Adventist minister and administrator, most notably the longest serving president of the General Conference.

Daniells had astounding success through his dynamic preaching and on October 15, 1887, he opened the first Seventh-day Adventist church in New Zealand at Ponsonby.

[6] Born in Iowa, he was the son of a Union Army surgeon who died in the American Civil War.

At the age of 10 he was converted to the Seventh-day Adventist faith being baptized by pastor George Butler,[7] and in 1875 entered Battle Creek College (now Andrews University), remaining only one year because of ill health.

[8] He assumed the presidency of the General Conference in 1901 at a difficult period in the history of the church, but he met with ability financial and organizational problems and the task of moving the headquarters of the denomination to Washington, D.C.