Divisions John Allen Burden (1862–1942) was an American Seventh-day Adventist minister, administrator, and medical missionary instrumental in founding sanitariums, restaurants, and health food factories.

At the age of 9, John attended Adventist meetings for the first time and was introduced to the writings of Ellen G. White, which left a lifelong impression upon him.

On May 4, 1905 she met with the Burdens and others at the railroad station in Los Angeles on her way to the General Conference Session in Washington, D.C.

After Ellen White found out that the property was secured she wrote in her diary: I am surprised more and more that the Lord has in His abundant mercy wrought in our behalf.

[4]Founded as the College of Medical Evangelists, the institution exists today as Loma Linda University.

Burden died as the result of a car accident on his return from a Bible study in Redlands, California.