Seventh-day Adventist Church in India
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major Christian denomination with a significant presence in India[1] with over 1,138,508 members as of June 30, 2020. The Seventh-day Adventist Church splits India into seven Unions.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Sub Fields[]
East-Central India Union Section[]
- Adilabad Region
- East Telangana Section
- Guntur Region
- Hyderabad Metro Section
- North Andhra Section
- North Orissa Region
- North Rayalaseema Section
- Northeast Andhra Section
- Orissa Section
- South Andhra Section
- South Rayalaseema Section
- Southeast Andhra Section
- Vishaka Metro Region
- West Telangana Section
Northeast India Union Section[]
- Arunachal Pradesh Region
- Assam Region
- Garo Section
- Khasi Jaintia Conference
- Manipur Conference
- Mizo Conference
- Nagaland Region
- Tripura Region
Northern India Union Section[]
- Bihar Region
- Central Uttar Pradesh Region
- Chhattisgarh Region
- Delhi Metro Region
- Eastern Jharkhand Section
- Eastern Uttar Pradesh Section
- Haryana Region
- Himachal Pradesh Region
- Kolkata Region
- Madhya Pradesh Region
- North Bengal Section
- North India Section
- Rajasthan Section
- South Bengal Section
- Upper Ganges Section
- Uttarakhand Region
- Western Jharkhand Section
South-Central India Union Section[]
- Bangalore Metro Conference
- Goa-West Karnataka Section
- Kolar-Chinthamani Region
- North Karnataka Section
- Raichur-Bellary Region
- South Karnataka Section
Southeast India Union Section[]
- Chennai Metro Section
- Coimbatore Tirpur Region
- Dharmapuri Region
- Erode Nilgiris Section
- Kanchipuram-Chengalpet Section
- North Tamil Conference
- Pudukottai-Thirumayam Region
- Sivagangai Ramanathapuram Section
- South Tamil Conference
- Thanjavur-Karaikal Section
- Theni-Periyakulam Region
- Vellore Region
- Villupuram-Thindivanam Region
Southwest India Union Section[]
- Alappuzha-Pathanamthitta Section
- Idukki Section; Malabar Section
- North Kerala Section
- South Kerala Section
Western India Union Section[]
- Central Maharashtra Conference
- Gujarat Conference
- Mumbai Metro Section
- North Maharashtra Section
- Saurashtra Region
- South Gujarat Region
- South Maharashtra Section
- Vidharbha Region
Andaman and Nicobar Island Region[]
Education facilities[]
The Seventh-day Adventist Church operates 104 secondary schools in India. The church also operates the following Colleges of higher learning named .[10][11]
- Spicer Adventist University
- Northeast Adventist College
- Roorkee Adventist College
- Flaiz Adventist College
- Helen Lowry College of Arts & Commerce
Medical facilities[]
The church operates eleven hospitals in India named Aizawl Adventist Hospital; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; & . The Seventh-day Adventist Church has two orphanages named Elim Adventist Home & Sunshine Children's Home.[12][13] The is active since 1992.[14]
Publishers[]
- Oriental Watchman Publishing House
Media Centers[]
- Adventist Media Centre-India
History[]
William Lenker and A. T. Stroup started selling Adventist literature in Madras in 1893. The Southern Asia Division was organized under president John E. Fulton in 1919 with 26 churches and 978 members.
See also[]
- Australian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in Brazil
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in the People's Republic of China
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in Colombia
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cuba
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ghana
- Italian Union of Seventh-day Adventist Churches
- New Zealand Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria
- Adventism in Norway
- Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in Thailand
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tonga
- Seventh-day Adventists in Turks and Caicos Islands
- Christianity in India
- Seventh-day Adventist Church, Nilokheri
References[]
- ^ Comparing the International Growth of Latter-day Saints, Seventh Day Adventists, and Jehovah's Witnesses Cumorah Retrieved November 29, 2018
- ^ Adventist Directory Retrieved June 30, 2020
- ^ Adventist Directory Retrieved June 30, 2020
- ^ Adventist Directory Retrieved June 30, 2020
- ^ Adventist Directory Retrieved June 30, 2020
- ^ Adventist Directory Retrieved June 30, 2020
- ^ Adventist Directory Retrieved June 30, 2020
- ^ Adventist Directory Retrieved June 30, 2020
- ^ Adventist Directory Retrieved June 30, 2020
- ^ Adventist Directory Retrieved December 18, 2018
- ^ Adventist Directory Retrieved December 18, 2018
- ^ Adventist Directory Retrieved December 18, 2018
- ^ Adventist Directory Retrieved December 18, 2018
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100227075556/http://www.adraindia.org/employment.php. Archived from the original on February 27, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
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