Mizo Conference of Seventh-day Adventist

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Mizo Conference
TypeReligious/Non-Profit
Headquarters Aizawl, Mizoram
Coordinates 23°44′13″N92°42′29″E / 23.737°N 92.708°E / 23.737; 92.708
Region served
Mizoram
President
Pr Biakzidinga
Parent organization
Northeast India Union, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Website Mizo Conference

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mizoram is formally organised as the Mizo Conference of Seventh-day Adventist. It is one of the conferences of the Northeast India Union of Seventh-day Adventists under the Southern Asia Division of Seventh-day Adventists. It currently has 81 Churches and 22,446 members. [1]

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History

Seventh-day Adventist Church arrived in 1946. It was initiated by Lallianzuala Sailo, who first made contact with the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Shillong in Meghalaya in November 1946. OW Lange was the first Adventist missionary to Mizoram. [2] The first Adventist School was started by Willis G. Lowry and Helen Lowry on 17 January 1950. [3] Mizoram section became the first conference in Southern Asia Division of Seventh-day Adventists in 1993. [4]

Church Statistics

Some Important statisticks of the Mizo Conference of Seventh day Adventist are as follows: [5]

Statistics (as of 2024)Number
Organized Church83
Company Church41
Isolated congregations191
Minister (Pastor, etc.)33
Mission Schools4
Church Schools17
College1
Total members19,204

Location

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Mizo Conference of SDA Office

Its office is located in Seventhday Tlang, Aizawl.

Media Center

Adventist World Radio (AWR) has a studio in Mizoram. [6] It was inaugurated on February 27, 2003. [7]

Institutions

Mizo Conference has the following Institutions:

Hospital

It currently operates Aizawl Adventist Hospital, [9] and MED-AIM Adventist Hospital in Champhai. [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mizo Conference". adventistyearbook. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Mission in Mizoram (PDF). pp. 16–26. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. ↑ SDA Foreign Missionary (PDF). Sodhganga. pp. 25–26. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Southern Asia" (PDF). adventistarchives.
  5. ↑ "Mizo Conference of 7th day adventist a tan Dr Biakzidinga". zalen.in. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Adventist Media Center". adventist review. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "AWR Inaugurates Studio in Northeastern India". adventist news. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "CM-in Helen Lowry College a hawng". vanglaini.org. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "AIZAWL ADVENTIST HOSPITAL". adventistyearbook. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Med aim Hospital". champhai.nic.in. Retrieved 14 July 2020.


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