Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

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Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
AbbreviationIAD
Formation1922
TypeReligious/Non-Profit
Headquarters Miami, Florida, United States
Region served
Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Northern South America
Membership
3,694,454
President
Elie Henry [1]
Parent organization
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Website interamerica.org

The Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which oversees the Church's work in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Northern South America.

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Its headquarters, which is the only division of the church whose headquarters is outside its territory, is in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1922, the division membership is 3,694,454 as of June 30, 2021. [1]

List of Member Countries

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands, and Venezuela.

Sub Fields

The Inter-American Division (IAD) is divided into eleven Union Conferences and thirteen Union Missions. These are divided into local Conferences and Missions. [2]

History

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References

  1. 1 2 "Inter-American Division". Adventist Yearbook. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  2. "Inter-American Division-Organizational Units". Adventist Organizational Directory. Retrieved 2021-07-29.