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Mizo Conference of Seventh-day Adventist

Coordinates: 23°44′13″N 92°42′29″E / 23.737°N 92.708°E / 23.737; 92.708
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Mizo Conference
TypeReligious/Non-Profit
HeadquartersAizawl, Mizoram
Coordinates23°44′13″N 92°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
WebsiteMizo 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]

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]

Location

Mizo Conference of SDA Office

Its office is located in Seventhday Tlang, Aizawl.

Media Center

Adventist World Radio (AWR) has a studio in Mizoram.[5] It was inaugurated on February 27, 2003.[6]

Institutions

Mizo Conference has the following Institutions:

  • Helen Lowry College of Arts & Commerce,[7] Aizawl
  • Southern Flower School, Lunglei
  • Graceland Adventist School, Keifang
  • Adventist English Academy, Saitual
  • Pinehill Adventist Academy, Champhai
  • Adventist English Academy, Siaha
  • Adventist English School, Bazar Veng, Lunglei.
  • Adventist English School, West Phaileng
  • Millennium English School, Zemabawk

Hospital

It currently operates Aizawl Adventist Hospital,[8] and MED-AIM Adventist Hospital in Champhai.[9]

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. ^ "Adventist Media Center". adventist review. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  6. ^ "AWR Inaugurates Studio in Northeastern India". adventist news. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  7. ^ "CM-in Helen Lowry College a hawng". vanglaini.org. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  8. ^ "AIZAWL ADVENTIST HOSPITAL". adventistyearbook. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Med aim Hospital". champhai.nic.in. Retrieved 14 July 2020.