Mizo Conference of Seventh day Adventist

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].

Mizo Conference
TypeReligious/Non-Profit
HeadquartersAizawl, Mizoram
Region served
Mizoram
President
Pr Tawkthanga
Parent organization
Northeast India Union, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
WebsiteMizo Conference
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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 in 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:

Hospital

It currently operates Aizawl Adventist Hospital[8] , Aizawl and Med Aim 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. 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.

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