Mizo Conference | |
Type: | Religious/Non-Profit |
Headquarters: | Aizawl, Mizoram |
Coords: | 23.737°N 92.708°W |
Region Served: | Mizoram |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | 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]
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]
Some Important statisticks of the Mizo Conference of Seventh day Adventist are as follows:[5]
Statistics (as of 2024) | Number | |
---|---|---|
Organized Church | 83 | |
Company Church | 41 | |
Isolated congregations | 191 | |
Minister (Pastor, etc.) | 33 | |
Mission Schools | 4 | |
Church Schools | 17 | |
College | 1 | |
Total members | 19,204 |
Its office is located in Seventhday Tlang, Aizawl.
Adventist World Radio (AWR) has a studio in Mizoram.[6] It was inaugurated on February 27, 2003.[7]
Mizo Conference has the following Institutions:
It currently operates Aizawl Adventist Hospital,[9] and MED-AIM Adventist Hospital in Champhai.[10]