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Seventh-day Adventist Church In Cuba
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major Christian denomination with a significant presence in Cuba with a reported 38,303 members as of June 30, 2021. The Seventh-day Adventist Church splits Cuba into four Conferences from the main Union under the Inter-American Division. Sub Fields * Cuban Union Conference ** Central Conference ** Del Amanecer Conference ** East Conference ** West Conference Schools The Seventh-day Adventist Church operates a higher education institution called Cuba Adventist Seminary. History Seventh-day Adventists first started to work in Cuba after the Spanish–American War in 1898. They started organizing in 1904 with the first church a year later in La Lisa, near Havana. The Cuba Union Conference was set up the next year and from six members in 1905, the Adventist Church grew to over 1,000 by the 1930s. Adventist elementary schools were started in 1922 all over the island, with a secondary school opened in San Claudio (Oriente province). The Advent ...
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Protestant
Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to be growing Criticism of the Catholic Church, errors, abuses, and discrepancies within it. Protestantism emphasizes the Christian believer's justification by God in faith alone (') rather than by a combination of faith with good works as in Catholicism; the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by Grace in Christianity, divine grace or "unmerited favor" only ('); the Universal priesthood, priesthood of all faithful believers in the Church; and the ''sola scriptura'' ("scripture alone") that posits the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice. Most Protestants, with the exception of Anglo-Papalism, reject the Catholic doctrine of papal supremacy, ...
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Australian Union Conference Of Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia is formally organised as the Australian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (often abbreviated by Australians as "the Union"), a subentity of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists. As of 30 June 2021, baptised church membership stands at 63,401. Despite its small size, the Australian church has made a significant impact on the worldwide Adventist church. History The first Seventh-day Adventist church in Australia was the Melbourne Seventh-day Adventist Church, which formed on 10 January 1886, with 29 members. Ellen White, one of the church's founders, spent nine years ministering to the Australian Adventist community from 1891 to 1900. Outreach to the Australian Aborigines has occurred since the 1890s. For a representative sample of Adventist theology as taught by Australian lecturers and church leaders see the textbook ''Meaning for the New Millennium: The Christian Faith from a Seventh-day Adventist Perspe ...
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Seventh-day Adventist Church In Thailand
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major Christian denomination with a small presence in Thailand. The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Thailand (มูลนิธิคริสตจักรวันเสาร์แห่งประเทศไทย) began in 1919. The Thailand Adventist Mission had a reported 14,997 members as of 30 June 2020. Social work The Seventh-day Adventist Church operates a school of higher education in Thailand called Asia-Pacific International University. The church operates two hospitals in Thailand called Bangkok Adventist Hospital (locally called Mission Hospital) and Mission Hospital Phuket. History R. A. Caldwell, came to Thailand in 1906 to hand out Seventh-day Adventist literature. 10 years later Seventh-day Adventist colporteurs came to Thailand and found believers meeting in Bangkok. Chinese businessman, Tan Thian Tsua, moved to Bangkok and started the first Seventh-day Adventist Church in the country. The early work grew among Chine ...
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Seventh-day Adventist Church In Sweden
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden ( sv, Adventistsamfundet i Sverige) is a small Christian denomination in Sweden with a reported 2,902 members as of June 30, 2020. The first Seventh-day Adventist Church congregation in Sweden was established in 1880 in Grythyttan. In the early 2000s (decade), about 40 Swedish Seventh-day Adventist congregations existed in Sweden, most of them in central Sweden. See also *Australian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists *Seventh-day Adventist Church in Brazil *Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada *Seventh-day Adventist Church in the People's Republic of China *Seventh-day Adventist Church in Colombia *Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cuba *Seventh-day Adventist Church in India *Italian Union of Seventh-day Adventist Churches *Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ghana *New Zealand Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists *Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria *Adventism in Norway *Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-d ...
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Romanian Union Conference Of Seventh-day Adventists
The Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists ( ro, Uniunea de Conferințe a Bisericii Adventiste de Ziua a Șaptea din România) is Romania's seventh-largest religious body, part of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church. At the 2011 census, 85,902 Romanians declared themselves to be Seventh-Day Adventists. The church put its own membership at 62,215 in 2020. Ethnically, in 2002, they were 83.5% Romanians, 9.7% Hungarians, 4.9% Roma, 1.4% Ukrainians and 0.5% belonged to other groups. The denomination has 1,185 church buildings and some 340 pastors. It originates in the 19th century and is divided into six local conferences, standing for and named after some of the country's main historical regions: Banat, Northern Transylvania, Southern Transylvania, Moldavia, Muntenia and Oltenia. History In 1868-69 Michał Belina-Czechowski, a former Roman Catholic priest who had embraced Adventism in the United States, arrived at Pitești and introduced Seventh-Day Adventist do ...
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Adventism In Norway
Adventist congregations in Norway (Norwegian: ) are a protestant free church in Norway. History Adventism in Norway came from the Pietist revival (Haugean movement) started by Norwegian Lutheran preacher Hans Nielsen Hauge. Evidence suggests that four families in southern Norway became the nucleus of Norwegian Adventism after discovering the seventh-day Sabbath, though it is not believed to have been the result of contact from keepers of the Sabbath. Instead, it is believed that it was derived from their reading of the Bible. The Danish American John Gottlieb Matteson came to Norway in 1878 and began working as a missionary for the Seventh-day Adventists. Gottlieb composed the first Dano-Norwegian Adventist hymnal. He became the editor of in 1872, which was eventually distributed to Scandinavian countries. It experienced good reception, leading to Matteson to go to Denmark and Kristiania (now Oslo) to preach. He later participated in the construction of the first church organiz ...
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Seventh-day Adventist Church In Nigeria
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major Christian denomination with a significant presence in Nigeria with over 249,207 members as of 30 June 2018. The Seventh-day Adventist Church splits Nigeria into three unions. Sub Fields *Eastern Nigerian Union Conference **Aba East Conference **Aba North Conference **Aba South Conference **Abia North-Central Conference **Akwa Ibom Conference **Anambra Mission **Bayelsa Mission **Cross River Conference **Ebonyi Conference **Enugu Conference **Imo Conference **Port Harcourt Conference **Rivers East Conference **Rivers West Conference *Northern Nigerian Union Conference **North Central Nigeria Conference **North East Nigeria Conference **North West Nigeria Conference *Western Nigeria Union Conference **Delta Conference **Edo Conference **Ekiti Conference **Kogi Region **Kwara Conference **Lagos Atlantic Conference **Lagos Mainland Conference **Ogun Conference **Ondo Mission **Osun Conference **Oyo Conference Educa ...
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New Zealand Pacific Union Conference Of Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Zealand is formally organised as the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (often abbreviated as NZPUC), a sub-entity of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists. The membership of the Union is 20,943 as of 30 June 2020. The population to membership ratio is 1 Adventist to every 268 people. The headquarters for the Union is in Auckland, New Zealand. History Stephen N. Haskell, an Adventist missionary visited New Zealand four months after his first visit. He began marketing ''The Bible Echo'' and ''Signs of the Times'' (Australia/New Zealand version), two religious papers of the church. His truth was soon accepted by Edward Hare and his wife, who ran the boarding house in which he stayed. His success caused the Seventh-day Adventist church in America to send Arthur G. Daniells, an evangelist and former teacher, to further the work. Daniells' preaching soon paved way for the first Seventh-day Adventi ...
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Seventh-day Adventist Church In Ghana
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major Christian denomination with a significant presence in Ghana with over 356,599 members as of June 30, 2018. The country of Ghana is split into two Unions by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Sub Fields *Northern Ghana Union Mission''website **Ashanti Central Ghana Conference **Ashanti South Ghana Conference **Central Ghana Conferencwebsite**Green View Ghana Conference **Mid-Central Ghana Conference **Mid-North Ghana Conference **Mid-West Ghana Conference **Mountain View Ghana Conference **North Ghana Mission **South Central Ghana Conference *Southern Ghana Union Conference''website **Accra City Conferencwebsite**Diamond Field Ghana Conference **East Ghana Conferencwebsite**Eastern View Ghana Conference **Meridian Ghana Conferencwebsite**Mid-South Ghana Conference **Pioneer Ghana Conference **South West Ghana Conference **Volta North Ghana Mission **Volta South Ghana Mission **West-Central Ghana Conference **Western North G ...
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Italian Union Of Seventh-day Adventist Churches
The Italian Union of Seventh-Day Adventist Christian Churches ( it, Unione Italiana delle Chiese Cristiane Avventiste del Settimo Giorno, UICCA), part of the worldwide fellowship of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is a Protestant denomination in Italy. The Union's full members, as of 30 June 2020, are 9,359, worshiping in 107 local churches. In 1986 Italian Seventh-day Adventists first signed an agreement with the Italian government, in accordance with article 8 of the Italian Constitution, which regulates the relations between the Republic and religious minorities. Three successive agreements were later signed. The latter of these agreements was approved by Parliament and made law in 2009.http://presidenza.governo.it/USRI/confessioni/norme/LEGGE%2067-2009.pdf Through the Voce della Speranza (VDS) organization, the UICCA has created the "Hope Media Italia" Adventist media center, which has both radio (RVS) and TV (HCI) branches. See also *Protestantism in Italy *General Con ...
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Seventh-day Adventist Church In India
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major Christian denomination with a significant presence in India with over 1,138,508 members as of June 30, 2020. The Seventh-day Adventist Church splits India into seven Unions. Sub Fields *East-Central India Union Section **Adilabad Region **East Telangana Section **Guntur Region **Hyderabad Metro Section **North Andhra Section **North Orissa Region **North Rayalaseema Section **Northeast Andhra Section **Orissa Section **South Andhra Section **South Rayalaseema Section **Southeast Andhra Section **Vishaka Metro Region **West Telangana Section *Northeast India Union Section **Arunachal Pradesh Region **Assam Region **Garo Section **Khasi Jaintia Conference **Manipur Conference ** Mizo Conference **Nagaland Region **Tripura Region *Northern India Union Section **Bihar Region **Central Uttar Pradesh Region **Chhattisgarh Region **Delhi Metro Region **Eastern Jharkhand Section **Eastern Uttar Pradesh Section **Haryana Region ...
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Seventh-day Adventist Church In Colombia
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major Christian denomination with a significant presence in Colombia with over 275,172 members as of June 30, 2018. The Seventh-day Adventist Church splits Colombia into two Unions. Sub Fields *North Colombia Union Conference''website**Atlantic Colombian Conferencwebsite**Caribbean Colombian Conferencwebsite**Colombian Islands Mission **East Central Colombian Conferencwebsite**East Colombian Conferencwebsite**Northeast Colombian Conferencwebsite**Southwest Colombian Missiowebsite**West Central Colombian Conferencwebsite*South Colombian Union Conference''website**Central Colombian Conferencwebsite**East Los Llanos Conference **Pacific Colombian Conferencwebsite**South Bogata Conferencwebsite**South Colombian Conferencwebsite**Northwestern Bogata and Boyaca Missiowebsite**South Andean Mission **South Pacific Mission **Upper Magdalena Conferencwebsite Education facilities The Seventh-day Adventist Church operates 23 secondary schools in Colombia. ...
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