The Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the

General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists The General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists is the governing organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Its headquarters is located in Silver Spring, Maryland and oversees the church in directing its various divisions and ...

, which oversees the Church's work in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

, the Caribbean, and Northern

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...

. Its headquarters, which is the only division of the church whose headquarters is outside its territory, is in

Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

. The Division membership is 3,694,454 as of June 30, 2021.

List of Member Countries

Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The terr ...

, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba,

Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the ar ...

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate) ...

Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...

, Bonaire,

British Virgin Islands ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = Territorial song , song = " Oh, Beautiful Virgin Islands" , image_map = File:British Virgin Islands on the globe (Americas centered).svg , map_caption = , mapsize = 290px , image_map2 = Bri ...

, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica,

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

, Curaçao, Dominica,

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

, El Salvador,

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. ...

, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in ...

, Montserrat,

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...

Saba Saba may refer to: Places * Saba (island), an island of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea * Şaba (Romanian for Shabo), a town of the Odesa Oblast, Ukraine * Sabá, a municipality in the department of Colón, Honduras * Saba (river), ...

, Sint Eustatius,

Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain ...

, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin,

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea w ...

, Suriname,

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and n ...

United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...

, and

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

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. * Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission ** North Bahamas Conference ** South Bahamas Conference ** Cayman Islands Conference ** Turks and Caicos Islands Mission * Belize Union Mission **North Belize Mission **Central Belize Mission **Southwest Belize Mission * Caribbean Union Conference ** East Caribbean Conference ** Grenada Conference ** Guyana Conference ** North Caribbean Conference ** St. Lucia Mission **ST. Vincent and the Grenadines Mission ** South Caribbean Conference ** South Leeward Mission ** Suriname Mission ** Tobago Mission * Central Mexican Union Mission ** Azteca Mexican Conference ** Bajio Mexican Conference ** Metropolitan Mexican Conference ** Mexiquense Mexican Conference ** Valley Mexican Mission * Chiapas Mexican Union Conference ** Central Chiapas Conference ** Grijalva Conference ** North Chiapas Conference ** Palenque Mission ** Soconusco Conference ** South Chiapas Conference ** Upper Chiapas Conference ** West Chiapas Conference * Cuban Union Conference ** Central Conference ** Del Amanecer Conference ** East Conference ** Pinarena Mission ** West Conference ** Villa Perla Mission * Dominican Union Conference ** Central Dominican Conference ** East Dominican Conference ** North Dominican Conference ** Northeast Dominican Conference ** South Dominican Conference ** Southeast Dominican Conference * Dutch Caribbean Union Mission ** Aruba Mission ** Bonaire Mission ** Curaçao Conference * East Venezuela Union Mission ** Central East Venezuela Mission ** Central Llanos Venezuela Mission ** Central Venezuela Conference ** East Venezuela Conference ** Northeast Venezuela Mission ** South Bolivar Venezuela Mission ** South Central Venezuela Conference ** Southeast Venezuela Conference * El Salvador Union Mission ** Central El Salvador Conference ** East El Salvador Conference ** Metropolitan El Salvador Conference ** Paracentral El Salvador Conference ** West El Salvador Conference * French Antilles-Guiana Union Conference ** French Guiana Mission ** Guadeloupe Conference ** Martinique Conference * Guatemala Union Mission ** Altiplano Guatemala Mission ** Central Guatemala Mission ** East Guatemala Mission ** Lago Guatemala Mission ** Metropolitan Guatemala Conference ** North Guatemala Mission ** South Guatemala Mission ** West Guatemala Conference * Haitian Union Mission ** Central Haiti Conference ** North Haiti Mission ** Northwest Haiti Mission ** Plaine du cul de Sac Mission ** South Haiti Mission * Honduras Union Mission ** Atlantic Honduras Conference ** Bay Island Conference ** Central Honduras Conference ** Comayaguela Mission ** Northwest Honduras Conference * Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union Conference ** Alpine Mission ** Central Veracruz Mission ** Chontalpa Mission ** Oaxaca Conference ** Olmeca Conference ** Isthmus Conference ** Los Tuxtlas Mission ** North Veracruz Conference ** Southeast Veracruz Conference ** South Pacific Conference ** South Veracruz Conference * Jamaica Union Conference ** Central Jamaica Conference ** East Jamaica Conference ** North Jamaica Conference ** North East Jamaica Conference ** West Jamaica Conference * North Colombian Union Conference ** Atlantic Colombian Conference ** Caribbean Colombian Conference ** Colombian Islands Mission ** East Central Colombian Conference ** East Colombian Conference ** Northeast Colombian Conference ** Southwest Colombian Mission ** West Central Colombian Conference * North Mexican Union Conference ** Baja California Conference ** Chihuahua Mexican Conference ** Gulf Mexican Conference ** Northeast Mexican Conference ** North Tamaulipas Mexican Conference ** Northwest Mexican Mission ** Regiomontana Mission ** Sinaloa Mexican Conference ** Sonora Mexican Conference ** South Baja California Mission ** West Mexican Conference * Panama Union Mission ** Atlantic Panama Conference ** Bocas del Toro Mission ** Central Panama Conference ** Metropolitan Panama Conference ** Southeast Panama Mission ** West Panama Conference * Puerto Rican Union Conference ** East Puerto Rico Conference ** North Puerto Rico Conference ** South Puerto Rico Conference ** West Puerto Rico Conference * South Central American Union Mission ** Caribbean Costa Rica Mission ** Central Nicaragua Mission ** North Costa Rica Mission ** Northwestern Nicaragua Mission ** South Atlantic Nicaragua Mission ** South-Central Costa Rica Conference * South Colombian Union Conference ** Central Colombian Conference ** East Los Llanos Conference ** Northwestern Bogota and Boyaca Mission ** Pacific Colombian Conference ** South Andean Mission ** South Bogota Conference ** South Colombian Conference ** South Pacific Mission ** Upper Magdalena Conference * Southeast Mexican Union Mission ** Campeche Mission ** Central Tabasco Conference ** East Tabasco Mission ** Mayab Conference ** North Quintana Roo Conference ** South Quintana Roo Mission ** South Tabasco Conference * West Venezuela Union Mission ** Central Andean Venezuela Mission ** East Andean Venezuela Mission ** North Central Venezuela Conference ** Northwestern Venezuela Mission ** Portuguese Venezuela Mission ** Southwest Venezuela Conference ** West Central Venezuela Conference ** West Los Llanos Venezuela Conference ** West Venezuela Conference ** Yaracuy Venezuela Mission

History

References

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List of Member Countries

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History

See also

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