The South Pacific Division (SPD) 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 the South Pacific nations of
Australia,
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
and the islands of the South Pacific.
[''Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia'' Vol. 11, p.653-57] Its headquarters is in
Wahroonga
Wahroonga is a suburb in the Upper North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 18 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of Ku-ring-gai Council and Hornsby Shire. ...
,
Sydney,
Australia.
The division is made up of four regional offices: these are the Australian Union Conference (headquarters in Melbourne), New Zealand Pacific Union Conference (headquarters in
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
), Papua New Guinea Union Mission (headquarters in
Lae) and Trans-Pacific Union Mission (headquarters in
Suva,
Fiji). The Division membership as of June 30, 2021 is 610,109.
Sub Fields
The South Pacific Division is divided into two Union Conferences and two Union Missions. These are divided into local Conferences, Fields, Regions and Field Stations.
*Australian Union Conference
**Greater Sydney Conference
**North New South Wales Conference
**Northern Australian Conference
**South Australian Conference
**South New South Wales Conference
**South Queensland Conference
**Tasmanian Conference
**Victorian Conference
**Western Australian Conference
*New Zealand Pacific Union Conference
**Cook Islands Mission
**French Polynesia Mission
**New Caledonia Mission
**Pitcairn Field Station
**North New Zealand Conference
**South New Zealand Conference
*Papua New Guinea Union Mission
**Bougainville Mission
**Central Papua Conference
**Eastern Highlands Simbu Mission
**Madang Manus Mission
**Morobe Mission
**New Britain New Ireland Mission
**Northern and Milne Bay Mission
**Sepik Mission
**South West Papua Mission
**Western Highlands Mission
*Trans Pacific Union Mission
**American Samoa Mission
**Fiji Mission
**Kiribati Mission
**Niue Field Station
**Samoas-Tokelau Mission
**Solomon Islands Mission
**Tonga Mission
**Tuvalu Region
**Vanuatu Mission
References
External links
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History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church in Oceania