The

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is a major

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with a significant presence in

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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 **Himachal Pradesh Region **Kolkata Region **Madhya Pradesh Region **North Bengal Section **North India Section **Rajasthan Section **South Bengal Section **Upper Ganges Section **Uttarakhand Region **Western Jharkhand Section *South-Central India Union Section **Bangalore Metro Conference **Goa-West Karnataka Section **Kolar-Chinthamani Region **North Karnataka Section **Raichur-Bellary Region **South Karnataka Section *Southeast India Union Section **Chennai Metro Section **Coimbatore Tirpur Region **Dharmapuri Region **Erode Nilgiris Section **Kanchipuram-Chengalpet Section **North Tamil Conference **Pudukottai-Thirumayam Region **Sivagangai Ramanathapuram Section **South Tamil Conference **Thanjavur-Karaikal Section **Theni-Periyakulam Region **Vellore Region **Villupuram-Thindivanam Region *Southwest India Union Section South West India union President

**Alappuzha-Pathanamthitta Section **Idukki Section **Malabar Region **North Kerala Section **South Kerala Section *Western India Union Section **Central Maharashtra Conference **Gujarat Conference **Mumbai Metro Section **North Maharashtra Section **Saurashtra Region **South Gujarat Region **South Maharashtra Section **Vidharbha Region *Andaman and Nicobar Island Region

Education facilities

The Seventh-day Adventist Church operates 104 secondary schools in India. The church also operates the following Colleges of higher learning named . *

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* Northeast Adventist Adventist University * Roorkee Adventist College * Flaiz Adventist College * Helen Lowry College of Arts & Commerce * METAS Adventist College * Vellore Adventist College of Education

Medical facilities

The church operates eleven hospitals in India named Aizawl Adventist Hospital; METAS Adventist Hospital, Ranchi; METAS Adventist Hospital, Surat; METAS Gifford Memorial Hospital; Milton Mattison Memorial Hospital; Ottapalam Seventh-day Adventist Hospital; Pune Adventist Hospital;

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; Seventh-day Adventist Medical Centre; Simla Sanitarium Hospital & Thanjavur Adventist Hospital. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has two

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named Elim Adventist Home & Sunshine Children's Home. The

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is active since 1992.

Publishers

*Oriental Watchman Publishing House

Media Centers

*Adventist Media Centre-India

History

William Lenker and A. T. Stroup started selling Adventist literature in

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in 1893. The Southern Asia Division was organized under president John E. Fulton in 1919 with 26 churches and 978 members.

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* Seventh-day Adventist Church, Nilokheri

References

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