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South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists

South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Division of the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists

The South Pacific Division (SPD) of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which oversees the Church's work in the South Pacific nations of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the islands of the South Pacific.[2] Its headquarters is in Wahroonga, Sydney, Australia.

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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), 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.[1]

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.[3]

  • 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

  1. [1]
    "South Pacific Division". Adventist Yearbook. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  2. [2]
    Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia Vol. 11, p.653-57
  3. [3]
    "South Pacific Division-Organizational Units". Adventist Organizational Directory. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
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