Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
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| Abbreviation | IAD |
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| Formation | 1922 |
| Type | Religious/Non-Profit |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida, United States |
Region served | Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Northern South America |
Membership | 3,694,454 |
President | Elie Henry[1] |
Parent organization | General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists |
| Website | interamerica |
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The Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which oversees the Church's work in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Northern South America.
Its headquarters, which is the only division of the church whose headquarters is outside its territory, is in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1922, the division membership is 3,694,454 as of June 30, 2021.[1]
List of Member Countries
[edit]Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands, and Venezuela.
Sub Fields
[edit]The Inter-American Division (IAD) is divided into eleven Union Conferences and thirteen Union Missions. These are divided into local Conferences and Missions.[2]
- 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 Conference
- 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
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See also
[edit]- List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities
- List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals
- List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in Colombia
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cuba
- Seventh-day Adventists in Turks and Caicos Islands
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Inter-American Division". Adventist Yearbook. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "Inter-American Division-Organizational Units". Adventist Organizational Directory. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
