New Zealand Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church
in New Zealand
is formally organised as the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (often abbreviated as NZPUC), a subentity of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists
. As of December 31st 2008, church membership stands at 16,943. The population to member ratio is 1 Adventist to every 280 people.
visited New Zealand four months after his first visit. He began marketing The Bible Echo and Signs of the Times (Australia/New Zealand version)
, two religious papers of the church. His truth was soon accepted by Edward Hare and his wife, who ran the boarding house in which he stayed. His success caused the Seventh-day Adventist church in America to send Arthur G. Daniells, an evangelist and former teacher, to further the work. Daniells' preaching soon paved way for the first Seventh-day Adventist church in New Zealand was opened in Ponsonby
(a suburb of Auckland
), on October 15, 1887. Daniells later became the world president of the church.
and the Pacific Islands
between elementary and secondary school level. Its network of schools educates nearly 2000 students. The church also operates a radio station in Tahiti
, 6 Adventist Book Centres, a nursing home and retirement centre and Sanitarium Health Food Company
NZ.
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
is formally organised as the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (often abbreviated as NZPUC), a subentity of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists
South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific, , is formally organised as the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists , also abbreviated as the South Pacific Division or simply "the Division". It is one of 13 world divisions of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in...
. As of December 31st 2008, church membership stands at 16,943. The population to member ratio is 1 Adventist to every 280 people.
History
Stephen N. Haskell, an Adventist missionaryMissionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
visited New Zealand four months after his first visit. He began marketing The Bible Echo and Signs of the Times (Australia/New Zealand version)
Signs of the Times (Australia)
Signs of the Times is a monthly subscription magazine published by Signs Publishing Company, a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house, for Australia and New Zealand...
, two religious papers of the church. His truth was soon accepted by Edward Hare and his wife, who ran the boarding house in which he stayed. His success caused the Seventh-day Adventist church in America to send Arthur G. Daniells, an evangelist and former teacher, to further the work. Daniells' preaching soon paved way for the first Seventh-day Adventist church in New Zealand was opened in Ponsonby
Ponsonby, New Zealand
Ponsonby is an inner-city suburb of Auckland City located 2 km west of the Auckland CBD, in the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb is oriented along a ridge running north-south, which is followed by the main street of the suburb, Ponsonby Road....
(a suburb of Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
), on October 15, 1887. Daniells later became the world president of the church.
Organisations
The union operates 6 educational facilities in New ZealandNew Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands
The Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania, although Oceania is sometimes defined as also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago....
between elementary and secondary school level. Its network of schools educates nearly 2000 students. The church also operates a radio station in Tahiti
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
, 6 Adventist Book Centres, a nursing home and retirement centre and Sanitarium Health Food Company
Sanitarium Health Food Company
The Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing Company is the trading name of two sister food companies . Both are wholly owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church....
NZ.
Conferences and missions
- North New Zealand ConferenceNorth New Zealand Conference of Seventh-day AdventistsThe Seventh-day Adventist Church in the North Island of New Zealand is formally organised as the North New Zealand Conference . It is one of 2 conferences of the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference, under the South Pacific Division....
- South New Zealand Conference
- French Polynesia Mission
- French Polynesia Mission - Secteur 3
- Cook Islands Mission
- New Caledonia Mission
See also
- List of Seventh-day Adventist churches in New Zealand
- South Pacific Division of Seventh-day AdventistsSouth Pacific Division of Seventh-day AdventistsThe Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific, , is formally organised as the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists , also abbreviated as the South Pacific Division or simply "the Division". It is one of 13 world divisions of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in...
- Seventh-day Adventist ChurchSeventh-day Adventist ChurchThe Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
External links
- New Zealand Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists official website
- New Zealand Beginnings on the official Adventist website
- Adventist Directory New Zealand Pacific Union Conference
- Adventist Statistics for the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference
- Adventist Yearbook entry on the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference