Seventh-day Adventist Church in India


The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a major Christian denomination with a significant presence in India with over 1,607,719 members as of June 30, 2018. The Seventh-day Adventist Church splits India into seven Unions.

Sub Fields

East-Central India Union Section

Education facilities

The Seventh-day Adventist Church operates 104 secondary schools in India. The church also operates the following Colleges of higher learning named.
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; Ruby Nelson Memorial Hospital; Seventh-day Adventist Medical Centre; Simla Sanitarium Hospital & Thanjavur Adventist Hospital. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has two orphanages named Elim Adventist Home & Sunshine Children's Home. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency India is active since 1992.

Publishers

William Lenker and A. T. Stroup started selling Adventist literature in Madras in 1893. The Southern Asia Division was organized under president John E. Fulton in 1919 with 26 churches and 978 members.