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Idjwi, or Ijwi, is an island in Lake Kivu belonging to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the South Kivu Province, which is part of the territory of the North Eastern Congo Union Mission of Seventh-day Adventists.
East-Central Africa Division Country (Based on SDA membership)
The first Seventh-day Adventist in Algeria was Joseph Gomis. He became acquainted with the Adventist message through reading Les Signes des Tempes and was later baptized. In about 1886 he settled as a baker in the town Relizane, in the province Oran, Algeria. Gomis shared his faith with several of his family members and friends and some accepted the new doctrines.
Middle East and North Africa Union Mission Algeria Country (Based on SDA membership)
American Samoa is located in the south-central Pacific Ocean approximately 1,600 miles (2,600 kilometers) northeast of New Zealand and 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) southwest of Hawaii.
South Pacific Division American Samoa Country (Based on SDA membership)
Anguilla is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean. The first two Seventh-day Adventists in Anguilla were baptized in 1932.
Inter-American Division Anguilla Country (Based on SDA membership)
The Adventist message officially reached Antigua when Elder William Arnold arrived in December 1888.
Inter-American Division Antigua and Barbuda Country (Based on SDA membership)
The first Adventist congregations were formed in Armenia by the end of the 19th century.
Euro-Asia Division Armenia Country (Based on SDA membership)
Australia is the only independent country that occupies a whole continent. Located in the Southern Hemisphere it has a population of some 25.5 million people. The Seventh-day Adventist Church commenced its work in Australia in Melbourne, Victoria in 1885.
South Pacific Division Australia Country (Based on SDA membership)
Jacob Klein was the first Adventist preacher to enter Azerbaijan. In November 1894, he was invited to come to Baku where there were some German families who observed the Sabbath. For a few days, he baptized seven people and conducted their communion service. One of the first Russian Adventist congregations was a church in the village of Shusha that was included in the report of the Middle Russian Mission in 1902.
Euro-Asia Division Azerbaijan Country (Based on SDA membership)
The territory of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas includes South Bahamas Conference (formerly Bahamas Conference) and North Bahamas Conference (formerly North Bahamas Mission), which are part of Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission, a part of the Inter-American Division.
Inter-American Division Bahamas Country (Based on SDA membership)
Bahrain, officially Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island nation in the Persian (Arabian) Gulf. The earliest record indicates the first Seventh-day Adventists arrived in Bahrain in 1955, when the British government recruited qualified medical personal from India to maintain adequate hospitals in the Persian Gulf. The members were mostly nurses, and, although the Middle East Division officers corresponded with them, the first visit of church officials was made to Bahrain in April 1963.
Middle East and North Africa Union Mission Bahrain Country (Based on SDA membership)
The island of Barbados lies south of the Greater Antilles and east of the Caribbean Islands. In 1890, the first ordained Adventist missionary to the island, Dexter Ball, and a literature evangelist, William Arnold, arrived on the island.
Inter-American Division Barbados Country (Based on SDA membership)
The first official reference to Adventists in the territory of Belarus dates back to 1906. The spreading of Adventism was facilitated by Adventist tracts and other literature. According to the testimony of H. J. Löbsack, the Adventist movement in Minsk was initiated by G. Schmitz.
Euro-Asia Division Belarus Country (Based on SDA membership)
Belize is the only English-speaking nation in Central America, a member of the commonwealth of the British Empire, and a part of the Caribbean community.
Inter-American Division Belize Country (Based on SDA membership)
Bonaire is a small island located in the Caribbean Sea to the north of Venezuela.
Inter-American Division Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Country (Based on SDA membership)
Since its beginning after World War I, the Adventist work in the African country of Burundi has been challenged by strongholds of Islam and Catholicism and political upheaval.
East-Central Africa Division Burundi Country (Based on SDA membership)
Cabo Verde, or Cape Verde, is a volcanic archipelago, located approximately 500 kilometers from the West African mainland.
West-Central Africa Division Cape Verde Country (Based on SDA membership)
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cayman Islands is governed by the Cayman Islands Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. As of June 30, 2018, there were 6,108 baptized Seventh-day Adventist members in the total population of 62,000, and 16 organized churches.
Inter-American Division Cayman Islands Country (Based on SDA membership)
Central African Republic is a mission field of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
West-Central Africa Division Central African Republic Country (Based on SDA membership)
The first Seventh-day Adventist to arrive in Colombia was Frank C. Kelly, a North American who was not an employee of the church. He settled in Bogotá in 1895. The record shows that American pastor Frank J. Hutchins and Australian medical missionary John Eccles died in Colombia in 1902; so, although they were originally missionaries in Panama, they came to work in Colombia. Samuel Smith, son of Uriah Smith, arrived in San Andrés in 1901, where he worked with Hutchins and Eccles. The first converts to the church in Colombia were baptized in San Andrés.
Inter-American Division Colombia Country (Based on SDA membership)
The Adventist work in the territory of today’s Congo-Brazzaville was organized in 1972 as Republic of Congo Attached Mission Station. It was renamed in 2017 as Congo Region, and then officially reorganized in 2021 as a mission by the West-Central Africa Division following the recommendation of the Central African Union Mission. It is one of the five countries that make up the Central African Union Mission, which is a part of the West-Central Africa Division.
West-Central Africa Division Country (Based on SDA membership)