During Pandemic Year, South Pacific Division Records Highest

During Pandemic Year, South Pacific Division Records Highest Baptism Figure


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Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Pacific Division (SPD) experienced a significant increase in baptisms in 2020, regional leaders recently reported. The SPD recorded 49,058 baptisms in 2020, with 8,646 professions of faith, up from the 34,857 (with 11,223 professions of faith) recorded in 2019.
According to Adventist leaders, the 40-percent growth in the Trans-Pacific Union Mission (TPUM) and 30 percent in Papua New Guinea Union Mission (PNGUM) is noteworthy as a higher-than-normal growth rate. TPUM is based in Fiji and includes other Pacific islands such as Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu, among others.
“When countries in these unions experienced lockdown, [across the Pacific Islands], people were still able to meet in groups of between 50 and 100,” SPD president Glenn Townend said. “Both of these unions [TPUM and PNGUM] have focused on the harvest cycle of disciple making. They have been very active in each area of the process to make a disciple-making disciple. There has been a lot of training, models, and practice in this with World Changer Bibles and Bible reading groups.

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