Our Vision
A vibrant Adventist movement, living our Hope in Jesus and transforming the Pacific
About us
The Trans Pacific Union Mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, referred to by our friends as simply the Trans Pacific Union or the TPU is the centre for ministry resourcing for the Adventist church in the South Pacific area. It is a comparatively new Union Mission, being inaugurated by Church action (through the South Pacific Division) at the beginning of 2001.
It is staffed by a team of dedicated international people who are committed to the Union Vision and ministry.
With about 135,000 church members, there are eleven nations that are part of the TPU region. There are two attached churches in Nauru and Niue, and one attached field in Tuvalu. Missions in this Union are in American Samoa, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa-Tokelau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.
The TPUM is also directly responsible for a number of institutions throughout its field. It runs Atoifi Hospital in the Solomons, and its primary Tertiary Education Facility, Fulton Adventist University College, is located in Nadi, Fiji.
The TPUM offers many kinds of Ministries and is the administrative headquarters of these missions and institutions. It is of course a part of the South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which in turn is a part of the entire World Church, headquartered in Maryland, USA.
The TPUM also sets a spiritual tone through its decisions at its Executive Committee level. This committee has senior administrator representation from all its mission and senior institution levels as well as lay representation from across the TPUM territory.