“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” Psalm 133:1  Dear brethren and friends, This time I would like to share with you my blessed experience during my last visit to Vanuatu. This was an experience which I will never forget. It was the... Read More →

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” John 5:24 Okinawa’s population is among the longest living peoples in the world.... Read More →

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and... Read More →

Greetings to our friends and brethren! Our Fijian brethren greet you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour and friend. Together we share the blessed hope of the soon coming of the Lord and with great urgency seek to be prepared to meet the Lord when he comes. We... Read More →

Here are some stories of gratitude from our latest Indonesian Baptism ceremonies. 1. Sister Norry Rattu, was our member formerly. While she was a member she had been active in the church services and works, supporting her husband who is a Bible Worker, not only in Jakarta, but... Read More →

It is wonderful when God fulfills our dreams Recently, I returned from a trip to the Solomon Islands. It was a beautiful experience for me even though it was my third visit of this Pacific nation. The everlasting Gospel of the Angel of Revelation 18 to reach the Solomon Islands... Read More →

New Year Message 2018 Message by Pastor Tzvetan Petkov, General Conference President. Read More →

Focus Text: “For By Grace Are Ye Saved Through Faith, And That Not Of Yourselves; It Is The Gift Of God. Not Of Your Works, Lest Any Man Should Boast.” (Eph 2: 8-9) Camp Obadiah is a rural retreat located on the beautiful mid-north coast of NSW. It is surrounded by beautiful big... Read More →

APRIL 21-23, 2017 ‘HOW TO BECOME A TRULY CONVERTED DISCIPLE OF JESUS’ Matt 18: 3 ‘Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.’ The starting day of our conference was Friday... Read More →

Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand, you save me. Psalm 138:6-7 It’s a great... Read More →

Just over six months ago, IMS was established here on the tropical shores of the Cook Islands, with four souls added to the family of God. As believers, like all those who have entered through the front gate to this global family, we are also progressing on this spiritual journey... Read More →

I thank the Lord for the blessing of good health and his protection after another trip which is my last for 2016. My sincere gratitude is also directed to the Oceania Union and its Committee for its leadership role and support throughout the whole year for Papua New Guinea. I... Read More →

“Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” 1 Samuel 7: 12 God is an everlasting spring of living water, who richly supplied us with all the blessings of goodness during 2016. His... Read More →

“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.” Isaiah 45:22-23 Before... Read More →

‘Cry Aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins’ Isaiah 58:1 ‘Evangelism, the very heart of Christianity, is the theme of primary importance to those called to herald God’s last warning to a doomed... Read More →

We originally planned to hold the Indonesian Field Conference meeting 2016 in Manado, but because of an appeal of our brethren in Sangir it was decided to be held there. Before we held this field conference we had trouble obtaining the license for this event. We had sent a letter... Read More →

It was a beautiful, warm first Sabbath of October 2016 in the village of Letui on the main island of Savaii, Western Samoa. 10 new members were called to testify: “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptised into Jesus Christ were baptised into his death? Therefore we... Read More →

“And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not, but he that sent me to baptise with water, the same said unto me, upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remaining on him, the same is... Read More →

‘Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto;... Read More →

‘The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any, that did understand, and seek God.’ Psalms 14:2. Indeed, this is the reality of our time, God is looking and searching for sincere and honest souls. Not many, but for the ‘few good men’. The... Read More →

‘Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands…For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endured to all generation.’ Psalms 100:1, 5. It was a wonderful privilege to revisit the Cook Islands after a month with the challenge of establishing our church in this... Read More →

‘Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, this people say, the time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built. Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet saying, it is time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste? Now... Read More →

‘Because thou has been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.’ Psalms 63:7 The month of June has brought a mixture of both sadness and rejoicing in the Fijian Field. Sadness in the fact that one of our sisters peacefully due to the sickness that she had... Read More →

Ezekiel 34:11 ‘For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.’ Praise the Lord for yet another opportunity to extend the work into the beautiful Cook Islands. This is a new addition to the islands we have so far reached in the South... Read More →

Dear Brethren in Christ, Recently I was very pleased to receive an email letter from our brother in Christ Sanaila Ravia in regards to our missionary activity in Fiji and some other Pacific Islands. I would like to share with you a part of his letter with which to encourage you... Read More →

It was my privilege and duty to recently visit our brothers and sisters in New Caledonia. It was a blessed trip. I hadn’t seen our brethren in this beautiful French island in quite some time. As usual, I was welcomed very warmly at Airport. We then travelled to B... Read More →

On Sabbath 21 May 2016, Br. Kalengcongan  baptised two precious young souls. Both Br. James Gabriel Pandeirot (18 years old) and Br. Larry Keni (23 Years old) were added to the congregation in Indonesia. We are blessed to have our young people in Indonesia  take a stand for the... Read More →

The recent Australian Field Conference held in Sydney on 22-25 April was a blessing to all who attended. The main theme ‘Why has Christ delayed His coming?’ was broken down into 16 sub topics and each speaker was allocated a topic to speak on for each session. Speakers came from... Read More →

I arrived in Honiara, on Tuesday 09th of February to spend the last week of this missionary tour. Awaiting me was Sis Delmay with her son, Ismael and her husband, Bro Michael. It was indeed a joyful occasion as we have not seen each other for the last ten years. In fact, my... Read More →

I have arrived safely back to Fiji and I thank the Lord for the safe journey and also the Union’s continual support and verbal encouragement during the trip which kept us moving. Thank you for the financial support for the travel to and from Papua New Guinea. If it was not... Read More →

Dear Brothers and Sisters, I’m pleased to greet you in the name of Jesus, and wish you all a Happy New Year – 2016. “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen” 2 Corinthians 13:14 May the coming New... Read More →

‘And behold I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every man according to his work.’ Revelation 22:12 Surely the coming of the Lord is now sooner than we expected with the prophesied signs occurring before us amongst the European nations. The greatest challenge... Read More →

My visit to Samoa and took place from the 5th to the 12th of November 2015. The International Missionary Society SDA has a church in Viatele near Apia. On Sabbath 7th November the lesson was conducted by Bro Missionary. The lesson went overtime as there was much discussion. The... Read More →

We had the wonderful opportunity of visiting Vanuatu again for a period of ten days from the 09th to the 20th of September. This is the third of three visits made since February with the purpose of establishing the work in this island nation. The leader of the Vanuatu Church Bro... Read More →

It was a very special and important Sabbath day (05 September 2015) here at our local church in Toongabbie, Sydney Australia, when Br Glendon Higgins from Perth, Western Australia and Br John Altwein from Coffs Harbour, NSW, came over to spend a few days with us, especially our... Read More →

A wet and cold Sabbath on the 8th of August brought a great blessing to the Perth IMS group with a visit from Br. Salavyov from Sydney. It was a time of joy for us when we gathered together on Sabbath morning. Br. Glendon Higgins lead us in the Sabbath School lesson. We felt the... Read More →

Pastor Anton Salavyov visited our Church in Marshlands Road Christchurch 31 July – 2 August. During this time, there was a blessed Sabbath meetings. Friday evening, at the beginning of the Sabbath, there was a good opportunity for all of us. The evening service naturally... Read More →

“In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks. Open the gates that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You... Read More →

Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ from the land of Nepal. Dear brethren in Christ in the Oceania region, we were very pleased to receive financial support from the General Conference and from Australia in support for our suffering brethren after the destructive earthquakes... Read More →

‘And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.’ Exodus 34:27 Indeed, God is making a solemn covenant with His true people! The Fijian brethren experienced another occasion of God’s... Read More →

Praise to our Lord, God Jesus Christ for his wonderful providence and his blessings. We do know that he works things out his own way for the good of those that fear Him. For two weeks I have had the wonderful opportunity of visiting the islands of Vanuatu to open the way for... Read More →

Greetings to all from Joshua 22: 3 “You have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God.” God has been amazing with all He has done among His people in the Pacific, especially His flock at Vaitele-Fou... Read More →

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Peace and love from God be with you in abundance and greetings with 1 Thessalonians 2:8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unt... Read More →

Dear brothers, sisters and friends of the church, We are witnessing yet another tragedy in 2015, this time in Nepal. The massive earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8 has taken thousands of lives,  left many  people severely injured, destroyed property and left thousands homeless.... Read More →

Our brethren in Indonesia are continuing to make progress with The Lord’s help in spreading the Gospel to the Indonesian people. Last year we had a report of four new souls being baptised into the church. Earlier this year Pr Adrie Kalengkongan baptised another two precious... Read More →

 1st – 5th January 2015 “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:  Teaching them to observe... Read More →

Recently we have been very blessed with two new members to our Sydney church family. We rejoice as God rejoices in welcoming them into the body of Christ. Wednesday the 19th of November 2014 was a very special day for Sister Liueni Manu’a. She had decided on this beautiful,... Read More →

It was a wonderful occasion for our Field and especially the Suva Church, the Sabbath afternoon of the 08th November when they witnessed the baptism of two elderly sisters (Sister Emele Taoba and Sister Naomi) who have for some years shown interest in the message on the Sabbath.... Read More →

We are excited to announce a new feature here at IMSPacific. Just subscribe to our newsletter and you will receive weekly emails featuring the latest news and articles from our web site as well as a link to the upcoming Sabbath School Lesson. Proceed to the newsletter... Read More →

Dear Fellow Believers, We are sad to inform you that we have lost some brethren in the church. They are our Bible worker, Brother Benjamin Smith, and his son. They died from the deadly virus known as Ebola. Brother Smith accepted his sick brother, who came from Monrovia on Friday... Read More →

10th July-13th July 2014 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be moved, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains... Read More →

Our brethren in Indonesia have been blessed with new members in recent months. Pr Adrie Kalengkongan is thrilled to announce the growth in Indonesia and continues to work in the mission field, proclaiming the Good News to souls. Please continue to pray for our brothers and... Read More →

The three yearly combined conference of the Oceania Union and Australian Field was held in Sydney, Australia from the 17th to the 20th of April 2014. People from far and near attended. Delegates were present from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, and Tahiti.... Read More →