Our history
Seventh-day Adventist work in Tanzania began in 1903, when Abraham C. Enns and Johannes Ehlers arrived in Tanganyika and began working among the Pare people. Tanzania’s first Seventh-day Adventist church building was constructed at Giti Miamba in the Pare Mountains.
As the Church grew, the Tanzania Union Mission was divided into two unions. The Northern Tanzania Union Conference was organised in December 2013 with headquarters in Arusha. The General Conference formally recognised the two unions in 2015.
In 2025, the North Mara, North-West Tanzania and Simiyu River fields were organised. The fourth Union Session was held in September of that year at the University of Arusha.