Upper Chiapas Conference
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UPPER CHIAPAS CONFERENCE

Organized 2005; reorganized 2013;
Reorganized, and territory divided 2017

Territory: Northeast part of the state of Chiapas: Aldama, Altamirano, Amatenango del Valle, Chalchihuitan, Chamula, Chanal, Chenalho, Chilon, Comitan de Dominguez, El Bosque, Frontera Comalapa, Huituipan, Huixtan, La Independencia, La Trinitaria, Las Margaritas, Las Rosas, Maravilla Tenejapa, Marques de Comilla, Mitontic, Oxchuc, Ocosingo, Panthelo, San Andres Duraznal, San Andres Larrainzar, San Cristobal de las Casas, San Juan Cancuc, Santiago El Pinar, Simojovel, Sitala, Socoltenango, Tenejapa, Teopisca, Tzimol, Venustiano Carranza, and Zinacantan.

Statistics (June 30, 2019): Churches, 169; membership, 42,511; population, 1,866,778 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 52 (967) 674-6277.

Fax: 52 (967) 631-6110.

E-mail: [email protected] .

Address: Calzada las Americas No. 25; Colonia San Diego; San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas 29270; Mexico.

Administration:

President, Samuel Castellanos.

Secretary, Daniel Guzman.

Treasurer, Eved Vazquez.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Ministerial Association, and Youth Ministries, Lenin A. Sanchez; Evangelism, Joel Sanchez; Shepherdess International, Gloria M. Rodriguez.

Children's Ministries, Family Ministries, and Women's Ministries, Araceli Oliveros.

Communication, and Education, Daniel Guzman.

Health Ministries, and Stewardship Ministries, Marvin L. Bac.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Osiel Navarro, Samuel Castellanos.

Publishing Ministries, and Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Joel Sanchez.

Agency:

ADRA, Eved Vazquez.

Ministries and Services:

ASI, Eved Vazquez.

Auditing, Joel Alvarez.

Campus Public Ministries, and Lord Transform Me, Lenin A. Sanchez.

Retention and Consolidation, Joel Sanchez.

Spirit of Prophecy, Daniel Guzman.

System Codes: EntityID: 30948; OrgMastID: AGPU11; AdmFieldID: UPCH.
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