One more soul, a sister in the faith of Jesus, was baptized recently in New Caledonia, part of the Oceania Division at the IMS, the Facebook profile IMS Oceania Division conformed yesterday, on Sabbath, October 17, 2026, by publishing photos and an inkling of the Lord’s Word in Luke 15:7 - “I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.” The daily temperature in New Caledonia reached yesterday 27 degrees Celsius which was, of course, the perfect weather for a Christian baptism.
New Caledonia, a French territory with a land area of 18,575 sq km (7,172 sq mi) including a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km (140 mi) southwest of the Republic of Vanuatu and 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia, is situated 16,100 km (10,000 mi) from the European France and has a special status in a chapter of the French Constitution. On September 24, 1853, New Caledonia was annexed by France under orders from Emperor Napoleon the Third, while the Nouméa Accord, signed on May 5, 1998, secured a gradual transferring the competences to the local government. Today, New Caledonia reached a population of 264,596 inhabitants, as of the April 2025 census, divided into three provinces: the North and South Provinces, located on the New Caledonian mainland, as well as the Loyalty Islands Province, comprising a series of four inhabited islands off the east coast of mainland – Ouvéa, Lifou, Tiga и Maré.
Written by Margarit Zhekov
Just before the baptism; a photo by the Facebook profile IMS Oceania Division.
