The Diocese of Raiwind was established in 1980, after a decision of the SYNOD - Church of Pakistan in creating 4 additional Dioceses to the already prevailing ones announced in 1970.

The old Dioceses were - Karachi, Multan, Lahore and Sialkot. The new Diocese created in 1980 were Hyderabad, Raiwind, Faisalabad and Peshawar. The Rt. Rev. Michael Nazir Ali was elected as the first Bishop of Raiwind in 1984, (almost 4 years after the creation of the Diocese). He served the Diocese till 1986, resigning for personal reasons.

Rt. Rev Samuel Robert Azariah , (who was a priest in the Diocese of Karachi from 1978 - 1987) was elected as the second Bishop of Raiwind in June 1987. He was consecrated and enthroned on the 19 July, 1987 and still continues to remain the Bishop of the Diocese.

The Diocese of Raiwind within its Episcopal jurisdiction comprises the former United Methodist Mission areas and is predominantly rural and semi-urban. The Central Diocesan Office is in Lahore based at Warris Road, from where the Diocesan jurisdiction begins. The Diocese stretches out from Warris Road, almost 65 miles South of Lahore. Our last pastoral congregation is Chak 18, in the area of Changa Manga (a jungle).

The Diocese pre-dominantly comprises of people working as unskilled laborers, farmers, construction workers and brick kiln workers.For efficient administration the Diocese is divided into 3 administrative districts, Lahore, Raiwind and Kahna, respectively (it is a remnant of the old Methodist System).The total population of the diocese is approximately 4 million, mostly composed of non-Christian population (almost 80%).

In the larger and more metropolitan areas of our diocese, many of our members are well educated and serve in management-level positions of employment. However, in many of the rural areas, there are many people, who neither read nor write. For the last 20 years the Diocese has been looking after the educational needs of children irrespective of what community the child belongs to. Through the years its service have grown from a few schools in the villages around Lahore and Raiwind, to a total number of sixteen. These schools are located in Urban, Semi-Urban and rural areas of Lahore and Raiwind.