General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
- General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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company_name = General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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company_type = Religious/Non-Profit
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foundation = 1863
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location =Silver Spring ,Maryland ,USA
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key_people = Jan Paulsen (President)
area_served = Worldwide
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num_employees = 400
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homepage = [http://www.adventist.org www.adventist.org]
footnotes =The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists [http://www.adventist.org/world_headquarters/index.html.en] is the governing organization of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church . It is located in Silver Spring,Maryland ,United States .The General Conference is overseen by an executive committee, headed by a President. The General Conference Session is a meeting held every five years. [http://www.gcsession.org/]
It is divided into 13 divisions, which are subdivided into unions, conferences, and missions.
List of Divisions and their headquarters
* "East-Central Africa" [http://www.ecd.adventist.org/] -
Nairobi ,Kenya
* "Euro-Africa" [http://www.euroafrica.org/] - Berne,Switzerland
* "Euro-Asia" [http://www.adventist.ru/] -Moscow ,Russia
* "Inter-American" [http://www.interamerica.org/] - Miami,Florida ,United States
* "North American" [http://www.nadadventist.org/] - Silver Spring,Maryland ,United States (NAD)
* "Northern Asia-Pacific" [http://www.nsdadventist.org/] -Goyang ,South Korea (NSD)
* "Southern Africa-Indian Ocean" [http://www.sidadventist.org/] -Harare ,Zimbabwe
* "South American" [http://www.dsa.org.br/] -Brasilia ,Brazil
* "South Pacific" [http://www.adventist.org.au/] - Wahroonga,Australia (SPD)
* "Southern Asia" -Tamil Nadu ,India
* "Southern Asia-Pacific" [http://www.ssd.org/] - Cavite,Philippines (SSD)
* "Trans-European" [http://www.ted-adventist.org/] - St. Albans,United Kingdom (TED)
* "West-Central Africa" [http://www.wad-adventist.org/] -Abidjan ,Côte d'Ivoire Major Entities
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Adventist Development and Relief Agency
*Adventist Mission
*Adventist World Radio
*Global Mission General Conference Session
The General Conference Session is the official world meeting of the church, and is now held quinquennially (every five years). The first session was held on May 20, 1863, with 20 delegates in attendance.
ee also
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General Conference Session
*Government of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
*List of Presidents of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists External links
* [http://www.adventistyearbook.org/ Adventist Yearbook] The official organizational directory
* [http://www.adventist.org/world_church/world_divisions/index.html.en World Divisions] map and links
* [http://www.adventistarchives.org/documents.asp?CatID=2&SortBy=1&ShowDateOrder=True General Conference Committee Minutes] from Adventist ArchivesReferences
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