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The president of the General Conference is the head of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the governing body of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The president's office is within the offices of the General Conference, located in Silver Spring, Maryland. [1] As of June 2010, the current president is Ted N. C. Wilson.
The union conference (in some cases, a union mission) is made up of conferences and fields in a larger geographical area. The General Conference administers the worldwide direction of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The General Conference includes 13 regional administrative sections, called divisions as well as four attached unions/fields.
The North American Division (NAD) of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which oversees the Church's work in the United States, Canada, French possessions of St. Pierre and Miquelon, the British overseas territory of Bermuda, the US territories in the Pacific of Guam, Wake Island, Northern Mariana Islands, and three states in free ...
Washington Adventist University was established in 1904 by the Seventh-day Adventist Church as Washington Training College. In 1907, it was renamed Washington Foreign Mission Seminary , in 1914, Washington Missionary College , in 1961, Columbia Union College , and in 2009 received its current name.
Walla Walla University, College Place, Washington, United States; Washington Adventist University, Takoma Park, Maryland, United States; Not Church-owned, but closely aligned with the Seventh-day Adventist Church: Hartland College, a division of Hartland Institute, Rapidan, Virginia, United States
The General Conference Session is the official world meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, held every five years.At the session, delegates from around the world elect the Church's World Leaders, discuss and vote on changes to the Church's Constitution, and listen to reports from the Church's 13 Divisions on activities going on within its territory.
Seventh-day Adventist Church membership from 1863 to 2022. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is one of the world's fastest-growing organizations, primarily from membership increases in developing nations. Today much of the church membership reside outside of the United States, with large numbers in Africa, Asia and Latin America. [45]
Assumed office June 23, 2010: Preceded by: Jan Paulsen: Vice President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; In office August 2000 – June 23, 2010: President of the Euro-Asia Division of Seventh-day Adventists; In office 1992–1996: Personal details; Born May 10, 1950 (age 74) Takoma Park, Maryland: Nationality: American ...