Divisions
5-640: Divisions The West-Central Africa Division ( WAD ) of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists , which coordinates the Church's operations in 22 African countries, which include Benin , Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Cape Verde , Central African Republic , Chad , Congo , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Ivory Coast , Liberia , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , Senegal , Sierra Leone , and Togo . Its headquarters
10-424: A representative form of church government, which means authority arises from the membership of local churches. In addition to administering their own congregations, churches send representatives to vote on matters and leaders in a shared local unit of administration. They vote also on who will represent them in a large area, with further representation selected at each successively larger administrative region. Finally,
15-461: Is in Abidjan , Côte d'Ivoire . Founded in 2003, the division membership as of June 30, 2021 was 889,196. The West-Central Africa Division is divided into six Union Missions and four Union Conferences. These are divided into local conferences, missions and regions. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is the governing organization of
20-589: The Seventh-day Adventist Church . Its headquarters is located in Silver Spring, Maryland and oversees the church in directing its various divisions and leadership, as well as doctrinal matters. The General Conference, which is overseen by an executive committee and an elected President of the General Conference , is the administrative head of the global church. The denomination is organized in
25-499: The General Conference elects the executive committee and officers who hold its authority between the decisions of the quinquennial General Conference Session . Four units of church structure provide organization. They are interdependent while holding some unique authorities and consisting of specific constituencies. The General Conference holds three meetings in which leaders from around the world gather to discuss church issues and finances. While two meetings meet annually, usually at
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