Structure of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

With a membership of over 13 million world wide it is very important for the Seventh-day Adventist Church to have a sound working structure. At present this consists of four layers:

General Conference (split into a handful of Divisions)

Union (usually following national boundaries)

Conference or Mission (subdivisions of Unions)

Local Church Congregation

This particular web-site is maintained at Union level. Within the British Union we have two Conferences, (the North England Conference and the South England Conference) and three Missions (the Irish Mission, the Scottish Mission, and the Welsh Mission). Conferences differ from Missions in that they are financially self supporting, whereas Missions are not.

The British Union Conference is located within the territory of the Trans-European Division, which is part of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.