How Seventh-day Adventist Church Is Organized.

Well, we are almost done with this book about who your friends the Seventh-day Adventists are and what we believe and why. This blog also provides many resources to learn more about who we are. We are not a crazy cult of any type. SDA Has so many good things out there for people. We have Hospitals and Universities, and outreach and several types of ministries for every possible situation out there. We base all we do solely on the Bible. Ellen White's writings never stray from the bible either. She is NOT our leader as some like to say. We do NOT follow her. We follow Jesus Christ and His word. If you do an honest study and research you will learn the truth about us. Stop believing the lies Satan has put out there. He hates us and is very afraid of us, because we do follow His commandments and we have the Testimony of Jesus.
Revelation 12:17 17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Now on to the next section of getting acquainted....
   
     Much like America's democracy, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has from the beginning chosen a representative form of government. The key unit of its organization is the local congregation.
     The congregation in a given geographical area such as a state or province make up a local conference In the United States, populous states may be divided into more than one conferences (California, for example, has four conferences), while in less populated areas, a conference may include tow states (North and South Dakota are a single conference).
     The local conference appoints ministers for individual congregations. Adventist ministers are all paid from the tithes sent to the local conference by the members of its individual congregations---and all the ministers receive the same salary whether their congregation is large or small.
     A number of local conferences together form a union conference. Nine union conferences, for example, cover the United States and Canada. The entire world is divided in to eleven divisions---each composed of several union conferences. together, these divisions make up the world wide level of church government called the General Conference.
     The world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church---its General Conference---is located in Silver Spring, Maryland. The chief executive of the church is its president, who is elected (or reelected) every five years at a General Conference session. Delegates from each level of church government convene for this quinquennial session to hear reports and transact business that relates to the world church.

Next post will be The primary activities of the SDA Church. Stayed tuned! :)