North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Abbreviation	NAD
Formation	1913
Type	Religious/Non-Profit
Headquarters	Columbia, Maryland, United States
Region served	United States, Canada, Bermuda, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Guam, Wake Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia
Membership	1,267,711
President	G. Alexander Bryant[1]
Parent organization	General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Website	nadadventist.org

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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 association with the United States - Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. Founded in 1913, its headquarters in the same building as the General Conference, moved to separate quarters in Columbia, Maryland in 2017.^[2] As of June 30, 2021^[update], the Division's membership was 1,267,711.^[1]

Organization

The North American Division is divided into nine Union Conferences, one National Church, and one attached Mission. The Unions and National Church are divided into local Conferences. Nine of these local Conferences are African-American Conferences (AAC) that share the same territory with other local Conferences.^[3]

History