General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Religious InstitutionsMaryland, United States1001-5000 Employees
The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists serves as the global headquarters for the Seventh-day Adventist Church and is located at 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland 20904, United States. It operates 13 divisions worldwide that organize and coordinate the work of more than 21 million members across 212 countries and more than 162,000 congregations. The organization maintains an extensive education network, comprising 112 colleges and universities and more than 7,700 primary, secondary, and vocational schools worldwide, described as the world's largest private education network after the Catholic Church. It runs 62 publishing houses and a global television and radio network that broadcasts 24/7 on every continent. The General Conference supports health and humanitarian work through more than 160 hospitals and clinics and via its humanitarian agency, ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency). The organization employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people and maintains a website at gc.adventist.org.