West-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists

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West-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists
AbbreviationWAD
Formation2003
TypeReligious/non-profit
Headquarters Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Coordinates5.330565,-3.992254
Region served
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
Membership
1,016,479 (June 2024)
President
Prof. Robert Osei-Bonsu [1]
Parent organization
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Website wad.adventist.org

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 is in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Founded in 2003, the division membership as of June 30, 2021 was 889,196. [1]

Contents

Sub-fields

The West-Central Africa Division is divided into six Union Missions and four Union Conferences. These are divided into local conferences, missions and regions. [2]

History

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References

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