The East-Central Africa Division (ECD) of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the

General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists The General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists is the governing organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Its headquarters is located in Silver Spring, Maryland and oversees the church in directing its various divisions and ...

, which oversees the Church's work in portions of

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

, which includes the nations of

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

, Eritrea,

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi ...

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...

, Rwanda, Burundi,

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the ...

and the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. Its headquarters is in

Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...

. The Division membership as of June 30, 2021 is 4,588,423.

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The East-Central African Division is divided into three Union Conferences, eight Union Missions, one attached Mission and one attached Territory. These are divided into local Conferences, Fields, and Missions. * Burundi Union Mission ** East Burundi Field ** North Burundi Field ** North-West Burundi Field ** South-West Burundi Field * East Congo Union Mission ** East Kasai Field ** East Katanga Mission ** North Katanga Field ** South Katanga Field ** West Katanga Field * Eastern Ethiopia Union Mission ** Central Ethiopia Field ** North Ethiopia Field ** Northwest Ethiopia Field ** South Central Ethiopia Field ** South East Ethiopia Field ** South Ethiopia Field ** South Green Ethiopia Field ** South Shewa Ethiopia Field * East Kenya Union Conference ** Central Kenya Conference ** Central Rift Valley Conference ** East Nairobi Field ** Kenya Coast Field ** Kenya Lake Conference ** North East Kenya Field ** Nyamira Conference ** Nyamira West Field ** South-East Kenya Field ** South Kenya Conference ** South Nairobi Kajiado Field ** South Rift Valley Field * North East Congo Union Mission ** Central Kivu Field ** Kibali Ituri Mission ** Maniema Mission ** North Kivu Field ** South Kivu Field ** Upper Congo Field * Northern Tanzania Union Conference ** Mara Conference ** North-East Tanzania Conference ** Nyanza Gold Belt Field ** South Nyanza Conference ** Tanzania Rift Valley Field ** Western Tanzania Conference * Rwanda Union Mission ** Central Rwanda Field ** East Central Rwanda Conference ** North Rwanda Conference ** North-East Rwanda Field ** North-West Rwand Field ** South Rwanda Field ** South-East Rwanda Field ** West Rwanda Field * Southern Tanzania Union Mission ** Central Tanzania Field ** East-Central Tanzania Conference ** Lake Taganyika Field ** South East Tanzania Conference ** Southern Highlands Conference * Uganda Union Mission ** Central Uganda Conference ** Eastern Uganda Field ** North Buganda Field ** Northern Uganda Field ** Rwenzori Field ** Southwestern Uganda Field ** West Buganda Field ** Western Uganda Field * West Congo Union Mission ** Central Kasai Field ** Congo Equatorial Field ** Lower Congo Field ** West Congo Field ** West Kasai Field * Western Ethiopia Union Mission ** South West Ethiopia Field ** West Central Ethiopia Field ** West Ethiopia Conference ** Gambella Field Station * West Kenya Union Conference ** Central Nyanza Conference ** Greater Rift Valley Conference ** Kenya Lake Conference **Lake Victoria Field ** North Rift Field ** North West Kenya Conference ** Ranen Conference ** Western Kenya Conference ** West Rift Valley Field * Eritrea Mission Field * South Sudan Attached Territory ** Eastern Upper Nile Field ** Greater Bahr el Ghazal Field ** Greater Equatoria Field ** North-Central Nile Field

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