The Seventh-day Adventist educational system, part of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and ...
, is overseen by 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 ...
located in
Silver Spring, Maryland
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. The educational system is a
Christian school
A Christian school is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization.
The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country, according to the religious, educational, and political cultures. In some countr ...
-based system.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has associations with a total of 8,515 educational institutions operating in over 100 countries around the world with over 1.95 million students worldwide.
The denominationally-based school system began in the 1870s.
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on the church's official website The church supports
holistic education:
Education by level
Primary
There are 5,915 Primary Schools worldwide (June 2018 report).
Enrollment: over 1.2 million students.
Secondary
There are more than 2,435 Secondary Schools worldwide (June 2018 report).
Enrollment: More than 603,000 students.
Tertiary
The Adventist Church, usually through Union-level administrative units, is associated with
post secondary educational institutions around the world, including training institutes, junior colleges and four-year universities, and medical schools, including those associated with
Adventist hospitals. Number of Tertiary Institutions (worldwide): 115. Enrollment (worldwide): more than 145,000.
Education by area
North America
The
North American Division Office of Education coordinates with 1,049 schools with 65,000 students in the
United States
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,
Canada
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, and
Bermuda
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See also
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List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities
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Organizations
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References
Sources
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* Steve Daily,
My Dream for Adventist Higher Education. ''Adventist Today'' 8 (Jan–Feb 2000), p18–19
External links
Seventh-day Adventist Church Department of EducationNorth American Division of Seventh-day Adventists Office of Education voted in 1987
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History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church