Mid-American Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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The Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, often abbreviated to Mid-America Union, is a sub-entity of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
, which is part of the worldwide
Seventh-day Adventist Church
. It covers the area of Colorado
, Iowa
, Kansas
, Minnesota
, Missouri
, Nebraska
, North Dakota
, South Dakota
, Wyoming
and San Juan County
in New Mexico
.
It is sub-divided into six conferences, each conference being made up of its respective churches.
Dakota Conference - Oversees the work of churches and schools in North Dakota and South Dakota. Headquarters: Pierre, South Dakota
Iowa-Missouri Conference - Oversees the work of churches and schools in Iowa and Missouri. Headquarters: West Des Moines, Iowa
Kansas-Nebraska Conference - Oversees the work of churches and schools in Kansas and Nebraska. Headquarters: Topeka, Kansas
Minnesota Conference - Oversees the work of churches and schools in Minnesota. Headquarters: Maple Grove, Minnesota
Rocky Mountain Conference - Oversees the work of the churches and schools in Colorado, Wyoming and San Juan County, New Mexico. Headquarters: Denver, Colorado
North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda is officially organized as the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists...
, which is part of the worldwide
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is the governing organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is located in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, where it moved in 1989...
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
. It covers the area of Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
, North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....
, South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
, Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
and San Juan County
San Juan County, New Mexico
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*51.6% White*0.6% Black*36.6% Native American*0.4% Asian*0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.5% Two or more races*7.2% Other races*19.1% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
in New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
.
It is sub-divided into six conferences, each conference being made up of its respective churches.
List of Conferences and their Headquarters
Central States Conference - Oversees the work of African-America churches and schools in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Headquarters: Kansas City, KansasDakota Conference - Oversees the work of churches and schools in North Dakota and South Dakota. Headquarters: Pierre, South Dakota
Iowa-Missouri Conference - Oversees the work of churches and schools in Iowa and Missouri. Headquarters: West Des Moines, Iowa
Kansas-Nebraska Conference - Oversees the work of churches and schools in Kansas and Nebraska. Headquarters: Topeka, Kansas
Minnesota Conference - Oversees the work of churches and schools in Minnesota. Headquarters: Maple Grove, Minnesota
Rocky Mountain Conference - Oversees the work of the churches and schools in Colorado, Wyoming and San Juan County, New Mexico. Headquarters: Denver, Colorado