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<\/a>New administrative units in the Adventist Church\u2019s West-Central Africa Division. Church leaders say the changes recognize growing membership in Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria and the church\u2019s Sahel Union Mission. Click to enlarge. Map by Tanya Holland\/ANN<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cThe present structure in all four unions placed an unmanageable demand on union staff, which limited their presence and effectiveness in the areas that they served,\u201d said Rosa Banks, an Adventist world church associate secretary and liaison to church administrations in Africa. \u201cDividing these territories will provide a strategic advantage for the fulfillment of the mission of the church,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
David Trim, director of the world church\u2019s Office of Archives, Statistics and Research said it has been demonstrated that adding more local structure helps membership and tithe grow, as well as increasing the rate of growth. \u201cWith more administrative units they can more effectively strategize and use resources,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Ghana Union Conference reports a membership of nearly 397,000, which is more than the combined total of both of the denomination\u2019s European divisions.<\/p>\n
\u201cCreating a second union in Ghana is long overdue, based on their tithes, membership or any other metric,\u201d Trim said.<\/p>\n
The current Ghana Union is a \u201cunion conference,\u201d which means it is self-sustaining, both in finances and leadership. Other unions are classified as \u201cunion missions,\u201d which rely on appropriations. Ghana currently has the only union conference in the division.<\/p>\n
As part of the division\u2019s reorganization, Adventist Church structure in Ghana will be divided into the South Ghana Union Conference, based in Accra, and the North Ghana Union Mission, based in Kumasi.<\/p>\n
In Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, the Adventist Church\u2019s two union missions will become three unions, one of them a union conference.<\/p>\n
The current North-Western Nigeria Union Mission, based in Ikeja in Lagos State, will divide and become a union mission in the north and a union conference in the south. In this region\u2019s northern territory, the church will create the Northern Nigeria Union Mission, based in Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory. In the Southwest part of the country, the church will create the Western Nigeria Union Mission, with headquarters in Maryland, Lagos.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis particular step is to facilitate mission in the northern part of the country where the church has yet to penetrate effectively,\u201d Trim said.<\/p>\n
The Central Africa Union Mission, now based in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon, will relocate its headquarters to Bangui, Central African Republic, allowing the newly created Cameroon Union Mission to operate out of Yaound\u00e9.<\/p>\n
And the church\u2019s Sahel Union Mission, now based in Lom\u00e9, Togo, will become two union missions \u2013 the Eastern Sahel Union Mission, based in Lom\u00e9, and the Western Sahel Union Mission, headquartered in Dakar, Senegal.<\/p>\n
\u201cDividing this field into two unions will afford better administrative oversight in these challenging fields and will save money on the high cost of travel in that part of the world,\u201d said G. T. Ng, executive secretary of the Adventist world church.<\/p>\n
Ng emphasized that reorganizing structure is a step in the right direction but not an automatic cure-all for slow or stagnant membership growth. Rather, he said, it is with both reorganization and a strengthening of individual congregations that best contributes to growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been shown that local church-based evangelism is the most effective model of evangelism,\u201d Ng said. \u201cMembers are the most important assets of the church. Pastors have to double up as trainers beyond playing their traditional role as baptizers and have a discipleship program in place for new members.\u201d<\/p>\n
The West-Central Africa Division, with headquarters in Abidjan, Cote D\u2019Ivoire, is home to a reported membership of approximately 866,000. It currently has six unions; the reorganization later this year will give the division 10 unions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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