Who We Are, How We Serve

The Columbia Union Conference coordinates the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s work in the Mid-Atlantic United States, where 150,000 members worship in 860 congregations. We provide administrative support to eight conferences; two healthcare networks; 81 early childhood, elementary and secondary schools; a liberal arts university; a health sciences college; a 49 community services centers; 8 camps; 5 book and health food stores and a radio station.

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We Believe

God is love, power, and splendor—and God is a mystery. His ways are far beyond us, but He still reaches out to us. God is infinite yet intimate, three yet one,
all-knowing yet all-forgiving.

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This fall, the Allegheny East and Chesapeake conferences will join forces—with support from It is Written, the North American Division and the Columbia Union Conference—to host evangelistic meetings in Baltimore. Prior to the meetings, members and volunteers will be working on projects throughout the area to prepare for the event.

One of those projects is a free medical clinic September 25, 26 and 28. Licensed medical and non-medical volunteers are needed to help share the love of Christ in Baltimore.

The Columba Union Conference is sending 21 delegates to the 2025 General Conference Session in St. Louis. Six of those delegates are lay members. 

Administrative Delegates
Marcellus Robinson, Columbia Union (CU)
Celeste Ryan Blyden, CU
Emmanuel Asiedu, CU
Trevor Kinlock, Allegheny East Conference (AEC)
Marvin Brown, Allegheny West Conference (AWC)
Jerry Lutz, Chesapeake Conference (Ches)
Tim Bailey, Mountain View Conference (MV)
Stephen Lee, New Jersey Conference (NJC)
Bob Cundiff, Ohio Conference (Ohio)
Gary Gibbs, Pennsylvania Conference (PA)
Charles Tapp, Potomac