The West-Central Africa Division (WAD) of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which coordinates the Church's operations in 22 African countries, which include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its headquarters is in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Founded in 2003, the division membership as of June 30, 2021 was 889,196.[1]
Abbreviation | WAD |
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Formation | 2003 |
Type | Religious/non-profit |
Headquarters | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. |
Coordinates | 5.330565,-3.992254 |
Region served | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo |
Membership | 889,196 |
President | Elie Weick-Dido[1] |
Parent organization | General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists |
Website | wad |
The West-Central Africa Division is divided into six Union Missions and four Union Conferences. These are divided into local conferences, missions and regions.[2]