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.

Mission Values Priorities

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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Mountain View Conference Elects New President

Story by Mountain View Conference Staff

The Mountain View Conference (MVC) elected Mike Hewitt as president at their Executive Committee meeting today.

Hewitt has served in MVC for a year as executive secretary and ministerial director. Larry Boggess, former MVC president, recently retired.

“He loves soul-winning and people, and he can identify with many of our pastors who have come from a different profession than pastoring,” said Boggess of Hewitt.

Hewitt previously served as pastor of Potomac Conference’s Lynchburg (Va.) church.  He and spent 11-and-a-half years as a pastor in the Potomac Conference, and worked as a police officer for 10 years.

(More information coming soon!)

Adventist Community Services of Greater Washington Recommended by Washingtonian Magazine

Story by ACSGW Staff
 
Adventist Community Services of Greater Washington (ACSGW)  is one of 24 regional charities recently recognized in The Washingtonian magazine's "Doing Good" feature that recommends area nonprofits to support with holiday season giving.
 
The Washingtonian recognized ACSGW for its work providing local residents necessities such as food and clothing, as well as technology education and job training.
 
More than 400,000 read The Washingtonian monthly, and Washingtonian.com reaches more than one million unique readers each month.