La Division de l’Afrique du Centre-Ouest
La Division de l’Afrique du Centre-Ouest
De la Mauritanie au nord-ouest, à la République démocratique du Congo au sud, et le Tchad au Nord-Est, la Division de l'Afrique du Centre-Ouest (West-Central Africa Division, WAD) se compose de 22 pays.
La Division compte une population d'environ 350 millions d’habitants et près de 865 000 membres d'Eglise adorant dans 3 400 églises. Elle a été réorganisée en 2003, lorsqu’une troisième Division fût rajoutée en Afrique pour répondre à la croissance de l'Eglise sur le continent.
3 universités appartiennent à la WAD : Au Nigeria, l'Université Babcock, qui comprend l’école de médecine Benjamin S. Carson. L'école dispose de plus de 5 800 étudiants et est parmi les 3 plus grandes universités de l’Eglise de par le nombre d’inscrits ; au Ghana, l’Université Valley View ; au Cameroun, l'Université Adventiste Cosendai qui est l’une des 2 seules universités privées du pays dont les diplômes sont reconnus par le gouvernement. L’institution compte environ 370 élèves.
Bride price, divorce, and leadership in African families
The Adventist Pan-African Conference on Dynamic Family Relations, a milestone event that brought together the three Seventh-day Adventist Division on the African subcontinent concluded with an additional array of challenging topics affecting African...
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In another first for the Family Ministries Department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, three African divisions, or world regions, came together from March 1-3, 2018 to discuss relevant and challenging subjects in the area of marriage and family....
Adventist Church in Ghana responds to viral sexual assault video
According to police reports, on December 18, more than five teenage boys tied up a young girl, raped her and recorded it for circulation on social media. The video went viral and caught the attention of the police who subsequently arrested three of...
Adventists in Côte d'Ivoire host peace summit following terrorist attack
Religious leaders in the West African country of Côte d'Ivoire are calling for a unified response to violence carried out by Islamic extremists. At a March 18 summit and press conference, held at the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s regional...
Seven Seventh-day Adventists killed in Cameroon attacks
A group known for terrorist attacks in Western Africa, raided a village killing nine people, including seven Adventists. The attacks took place on the night of September 17 in the village of Aïssa Harde, located in the Far North of Cameroon. Heavily...
6 Newcomers Among 13 Division Presidents
General Conference (GC) session delegates elected six new presidents to the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s 13 world divisions and kept seven incumbents on Monday. General Conference president Ted N. C. Wilson said officers at Adventist world church...