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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A Missional Renaissance: an Interview with Ty Gibson

Interview with Tye Gibson by Ben Riggs

In early 2025, Kettering Health (KH) revisited its Seventh-day Adventist heritage to emerge with a new mission statement.

They brought author, pastor, and speaker Ty Gibson onto their team to lead an assessment and inform the process of ensuring all KH employees could connect to and adopt this new mission statement as their own.

Mission and Identity

Question: You’ve helped guide KH through a significant shift in its mission. What does “Live God’s love by promoting and restoring health” mean to you—and how do you see it shaping the organization’s future?

Allegheny East Conference Family Life Ministry Leaders Complete Certification

Family Life Ministry Leaders Complete Certification, Allegheny East Conference, David Defoe, MarcellusT. Robinson

Story by LaTasha Hewitt

The Relationship Ministries Department recently hosted a Family Life Certification training at Allegheny East Conference’s Headquarters in Pine Forge, Pa. Local church family life leaders from New Jersey to Virginia participated in a 10-module, train-the- trainer weekend. The training was designed to equip leaders to implement “trauma-informed, Bible-based, relevant and restorative programs” for families, couples and parents in the local church.

How Can a Truck Lead To More Compassion?

WGTS listeners brought 8,100 pounds of food to the truck at four locations in the region to help provide food for families affected by the government shutdown and the decrease in food benefits.

Thanks to generous gifts from listeners who caught the vision, WGTS 91.9 has welcomed a new member to their team, a ministry box truck that will allow WGTS to reach more people with the love of Jesus.

Starting in the last quarter of 2025, WGTS staff used this vehicle to bring hope to the region through Hands and Heart projects and Sticker Stops, Christian concerts, along with special events at schools and churches.

How Is Your Love Life?

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Editorial by Charles A. Tapp

Many years ago, while a college student, a good friend gave me a book that would change my life forever. The book is titled “Living God’s Love” by the author Douglas Cooper. For me, the most profound aspect of this book was Cooper's definition of love.

His definition resonated with me so strongly that I memorized it and have used it countless times since. On page 126, here’s how Douglas Cooper defines love. He says, “Loving is using one’s God-given power of choice, to do or say, that which is in the best good or interest of another, regardless of feelings.”