General Conference Session

General Conference Session

The General Conference Session is the official world meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The first session was held on May 20, 1863 with 20 delegates in attendance, and it is now held quinquennially (every five years).

List of sessions

* 1. 1863 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 2. 1864 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 3. 1865 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 4. 1866 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 5. 1867 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 6. 1868 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 7. 1869 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 8. 1870 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 9. 1871 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 10. 1871 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 11. 1873 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 12. 1873 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 13. 1874 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 14. 1875 Battle Creek, Michigan
* (*) 1876 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 15. 1876 Lansing, Michigan
* (*) 1876 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 16. 1877 Lansing, Michigan
* (*) 1878 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 17. 1878 Battle Creek, Michigan
* (*) 1879 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 18. 1879 Battle Creek, Michigan
* (*) 1880 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 19. 1880 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 20. 1881 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 21. 1882 Rome, New York
* 22. 1883 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 23. 1884 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 24. 1885 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 25. 1886 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 26. 1887 Oakland, California
* 27. 1888 Minneapolis, Minnesota (see article 1888 Minneapolis General Conference)
* 28. 1889 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 29. 1891 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 30. 1893 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 31. 1895 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 32. 1897 College View, Nebraska
* 33. 1899 South Lancaster, Massachusetts
* 34. 1901 Battle Creek, Michigan
* 35. 1903 Oakland, California
* 36. 1905 Washington, D.C., Washington
* 37. 1909 Washington, D.C., Washington
* 38. 1913 Washington, D.C., Washington
* 39. 1918 San Francisco, California
* 40. 1922 San Francisco, California
* 41. 1926 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* 42. 1930 San Francisco, California
* 43. 1936 San Francisco, California
* 44. 1941 San Francisco, California
* 45. 1946 Washington, D.C., Washington
* 46. 1950 San Francisco, California
* 47. 1954 San Francisco, California
* 48. 1958 Cleveland, Ohio
* 49. 1962 San Francisco, California
* 50. 1966 Detroit, Michigan
* 51. 1970 Atlantic City, New Jersey
* 52. 1975 Vienna, Austria (first session outside of North America)
* 53. 1980 Dallas, Texas (27 fundamental beliefs voted; now 28 Fundamentals)
* 54. 1985 New Orleans, Louisiana
* 55. 1990 Indianapolis, Indiana
* 56. 1995 Utrecht, Netherlands ["Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia" Vol 10., p.593-54]
* 57. 2000 Toronto, Ontario, Canada ( [http://session2000.adventist.org/ website] )
* 58. 2005 St. Louis, Missouri ( [http://session2005.adventist.org/ website] )

Future:
* 59. 2010 Atlanta, Georgia
* 60. 2015 San Antonio, Texas

(*) refers to a special session

See also

* General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
* 1888 Minneapolis General Conference
* Seventh-day Adventist Church
* History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

External links

* [http://www.gcsession.org/ GCSession.org]
* [http://www.adventistarchives.org/documents.asp?CatID=14&SortBy=1&ShowDateOrder=True General Conference Session Bulletins] from Adventist Archives

References


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