Church World Divisions Administratively, the world-wide Church has 12 Divisions, which are composed of churches grouped by a collection of missions, fields, or states into unions of churches. The Divisions, headquarters, and geographical descriptions are:
•Africa-Indian Ocean (AID) Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire; 32 mostly French-speaking countries across Africa to Indian Ocean islands,
‘Eastern Africa (EAD) Harare, Zimbabwe; ten nations primarily along the east coast from Djibouti to Botswana,
‘Euro-Africa (EUD) Beme, Switzerland; three Portuguese-speaking nations of Africa attached to 25 central European countries because of common languages,
•Euro-Asian (ESD) Tula, Russia; states in the Commonwealth of Independent States (certain of the countries of the former Soviet Union),
‘Inter-American (lAD) Miami, USA; 46 nations including Mexico and four countries on the north rim of South America, and the Caribbean Islands,
‘North American (NAD) Silver Spring, USA; the United States, Canada, Bermuda, two Islands in the Pacific Ocean beyond Hawaii, and two off the coast of Newfoundland,
‘Northern Asia Pacific (NSD) Seoul, Korea; China, Korea, Japan and Mongolia. (200,000 believers in the People’s Republic of China direct their own program in cooperation with the Three-Self Movement)
‘South American (SAD) Brasilia, Brazil; eight nations below the rim on the north of the continent which are associated with Inter-America,
•South Pacific (SPD) Wahroonga, Australia; Australia, New Zealand, Kiribati and the islands of the Pacific lying south of the Equator between 140 East and 120 West longitudes,
•Southern Asia (SUD) Tamil Nadu, India; India, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldive Islands,
‘Southern Asia Pacific (S SD) Manila, Philippines, 13 countries in the Orient and Pacific Islands north of the equator,
•Trans-European (TED) St. Albans, England; 30+ diverse nations of Great Britain, Scandinavia and the Baltics southward from Poland through the Balkans to Greece and the countries of the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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