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Adventist Church

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Church has a strong presence in Georgia that dates to 1872. Congregations in Georgia are part of two administrative church conferences, both with headquarters in Georgia. The predominantly white Georgia-Cumberland Conference includes churches in Georgia, North Carolina's Cherokee County, and eastern Tennessee. The South Atlantic Conference consists of the African American Adventist congregations throughout most of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. These conferences have grown significantly from 16,298 members in 1964 to 53,659 members in 2000.
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