After the creation of new departments and unions within the General Conference—formed in 1863 as a governing body of the Seventh day Adventist Church—as well as two fires in 1902 that destroyed the Battle Creek Sanitarium and the General Conference, both located in Michigan—the Adventist Church had to find a new headquarters where the denomination could rebuild and expand. Ellen G. White urged other leaders to look for a location away from the Battle Creek area. Read more at https://www.columbiaunionvisitor.com/2024/why did general conference move takoma park. Images courtesy of the North American Division of Seventh day Adventist Office of Archives, Statistics and Records; G. W. Loring, New York Gallery, Battle Creek, Michigan Ellen G. White Estate; Pixabay