WORLD CHURCH

• GENERAL CONFERENCE DEPARTMENTS (Return)
  
  The leaders of the departments within the General Conference have accepted the responsibility before God and men to do all possible to spread the gospel in the whole world. Their task is to establish guidelines, to develop practical methods and ideas, and to give inspiration to the departments of the unions and fields so the entire organism lives, functions, and moves forward dynamically.
  
  The departments of the General Conference down to the lowest level should mesh together as cogs of a wheel, for only through this coopera­tive work, in which one department complements the other, can an effec­tive work be done worldwide. When the smallest wheel in a clock breaks down, the best, most beautiful clock will stop. The Holy Scriptures say that when one member suffers, all the others suffer with it, which means the whole body is sick.
  
  It is expected that all parts or organs of the organizational body work harmoniously together, as in our body one member serves another in order to maintain life.
  
  The General Conference contains the following departments:
  
  . Ministerial and Sabbath School Department
  
  . Publishing Department
  
  . Literature Evangelism Department
  
  . Evangelism Department
  
  . Youth Department
  
  Education Department
  
  . Health Department
  
  . Good Samaritan Department