General Conference Session (Seventh-day Adventist Church)

Table columns:
Session
Date
City
Venue
# of Delegates
Theme
Comments

Table rows:
cells: 1.
May 20–23, 1863
Battle Creek, Michigan
20
General Conference organized
cells: 2.
May 18–21, 1864
Battle Creek, Michigan
20
cells: 3.
May 17, 1865
Battle Creek, Michigan
21
Work with "colored" people organized
cells: 4.
May 16–17, 1866
Battle Creek, Michigan
19
cells: 5.
May 14–19, 1867
Battle Creek, Michigan
18
cells: 6.
May 12–18, 1868
Battle Creek, Michigan
15
cells: 7.
May 18–24, 1869
Battle Creek, Michigan
16
cells: 8.
March 15–20, 1870
Battle Creek, Michigan
22
James Erzberger of Switzerland becomes the first delegate from outside the United States
cells: 9.
February 7–12, 1871
Battle Creek, Michigan
17
cells: 10.
December 29, 1871 – January 3, 1872
Battle Creek, Michigan
14
cells: 11.
March 11–14, 1873
Battle Creek, Michigan
18
cells: 12.
November 14–16, 1873
Battle Creek, Michigan
21
cells: 13.
August 10–15, 1874
Battle Creek, Michigan
19
J.N. Andrews become the denomination's first authorized overseas missionary
cells: 14.
August 15–18, 1875
Battle Creek, Michigan
18
cells: 1st Special
March 31 – April 4, 1876
Battle Creek, Michigan
15
cells: 15.
September 19–24, 1876
Lansing, Michigan
16
First session to be held in another city in Michigan
cells: 2nd Special
November 12–13, 1876
Battle Creek, Michigan
16
cells: 16.
September 20–28, 1877
Lansing, Michigan
20
cells: 3rd Special
March 1–4, 1878
Battle Creek, Michigan
22
cells: 17.
October 4–16, 1878
Battle Creek, Michigan
39
cells: 4th Special
April 17–23, 1879
Battle Creek, Michigan
29
cells: 18.
November 7 – December 1, 1879
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
39
cells: 5th Special
March 11–15, 1880
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
28
cells: 19.
October 6–12, 1880
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
38
cells: 20.
December 1–19, 1881
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
41
cells: 21.
December 7–19, 1882
Rome, New York
Rome SDA Church
47
First session to be held outside of Michigan
cells: 22.
November 8–20, 1883
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
65
cells: 23.
October 30 – November 20, 1884
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
67
cells: 24.
November 18 – December 6, 1885
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
70
cells: 25.
November 18 – December 6, 1886
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
71
cells: 26.
November 13 – December 12, 1887
Oakland, California
Oakland SDA Church
70
First Session to be held west of the Mississippi River
cells: 27.
October 18 – November 8, 1888
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis SDA Church
91
see article 1888 Minneapolis General Conference, O. A. Olsen becomes first GC president not born in the United States
cells: 28.
October 18 – November 5, 1889
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
109
First Session with more than 100 delegates
cells: 29.
March 5–25, 1891
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
125
cells: 30.
February 17 – March 6, 1893
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
130
cells: 31.
February 15 – March 4, 1895
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
150
cells: 32.
February 19 – March 8, 1897
Lincoln, Nebraska
140
cells: 33.
February 15 – March 7, 1899
South Lancaster, Massachusetts
South Lancaster SDA Church
149
cells: 34.
April 2–23, 1901
Battle Creek, Michigan
Tabernacle
268
Major denominational reorganization with the creation of departments
cells: 35.
March 27 – April 3, 1903
Oakland, California
Oakland SDA Church
139
cells: 36.
May 11–30, 1905
Washington, D.C.
Tent meeting
197
cells: 37.
May 13 – June 6, 1909
Washington, D.C.
Tent meeting
328
Ellen White's last session. First Session with delegates from each of the world's major continents
cells: 38.
May 15 – June 8, 1913
Washington, D.C.
Tent meeting
372
cells: 39.
March 29 – April 14, 1918
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Municipal Auditorium
443
First Session to not be held in a church building
cells: 40.
May 11–28, 1922
San Francisco, California
Exposition Auditorium
581
cells: 41.
May 27 – June 14, 1926
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Auditorium
577
cells: 42.
May 28 – June 12, 1930
San Francisco, California
Exposition Auditorium
577
cells: 43.
May 26 – June 8, 1936
San Francisco, California
Exposition Auditorium
671
cells: 44.
May 26 – June 7, 1941
San Francisco, California
Exposition Auditorium
619
cells: 45.
June 5–15, 1946
Washington, D.C.
Sligo SDA Church
828
Last Session to be held in a church building
cells: 46.
July 10–22, 1950
San Francisco, California
Exposition Auditorium
943
cells: 47.
May 24 – June 5, 1954
San Francisco, California
Exposition Auditorium
1109
First Session to have more than 1000 delegates
cells: 48.
June 19–28, 1958
Cleveland, Ohio
Public Auditorium
1160
cells: 49.
July 26 – August 4, 1962
San Francisco, California
Exposition Auditorium
1314
We Have This Hope
cells: 50.
June 16–25, 1966
Detroit, Michigan
Cobo Hall
1495
Behold He Cometh
cells: 51.
June 11–20, 1970
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City Convention Hall
1782
That the World May Know
cells: 52.
July 10–19, 1975
Vienna, Austria
Stadthalle
1756
First session to be held outside of North America
cells: 53.
April 16–26, 1980
Dallas, Texas
Dallas Convention Center
1925
By His Spirit
27 Fundamental Beliefs Created; now 28 Fundamentals
cells: 54.
June 27 – July 6, 1985
New Orleans, Louisiana
Superdome
2044
Christ Our Hope
First Session with more than 2000 delegates
cells: 55.
July 5–14, 1990
Indianapolis, Indiana
Hoosier Dome
2239
We Shall Behold Him
Global Mission was launched. 3ABN first broadcast of a General Conference Session
cells: 56.
June 29 – July 8, 1995
Utrecht, Netherlands[2]
Jaarbeurs Complex
2321
United in Christ
cells: 57.
June 29 – July 8, 2000
Toronto, Canada
SkyDome
1844
Almost Home
Hope Channel first broadcast of a General Conference Session
cells: 58.
June 29 – July 9, 2005
St. Louis, Missouri
Edward Jones Dome
1903
Transformed in Christ
28th fundamental belief added to the 27
cells: 59.
June 23 – July 3, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia Dome
2244
Proclaiming God's Grace
cells: 60.
July 2–11, 2015
San Antonio, Texas
Alamodome
2566
Arise! Shine! Jesus is Coming!
cells: 61.
June 25 - July 4, 2020
Indianapolis, Indiana
Lucas Oil Stadium
TBD
TBD
Future Session
cells: 62.
2025
St. Louis, Missouri
TBD
TBD
TBD
Future Session

Questions about this table:
originalText: where will the next general conference of sda be held
answer: answerTexts: Indianapolis, Indiana