Organized in 1861, its Lansing headquarters coordinates 44 elementary schools and junior academies, four senior academies, one university (Andrews University), two youth camps (Camp Au Sable and Camp Sagola), and one camp meeting site (Cedar Lake). With over 25,000 members in about 190 churches and companies, it is part of the Lake Union Conference, one of eight such unions within the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.