OrgCodes Explained
The current OrgCode scheme was introduced in the 1980s as a way to provide unique codes for Adventist organizations worldwide. The 6-character format indicates the organization's relationship to "parent", "child" and "sibling" organizations by character position and character choice.
Currently, the eAdventist team creates OrgCodes for NAD organizations and the GC Archives & Statistics team creates OrgCodes for all other divisions.
Beginning in 2023, some Divisions needed more unique codes and the General Conference has recently started to create 7-character OrgCodes for them. eAdventist plans to support for 7-character codes in the near future.
Character Position
First character identifies the General Conference.
A - General Conference
Second character identifies the division.
AN - North American Division
Third character identifies the union.
AN4 - Atlantic Union
AN6 - SDA Church in Canada
ANB - Columbia Union
ANF - Lake Union
ANG - Mid-America Union
ANI - North Pacific Union
ANP - Pacific Union
ANT - Southern Union
ANW - Southwestern Union
Fourth character identifies the conference.
ANI4 - Alaska Conference (North Pacific Union)
ANIF - Oregon Conference (North Pacific Union
ANBM - Potomac Conference (Columbia Union)
Fifth & sixth characters identify the organization.
ANIBMK6 - Sligo Church (Potomac Conference/Columbia Union)
Character Choice
Each character in the OrgCode is an upper-case alpha character (A-Z) or a numeric digit (1-9). "Zero" (0) is not used in the OrgCode.
Exception: eAdventist uses "zero" (0) in the third position to indicate unofficial OrgCodes of non-NAD churches that have been added to facilitate international transfers.
Repeated "ones" (1) indicate an administrative organization:
A11111 - General Conference
AN1111 - North American Division
ANP111 - Pacific Union
ANPP11 - Southeastern California Conference (Pacific Union)
A single "one" (1) indicates a sub-organization of an administrative organization:
ANP12Y - Pacific Union College (Pacific Union)
A conference church is usually indicated by the fifth and sixth characters being identical to the fourth (Conference) character:
ANFFFF - Michigan Conference Church
ANWFFF - Texas Conference Church