(unit of church organization). The name used in some parts of the world for the unit of church organization corresponding to a local conference, a mission, or a section, or a national church; that is, a unit comprising local churches, stations, or districts, and itself forming, normally, a part of a union (the exception being a “detached” field not part of any union but operated directly under the division). “Mission field” has been used at times to designate a territory assigned to or worked by a conference or some other unit, but not yet organized as a mission. See Organization, Development of, in Seventh-day Adventist Church.