"Each succeeding decade had marked a doubling of church membership and employed laborers, and the beginning of new lines of endeavor. By the turn of the century the work had grown to world proportions. The statistical report for 1900 shows that literature was being issued in thirty-nine languages from thirteen publishing houses and branches. Five hundred ordained ministers, with a thousand other workers in various branches of denominational endeavor were serving 66,000 believers, holding membership in 1,892 churches. These were grouped in forty-five local conferences and forty-two local missions. In Australia and also in Europe the local conferences were newly knit together in Union Conference organizations. 7T 3.3"
"And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith."
Both passages describe a period of significant growth and expansion in the early church/denomination. The EGW passage provides specific details about the growth of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, while Acts 6:7 describes the growth of the early Christian church. The parallel lies in the rapid increase in membership and the expansion of the work.
"With the development of the publishing work, and with the inception of the medical and educational interests and the beginning of Sabbath School work, autonomous organizations had been formed to care for these branches of the cause. There were the International Sabbath School, Medical Missionary, and Religious Liberty Associations, besides various publishing and educational associations. The foreign mission work was managed by the Foreign Mission Board. Although the interests of these various organizations were interrelated, yet each served as a separate distinct body with headquarters offices widely separated over the United States. As for the Foreign Mission Board office, New York City was chosen because of the advantages of a large shipping center. In the case of the Sabbath School Association, Oakland, California, was a center convenient to its officers. The religious liberty work was headed up in Chicago, Illinois, and the medical missionary work at Battle Creek, Michigan. 7T 3.4"
"For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ."
Both passages discuss the concept of a unified body with diverse parts working together. 1 Corinthians 12:12 uses the analogy of the human body to illustrate the unity and diversity within the Christian church. The EGW passage describes the various autonomous organizations within the Seventh-day Adventist Church, each with its own focus and location, but all contributing to the overall mission. The parallel lies in the idea of different parts working together for a common purpose.