GENERAL CONFERENCE
Organized May 21, 1863
Territory: The land area of the World; comprising the East-Central Africa, Euro-Asia, Inter-American, Inter-European, North American, Northern Asia-Pacific, South American, South Pacific, Southern Africa-Indian Ocean, Southern Asia, Southern Asia-Pacific, Trans-European, and West-Central Africa Divisions; the Ukrainian Union Conference; the Chinese, and Middle East and North Africa Union Missions; and the Israel Field.
Statistics (June 30, 2025): Churches, 105,447; membership, 24,051,322; population, 8,083,027,000 (online statistics).
Telecommunications:
Telephone: 1 (301) 680-6000.
Fax: 1 (301) 680-6090.
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System Codes: EntityID: 10010; OrgMastID: A11111; AdmFieldID: GC.
Administration
President, Erton C Kohler.
Assistants to the President, Magdiel E Perez Schulz; Mark A Finley, Michael L Ryan.
General Vice Presidents, Audrey E Andersson, Leonard A Johnson, Thomas L Lemon, Pierre E Omeler, Robert Osei-Bonsu, Saw Samuel, Artur A Stele.
Vice Presidents:
East-Central Africa Division, Blasious M Ruguri.
Euro-Asia Division, Mikhail F Kaminskiy.
Inter-American Division, Abner De los Santos.
Inter-European Division, Barna Magyarosi.
North American Division, G Alexander Bryant.
Northern Asia-Pacific Division, Soon Gi Kang.
South American Division, Stanley E Arco.
South Pacific Division, Glenn C Townend.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division, Harrington S Akombwa.
Southern Asia Division, John Victor Chinta.
Southern Asia-Pacific Division, Roger O Caderma.
Trans-European Division, Daniel Duda.
West-Central Africa Division, Bassey E O Udoh.
Secretary, Richard E McEdward.
Undersecretary, Hensley M Moorooven.
Associate Secretaries, Gary D Krause, Elbert Kuhn, Alexander Ott, Karen J Porter, Gerson P Santos, Selom K Sessou; Assistant Secretary, Lissy Park.
Treasurer, Paul H Douglas.
Undertreasurer, J Raymond Wahlen II.
Associate Treasurers, Timothy H Aka, Sabrina Cotton DeSouza, German A Lust, Gideon M Mutero, Josue Pierre, Richard T Stephenson; Assistant Treasurer, Raul A Nestares; Assistant to the Treasurer, and SunPlus Director, Brent B Burdick.
Other Treasury Contacts:
Controller, Eugene A Korff; Associate, ___.
Adventist Technology: Manager, Richard T Stephenson.
Data Governance: Director, Stephen Filkoski; Associate, Annette Melgosa.
Digital Media: Director, John R Beckett; Associate, Juan Cabrera.
Digital Strategy for Mission: Manager, Karen Glassford.
Information Services: Director, Adrian Schmidt; Associates, Eder Marski (Security), Gerardo Sangronis (Network and Telecomm), Robert Sowards (Service and Support).
Software Solutions: Director, Kenrie Hylton; Robert A Berglund (Application Developer), Jonathan D Brauer (Sr App Infrastructure Manager), Renan C Gorski (Web Application Developer), Lucas F Hernandez (App Infrastructure Engineer), Italo Osorio (Systems Architect), Scott Severance (Web Application Developer), Timothy J Wade (Electronic Content Manager).
GC Investment Office: Director of Investments, Timothy H Aka; Investor Relations and Portfolio Manager, Delanney Kruger; Money Fund Manager, Deicy Pongilatan; Mortgage Portfolio Manager, Anees Abdelnour; Investment Fund and Portfolio Manager, Peter Fukuda; Investment Relations Manager (Financial Institutions), Wilhelmina Taylor; Investment Senior Accountant, Gideon Ngoboka; Portfolio Manager, Glenn Mariano; Senior Researcher and Learning Development Associate, Christine Jin.
Meeting Planner, Silvia Sicalo.
Field Secretaries, Elias Brasil de Souza, Merlin D Burt, Vyacheslav Demyan, James M Howard, Paulo Lopes, Ronald Nalin, Magdiel E Perez Schulz, James S Winegardner.
Human Resources: Director, Laura C Im; Associate Directors, Beth Roberts, Joel G Swanson.
Executive Committee
GENERAL CONFERENCE MEMBERS
Administration:
President, Erton C Kohler.
General Vice Presidents, Audrey E Andersson, Leonard A Johnson, Thomas L Lemon, Pierre E Omeler, Robert Osei-Bonsu, Saw Samuel, Artur A Stele.
Secretary, Richard E McEdward.
Undersecretary, Hensley M Moorooven.
Associate Secretaries, Gary D Krause, Elbert Kuhn, Alexander Ott, Karen J Porter, Gerson P Santos, Selom K Sessou.
Treasurer, Paul H Douglas.
Undertreasurer, J Raymond Wahlen II.
Associate Treasurers, Timothy H Aka, Sabrina C DeSouza, German A Lust, Gideon M Mutero, Josue Pierre, Richard T Stephenson.
Field Secretaries, Elias Brasil de Souza, Merlin D Burt, Vyacheslav Demyan, James M Howard, Paulo Lopes, Ronald Nalin, Magdiel E Perez Schulz, James S Winegardner. (Additional field secretaries as appointed by the General Conference Executive Committee.)
Departmental Directors:
Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Ivan H Omana.
Children's Ministries, Orathai Chureson.
Communication, Alyssa Truman.
Education, Lisa M Beardsley-Hardy.
Family Ministries, Wilbert H Oliver.
Health Ministries, Zeno L Charles-Marcel.
Ministerial Association, Ramon J Canals.
Planned Giving and Trust Services, Hector O Reyes.
Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Nelu Burcea.
Publishing Ministries, Mario Martinelli.
Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, J Daniel Ebenezer.
Stewardship Ministries, Marcos F Bomfim.
Women's Ministries, Galina I Stele.
Youth Ministries, Sibusiso B Khumalo.
WORLD DIVISION MEMBERS
East-Central Africa Division
Administration:
President, Blasious M Ruguri.
Secretary, Moses Maka Ndimukika.
Treasurer, Yohannes Olana Beyene.
Union Presidents:
Burundi, Dieudonne Nshimirimana.
East Congo, Heritier M Mbuya.
East Kenya, Samuel Makori.
Eastern Ethiopia, Tadesse Adugna.
North East Congo, Kyusa D Kahindo.
Northern Tanzania, David D Mpwani.
Rwanda, Hesron R Byilingiro.
South Sudan, Mark Igga M Odolopre.
Southern Tanzania, Joseph F Mngwabi.
Uganda, Samuel Kajoba.
West Congo, Gregoire Mbaya.
West Kenya, Samuel O Misiani.
Western Ethiopia, Geremew Biru Daka.
Euro-Asia Division
Administration:
President, Mikhail F Kaminskiy.
Secretary, Ivan I Velgosha.
Treasurer, Oleg V Voronyuk.
Union Presidents:
Belarus, Yuferau V Kanstantsin.
Caucasus, Andrei A Kachalaba.
East Russian, Eduard V Bulavchik.
Far Eastern, Lev I Bondarchuk.
Moldova, Andrei M Moldovanu.
Southern, Dmytro V Zubkov.
West Russian, Aleksander V Zhukov.
Inter-American Division
Administration:
President, Abner De los Santos.
Secretary, Pierre Caporal Sr.
Treasurer, Ivelisse Herrera.
Union Presidents:
Atlantic Caribbean, Kent A Price.
Belize, Al Richard Powell.
Caribbean, Kern P Tobias.
Central Mexican, Jorge Alberto Garcia Perez.
Chiapas Mexican, Jose Luis Bouchot.
Costa Rica, Ricardo Marin.
Cuban, Aldo J Perez Reyes.
Dominican, Teofilo Silvestre.
Dutch Caribbean, Shurman R Kook.
East Venezuela, Luis Paredes.
El Salvador, Abel Pacheco Lopez.
French Antilles-Guiana, Eddy-Michel Carpin.
Guatemala, Guenther Garcia Arroyo.
Haitian, Jean-Phillippe Extrat.
Honduras, Adan H E Ramos Lagos.
Inter-Oceanic Mexican, Abraham Sandoval Jimenez.
Jamaica, Everett E Brown.
Nicaragua, Wilfredo Ruiz Marenco.
North Colombian, Gonzalo Cardona A.
North Mexican, Luis Arturo King.
Panama Union, Jose Smith.
Puerto Rican, Luis A Rivera Maldonado.
South Colombian, Henry Beltran.
Southeast Mexican, David Celis Aguilar.
West Venezuela, Orlando Ramirez.
Inter-European Division
Administration:
President, Barna Magyarosi.
Secretary, Ruben De Abreu.
Treasurer, Norbert G Zens.
Union Presidents:
Austrian, Reinhard C Schwab.
Bulgarian, Milen R Georgiev.
Czecho-Slovakian, Peter Cik.
Franco-Belgian, David Milard.
Italian, Andrei Cretu.
North German, Johannes Naether.
Portuguese, Jose Lagoa da Costa.
Romanian, Aurel Neatu.
South German, Werner K Dullinger.
Spanish, Oscar Lopez.
Swiss, Stephan Sigg.
North American Division
Administration:
President, G Alexander Bryant.
Secretary, Kyoshin Ahn.
Treasurer, Judy R Glass.
Union Presidents:
Atlantic, Abraham J Jules.
Canada, Seventh-day Adventist Church in, Paul Llewellyn.
Columbia, Marcellus T Robinson.
Lake, Elden Ramirez.
Mid-America, Gary F Thurber.
North Pacific, John Freedman.
Pacific, Bradford C Newton.
Southern, Ron C Smith.
Southwestern, Carlos J Craig.
Northern Asia-Pacific Division
Administration:
President, Joshua Soon Gi Kang.
Secretary, Toshio Shibata.
Treasurer, TaeSeung Kim.
Union Presidents:
Bangladesh, Won Sang Kim.
Japan, Yutaka Inada.
Korean, Soo Myung Nam.
Pakistan, Sung Bae Gee.
South American Division
Administration:
President, Stanley E Arco.
Secretary, Edward Heidinger Zevallos.
Treasurer, Edson Medeiros.
Union Presidents:
Argentina, Alejandro Brunelli.
Bolivia, Hugo Valda Sardina.
Central Brazil, Maurico Pinto Lima.
Chile, Aldo Munoz Perrin.
East Brazil, Moises Moacir da Silva.
Ecuador, Max Schuabb.
North Brazil, Andre H De Souza Dantas.
North Peru, Daniel A Montalvan.
Northeast Brazil, Alijofran L Brandao.
Northwest Brazil, Fabio Dias.
Paraguay, Benjamin Belmonte.
South Brazil, Charlles Britis.
South Peru, Edinson Vasquez Diaz.
Southeast Brazil, Hiram Kalbermatter.
Uruguay, Paulo R Barbosa Lopes.
West Central Brazil, Matheus Tavares.
South Pacific Division
Administration:
President, Glenn C Townend.
Secretary, Michael B Sikuri.
Treasurer, J Francois Keet.
Union Presidents:
Australian, Brendan D Pratt.
New Zealand Pacific, Edward Tupa'i.
Papua New Guinea, Danny Philip.
Trans Pacific, Charlie Jimmy.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division
Administration:
President, Harrington S Akombwa.
Secretary, Gideon P Reyneke.
Treasurer, Hopekings K Ngomba.
Union Presidents:
Botswana, Phemelo Seboka.
Indian Ocean, Michael Bijoux.
Malawi, Petro Sukali.
Mozambique, Jose Moreira.
North-Eastern Angola, Teixera M Vinte.
Northern Zambia, Teddy Kauda.
Southern Africa, Dingindawo P Shongwe.
Southern Zambia, Vanny M Munyumbwe.
South-Western Angola, Tyindongo Ndjimbo.
Zimbabwe Central, Henry Makuvire.
Zimbabwe East, Godfrey Musara.
Zimbabwe West, Bongani Ndlovu.
Southern Asia Division
Administration:
President, John Victor Chinta.
Secretary, Ujwal A Kandane.
Treasurer, Riches Christian.
Union Presidents:
East-Central India, Isaac K R Nethala.
Northeast India, Biakzidinga Renthlei.
Northern India, Mohan M Bhatti.
South-Central India, Mohanraj Daniel.
Southeast India, Shanmugam Ambrose.
Southwest India, Jose P Sukumaran.
Western India, Anil Kandane.
Southern Asia-Pacific Division
Administration:
President, Roger O Caderma.
Secretary, Samuel Yotam Bindosano.
Treasurer, Jacinto M Adap.
Union Presidents:
Central Indonesia, Rudi Situmorang.
East Central Philippine, Eliezer T Barlizo Jr.
East Indonesia, Ronald Rantung.
Malaysia, Abel Anak J Bana.
Myanmar, Alvin Po Po Hla.
Northern Luzon Philippine, Daniel A Malabad.
Southeastern Asia, Nipitpon Pongteekatasana.
Southeastern Philippine, Danielo D Palomares.
Southern Luzon Philippine, Gerardo L Cajobe.
Southwestern Philippine, Jerry C Patalinghug.
West Central Philippine, Mamerto M Guingguing II.
West Indonesia, Binsar Sagala.
Trans-European Division
Administration:
President, Daniel Duda.
Secretary, Robert C Csizmadia.
Treasurer, Nenad Jepuranovic.
Union Presidents:
Adriatic, Zlatko Musija.
Baltic, David Nommik.
British, Eglan B Brooks.
Danish, Bjorn Ottesen.
Finland, Aimo S Helminen.
Hungarian, Tamas Z Ocsai.
Netherlands, Robert K De Raad.
Norwegian, Victor Marley.
Polish, Jaroslaw Dziegielewski.
South-East European, Dragan Grujicic.
Swedish, Daniel Hailemariam.
West-Central Africa Division
Administration:
President, Bassey E O Udoh.
Secretary, Vincent R Same.
Treasurer, Dickson S Marfo.
Union Presidents:
Central African, Oyeleke A Owolabi.
Eastern Nigeria, Onybuchi Thomas Opara.
Eastern Sahel, Adjeoda Komlan Djossou.
Mid-Ghana, Jonathan Owusu.
North-Central Ghana, Edward Nyarkoh.
North-East Cameroon, Richard Hendjena Tchanaga.
Northern Nigeria, ___.
South East Ghana, Peter Nyarkoh Duodu.
South West Ghana, Adeefe Kwakye.
West African, John Osward Baysah.
West-Central Cameroon, Omer A Nkonda.
Western Nigeria, Ezekiel A Adeleye.
Western Sahel, David V Njock.
General Conference Attached Field Representation
Chinese Union Mission:
President, Daniel Wang Xin Jiao.
Middle East and North Africa Union Mission:
President, Denis Sand.
Ukrainian Union Conference:
President, Roman Prodanyuk.
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International: Paulo Lopes, President, and Executive Director.
Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies: Ginger Ketting-Weller, President.
Adventist Review: Justin Kim, Director, and Editor.
Adventist Risk Management, Incorporated: James S Winegardner, President, and Executive Director.
Adventist University of Africa: Ademola S Tayo, President.
Adventist World Radio: James M Howard, President, and Executive Director.
Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide: Clifford R Goldstein, Editor.
Andrews University: John Wesley Taylor V, President.
Archives, Statistics, and Research: David Trim, Director.
Biblical Research Institute: Elias Brasil de Souza, Director.
Geoscience Research Institute: Ronald Nalin, Director.
Hope Channel International: Vyacheslav Demyan, President.
Loma Linda University Health: Richard H Hart, President.
Ministry Magazine: Jongimpi D Papu, Editor.
Past Presidents of the General Conference: Jan Paulsen, Ted N C Wilson.
Review and Herald Publishing Association: Erton C Kohler, President.
White Estate, Incorporated, Ellen G: Merlin D Burt, President/Director.
ELECTED MEMBERS
Three lay persons from each division (without regard to membership):
East-Central Africa: Philip Bisanda, Judith A Kayatta, Emmans Otadoh.
Euro-Asia: Aurel Duca, Valentina Evdokimenko, Ruslan Larin.
Inter-American: Juan C Arce Carrasquel, Irma F Echavarria Payero, Hugh Sanchez.
Inter-European: Jana Horakova, Laura Lacatuso, Dragos Penca.
North American: Cheryl Chavers, Monica Reed, Carol Turk.
Northern Asia-Pacific: Magdalina Pandey, Wan Sung Park, Makiko Suzuki.
South American: Vanda C Jones, Paulo de Tarcio Rocha Lino, Helio F Rosa de Araujo.
South Pacific: G Steven Esau, Karnyn Fua, David Melville.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean: Teresa C S Kandjawe, Geremias A Mendoca, Nozipho Ndebele.
Southern Asia: J Jacob Renjith, Tanveer Singh, Kaligithi Sudhakar.
Southern Asia-Pacific: Joseph P Kambey, Jonathan Lamorin, Rajdeep Srikureja.
Trans-European: Naomi Ninvalle, Birgit Philipsen, Niklas M Rantanen.
West-Central Africa: Adedeji T Adeleke, Kofi Sarpong Adu-Manu, Dang Cecile Valery.
One pastor from each division (without regard to membership):
East-Central Africa: Jacques Minani.
Euro-Asia: Anatoliy Golovizin.
Inter-American: Luis A Segura.
Inter-European: Daniel Bastos.
North American: Jason Ridley.
Northern Asia-Pacific: Seung Min Lim.
South American: Angel Vinicio Marcillo Cedeno.
South Pacific: Samuel Natina.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean: Isaac Chiyokoma.
Southern Asia: Deva Arul Barnabas.
Southern Asia-Pacific: Jonathan Hemoroz.
Trans-European: Lidija Djordjevic Runic.
West-Central Africa: Frank Aboagye.
One additional church pastor or other front-line denominational employee for every 500,000 members or major fraction thereof beyond the first 500,000:
East-Central Africa: Ntumba M Georges, Safawo Gullo, Ivule Ian, Victor Kabangusa, Hirut Birassa Kitila, Pal Gach Kuahien, Kyembwa Bulako Laurent, Julius Mbwambo, Kambale Muhasa, Umuremye Jolay Paul.
Inter-American: Martin E Carrillo Valenzuela, Faustino Gutierrez Castillo, Jamiro Hazel, Harry Medeuf, Omar Perez Betancour, Lillieth Williams.
North American: Matthew Smith.
South American: Maria T Cabanillas Chavez, Raphael Duarte Ferreira, Paulo Luci de Oliveira, Diego D Portillo Franco.
South Pacific: Georgina Puongo.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean: Norris J N Barra, Afonso G Cassule, Beauty Chongo, Kamwi Dennis, John A Kamedi, Ivor Mafabune, Enough Makanyire, Belinda Solomon.
Southern Asia: Susanth Geddam Roy.
Southern Asia-Pacific: Christopher Anderson, Mariano da Cruz.
West-Central Africa: Ezekiel Y Kakoh.
Forty members at large:
Rakhilya Askarova, Guillermo E Biaggi, Mari A Brito, Harold E Butler, Gizelle Lou Cabahug-Fugoso, Ricardo Casado, Agostinho Cussomba, Steve Dickman, Emmanuel Dike, Mark A Finley, Urs Helfenstein, Anthony Hilliard, Danny Houghton, Andi Husaker, Laura Im, Samuel Kemuel, Yo Han Kim, Peter Koolik, Wagner Kuhn, Ezras Lakra, Angela M Lalas, Georffrey G Mbwana, Chip Meekma Jr, Felipe Nagel Reis, Rodney Neal, G T Ng, Marie G Nyirandabaruta, Oscar Osindo, Juan R Prestol-Puesan, Mariusz J Radosh, E Albert Reece, Michael L Ryan, John Sackett, Agnes Shaiza, Juli Minako Tominaga.
