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, 2022): Churches, 96,716; membership, 22,126,852; population, 7,963,235,000 (online statistics).
Telecommunications:
Telephone: 1 (301) 680-6000.
Fax: 1 (301) 680-6090.
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Address: 12501 Old Columbia Pike; Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6600.
System Codes: EntityID: 10010; OrgMastID: A11111; AdmFieldID: GC.
Administration
President, Ted N. C. Wilson.
Assistants to the President, Magdiel E. Perez Schulz; ramon J. Canals, Mark A. Finley, James M. Howard, Duane McKey, Michael L. Ryan, E. Douglas Venn.
General Vice Presidents, Audrey E. Andersson, Guillermo E. Biaggi, Abner De los Santos, Thomas L. Lemon, Geoffrey G. Mbwana, Artur A. Stele, Maurice R. Valentine II.
Vice Presidents:
East-Central Africa Division, Blasious M. Ruguri.
Euro-Asia Division, Mikhail F. Kaminskiy.
Inter-American Division, Elie Henry.
Inter-European Division, Mario Brito.
North American Division, G. Alexander Bryant.
Northern Asia-Pacific Division, Yo Han Kim.
South American Division, Stanley E. Arco.
South Pacific Division, Glenn C. Townend.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division, Harrington S. Akombwa.
Southern Asia Division, Ezras Lakra.
Southern Asia-Pacific Division, Roger O. Caderma.
Trans-European Division, Daniel Duda.
West-Central Africa Division, Robert Osei-Bonsu.
Secretary, Erton C. Kohler.
Undersecretary, Hensley M. Moorooven.
Associate Secretaries, Gary D. Krause, Elbert Kuhn, Karen J. Porter, Claude J. Richli, Saw Samuel, Gerson P. Santos; Assistant Secretary, Lissy Park.
Treasurer, Paul H. Douglas.
Undertreasurer, J. Raymond Wahlen II.
Associate Treasurers, Timothy H. Aka, George O. Egwakhe, German A. Lust, Daisy J. F. Orion, Josue Pierre, Richard Stephenson; Assistant Treasurer, Raul A. Nestares; Assistant to the Treasurer, Brent B. Burdick, SunPlus Director.
Other Treasury Contacts:
Controller, Eugene A. Korff.
Associate Controller, Denise Bennett.
GC Investment Office: Investment Manager, Timothy H. Aka; Investor Relations and Portfolio Manager, Delanney Kruger; Money Fund Manager; Deicy Pongilatan; Anees Abdelnour, Mortgage Portfolio Manager; Investment Relations Manager (Financial Institutions), Wilhelmnia Taylor; Investment Analyst Intern, Gustavo Brasil de Souza.
Meeting Planner, Silvia Sicalo.
Field Secretaries, Elias Brasil de Souza, Merlin D. Burt, Michael Kruger, Duane McKey, Derek J. Morris, Ronald Nalin, Magdiel E. Perez Schulz, James S. Winegardner.
Director, Human Resources, Lori T. Yingling; Associate Directors, Joel G. Swanson, Lori E. Williams.
Executive Committee
GENERAL CONFERENCE MEMBERS
Administration:
President, Ted N. C. Wilson.
General Vice Presidents, Audrey E. Andersson, Guillermo E. Biaggi, Abner De los Santos, Thomas L. Lemon, Geoffrey G. Mbwana, Artur A. Stele, Maurice R. Valentine II.
Secretary, Erton C. Kohler.
Undersecretary, Hensley M. Moorooven.
Associate Secretaries, Gary D. Krause, Elbert Kuhn, Karen J. Porter, Claude J. Richli, Saw Samuel, Gerson P. Santos.
Treasurer, Paul H. Douglas.
Undertreasurer, J. Raymond Wahlen II.
Associate Treasurers, Timothy H. Aka, George O. Egwakhe, German A. Lust, Daisy J. F. Orion, Josue Pierre, Richard Stephenson.
Field Secretaries, Elias Brasil de Souza, Merlin D. Burt, Michael Kruger, Duane McKey, Derek J. Morris, 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, Williams S. Costa Jr.
Education, Lisa M. Beardsley-Hardy.
Family Ministries, Wilbert H. Oliver.
Health Ministries, Peter N. Landless.
Ministerial Association, Ramon J. Canals.
Planned Giving and Trust Services, Dennis R. Carlson.
Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Ganoune H. Diop.
Publishing Ministries, Almir M. Marroni.
Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, James M. Howard.
Stewardship Ministries, Marcos F. Bomfim.
Women's Ministries, Heather-Dawn K. Small.
Youth Ministries, Sibusiso B. Khumalo.
WORLD DIVISION MEMBERS
East-Central Africa Division
Administration:
President, Blasious M. Ruguri.
Secretary, Musa Mitekaro.
Treasurer, Jerome Habimana.
Union Presidents:
Burundi, Enock Ntunzwenimana.
East Congo, Ilunga Mujinga.
East Kenya, Samuel Makori.
Eastern Ethiopia, Tadesse Adugna.
North East Congo, Rudatinya Mwangachuchu.
Northern Tanzania, Godwin K. Lekundayo.
Rwanda, Hesron R. Byilingiro.
Southern Tanzania, Mark Malekana.
Uganda, Moses M. Ndimukika.
West Congo, Lamec Barishinga.
West Kenya, Samuel Misiani.
Western Ethiopia, Geremew Biru Daka.
Euro-Asia Division
Administration:
President, Mikhail F. Kaminskiy.
Secretary, Ivan I. Velgosha.
Treasurer, Vladimir I. Tkachuk.
Union Presidents:
Belarus, Vyacheslav V. Buchnev.
Caucasus, Vladimir Krupskyi.
East Russian, Moisei Ostrovski.
Far Eastern, Lev Bondarchuk.
Moldova, Illie Leahu.
Southern, Dmytro Zubkov.
West Russian, ___.
Inter-American Division
Administration:
President, Elie Henry.
Secretary, Leonard A. Johnson.
Treasurer, Ivelisse Herrera.
Union Presidents:
Atlantic Caribbean, Peter Kerr.
Belize, Dennis R. Slusher.
Caribbean, Kern P. Tobias.
Central Mexican, Jose Dzul Trejo.
Chiapas Mexican, Ignacio Navarro Perez.
Cuban, Aldo J. Perez Reyes.
Dominican, Paulino Puello.
Dutch Caribbean, Shurman Kook.
East Venezuela, Jorge Atalido.
El Salvador, Abel Pacheco.
French Antilles-Guiana, Eddy-Michel Carpin.
Guatemala, Ever G. Garcia Arroyo.
Haitian, Pierre Caporal Sr.
Honduras, Adan H. E. Ramos Lagos.
Inter-Oceanic Mexican, Abraham Sandoval.
Jamaica, Everett E. Brown.
North Colombian, Edgar J. Redondo Ramirez.
North Mexican, Luis A. King.
Panama Union, Jose De Gracia.
Puerto Rican, Luis Rivera Maldonado.
South Central American, Ricardo Marin.
South Colombian, Alvaro Nino.
Southeast Mexican, David Celis Aguilar.
West Venezuela, Orlando Ramirez.
Inter-European Division
Administration:
President, Mario Brito.
Secretary, Barna Magyarosi.
Treasurer, Norbert G. Zens.
Union Presidents:
Austrian, Reinhard C. Schwab.
Bulgarian, Milen Georgiev.
Czecho-Slovakian, Mikulas Pavlik.
Franco-Belgian, Ruben De Abreu.
Italian, Andrei Cretu.
North German, Johannes Naether.
Portuguese, Jose Lagoa.
Romanian, Aurel Neatu.
South German, Werner Dullinger.
Spanish, Oscar Lopez.
Swiss, Olivier Rigaud.
North American Division
Administration:
President, G. Alexander Bryant.
Secretary, Kyoshin Ahn.
Treasurer, C. Randolph Robinson.
Union Presidents:
Atlantic, Pierre Omeler.
Canada, Seventh-day Adventist Church in, Paul Llewellyn.
Columbia, Dave Weigley.
Lake, Kenneth A. Denslow.
Mid-America, Gary F. Thurber.
North Pacific, John Freedman.
Pacific, Bradford Newton.
Southern, Ron C. Smith.
Southwestern, Carlos J. Craig.
Northern Asia-Pacific Division
Administration:
President, Yo Han Kim.
Secretary, Hiroshi Yamaji.
Treasurer, TaeSeung Kim.
Union Presidents:
Japan, Yutaka Inada.
Korean, Joshua Soongi Kang.
South American Division
Administration:
President, Stanley E. Arco.
Secretary, Edward Heidinger Zevallos.
Treasurer, Marlon de Souza Lopes.
Union Presidents:
Argentina, Dario Caviligone.
Bolivia, Hugo Valda Sardina.
Central Brazil, Maurico Pinto Lima.
Chile, Aldo Munoz.
East Brazil, Andre De Souza Dantas.
Ecuador, Emerson de Freitas.
North Brazil, Leonino Barbosa Santiago.
North Peru, Daniel Montalvan.
Northeast Brazil, Moises Moacir da Silva.
Northwest Brazil, Sergio Alan Alves Caxeta.
Paraguay, Benjamin Belmonte.
South Brazil, Marlinton S. Lopes.
South Peru, Enzo R. Chavez Idrogo.
Southeast Brazil, Hiram Kalbermater.
Uruguay, Jorge Wiebusch Martins.
West Central Brazil, Alijofran Brandao.
South Pacific Division
Administration:
President, Glenn C. Townend.
Secretary, Michael B. Sikuri.
Treasurer, J. Francois Keet.
Union Presidents:
Australian, A. Terry Johnson.
New Zealand Pacific, Edward Tupa'i.
Papua New Guinea, Malachi Yani.
Trans Pacific, Maveni Kaufononga.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division
Administration:
President, Harrington S. Akombwa.
Secretary, Gideon P. Reyneke.
Treasurer, Hopekings K. Ngomba.
Union Presidents:
Botswana, Strike M. Ben.
Indian Ocean, Jean M. Solofo Georges.
Malawi, Tony Nyirenda.
Mozambique, Alfredo J. Chilundo.
North-Eastern Angola, Teixera M. Vinte.
Northern Zambia, Tommy S. Namitondo.
Southern Africa, Dingindawo Shongwe.
Southern Zambia, Vanny M. Munyumbwe.
South-Western Angola, Manuel Pacheco.
Zimbabwe Central, Dumisane Ncube.
Zimbabwe East, Godfrey Musara.
Zimbabwe West, Sikhumbuzo Ncube.
Southern Asia Division
Administration:
President, Ezras Lakra.
Secretary, Chinta John Victor.
Treasurer, Riches Christian.
Union Presidents:
East-Central India, Johnson J. Thadi.
Northeast India, C. Tawkthanga.
Northern India, Benoy D. Tirkey.
South-Central India, Peter Chidlappa Halemane.
Southeast India, Daniel Devadhas.
Southwest India, Plamkoottathil A. Varghese.
Western India, Ujwal A. Kandane.
Southern Asia-Pacific Division
Administration:
President, Roger O. Caderma.
Secretary, Wendell W. Mandolang.
Treasurer, Jacinto M. Adap.
Union Presidents:
Bangladesh, Won Sang Kim.
Central Philippine, Eliezer Barlizo Jr.
East Indonesia, Yotam Bindosano.
Malaysia, Abel Anak J Bana.
Myanmar, Timothy M. Paul.
North Philippine, Gerardo L. Cajobe.
Pakistan, Myun Ju Lee.
South Philippine, Danielo Palomares.
Southeastern Asia, Somchai Chuenjit.
West Indonesia, Sugih Sitorus.
Trans-European Division
Administration:
President, Daniel Duda.
Secretary, Robert C. Csizmadia.
Treasurer, Nenad Jepuranovic.
Union Presidents:
Adriatic, Drago Mojzes.
Baltic, Ivo Kask.
British, Eglan Brooks.
Danish, Thomas Muller.
Finland, Aimo Helminen.
Hungarian, Tamas Z. Ocsai.
Netherlands, Robert de Raad.
Norwegian, Victor Marley.
Polish, Ryszard Jankowski.
South-East European, Dragan Grujicic.
Swedish, Robert Sjolander.
West-Central Africa Division
Administration:
President, Robert Osei-Bonsu.
Secretary, Selom Kwasi Sessou.
Treasurer, Markus Musa Dangana.
Union Presidents:
Cameroon, Valere G. Assembe Minyono.
Central African, Salomon Grah Assienin.
Eastern Nigeria, Bassey E. O. Udoh.
Eastern Sahel, Adjeoda Komlan Djossou.
Northern Ghana, Kwame Annor-Boahen.
Northern Nigeria, Yohanna Harry.
Southern Ghana, Thomas Techie Ocran.
West African, Michael Saidu Koroma.
Western Nigeria, Oyeleke A. Owolabi.
Western Sahel, David Njock.
General Conference Attached Field Representation
Chinese Union Mission:
President, Daniel Wang Xin Jiao.
Middle East and North Africa Union Mission:
President, Richard E. McEdward.
Ukrainian Union Conference:
President, Stanislav V. Nosov.
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International: Michael Kruger, President, and Executive Director.
Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies: Ginger Ketting-Weller, President.
Adventist Review: Justin Kim, Editor.
Adventist Risk Management, Incorporated: James S. Winegardner, President, and Executive Director.
Adventist University of Africa: Vincent R. Injety, President.
Adventist World Radio: Duane McKey, President, and Executive Director.
Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide: Clifford R. Goldstein, Editor.
Andrews University: Andrea T. Luxton, President.
Archives, Statistics, and Research: David Trim, Director.
Biblical Research Institute: Elias Brasil de Souza, Director.
Geoscience Research Institute: Ronald Nalin, Director.
Hope Channel: Derek J. Morris, President.
Loma Linda University Health: Richard H. Hart, President.
Ministry Magazine: Pavel Goia, Editor.
Past President of the General Conference: Jan Paulsen.
Review and Herald Publishing Association: Ted N. C. Wilson, President.
White Estate, Incorporated, Ellen G: Merlin D. Burt, President.
ELECTED MEMBERS
Three lay persons from each division (without regard to membership):
East-Central Africa: Mitonga S. Francoice, Eraste M. Kabera, Patrick B. Ojera.
Euro-Asia: Stepan Avakov, Vitali Rakovich, Aleksei Salnikov.
Inter-American: Johana I. Garcia Jimenez, Marie-Augustine Joseph Jasmin, Gentry R. Morris Jr.
Inter-European: Ventsislav Bosev, Roberto Duo, Constantin Militaru.
North American: Mari Escudero, Walt Kalkan, Mileen Loeffler.
Northern Asia-Pacific: Young Hee Bae, Cheol Lee, Chizu Takahashi.
South American: Grecia T. Chapa Calderon, Meirinaldo Liberato da Silva Junior, Oscar D. Mario Martinez.
South Pacific: Annette Barlow, Lesleigh Bower, Hannelly Taiterae.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean: Sithembile Chanda, Constance Mutunhu, Tsiry M. Ramiatrika.
Southern Asia: Jai Kumar, Chinnappasathwik Madaiah, Bhaju Ram Shrestha.
Southern Asia-Pacific: Simson Halder, Edison Mawikere, Teddy Romeoz Donald.
Trans-European: Alison Awuku, Niklas Rantanen, Frieda Souhuwat-Tomasoa.
West-Central Africa: Adedeji Adeleke, Annie S. Beya, Germain Gogbeu.
One pastor from each division (without regard to membership):
East-Central Africa: Clement J. Arkangelo.
Euro-Asia: Dumitru Juravilov.
Inter-American: Pedro M. Casia Lacan.
Inter-European: Stephane Le Guilcher.
North American: Randall L. Roberts.
Northern Asia-Pacific: Dai Sig Ham.
South American: David Gutierrez Limachi.
South Pacific: Newton Langai.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean: David Ndonji.
Southern Asia: Sharon R Vakkanthula.
Southern Asia-Pacific: Samuel Nazir.
Trans-European: Matthew Herel.
West-Central Africa: Hananiya A. Bayawa.
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: Tamene K. Bedassa, Joyce Chepngetich, Amensissa Chura, Lydia Komgisha, Elias S. Ladislas, Francesca W. Lunana, Aron P. Mwanandewe, Leonard Nyandwi.
Inter-American: Suemy P. Balan Tamay, Jorge Gomez Ramirez, Walmer Guzman, Raiza Mata de Ramirez, Marlon Pacheco, Kay White.
North American: Leslie N. Pollard.
South American: Sara N. Munoz Solis, Rodolfo A. Olate Meliquen, Ricardo L. Sassa dos Santos, Djeyne Wagmacker Ferreira.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean: Simao M. Avelino, Boitirelo Kabo, Alamson D. Kaluwa, Lillo A. Kuape, Beauty Maisch, Francisco J. Quissanga, Antonio D. Sande Mussolo.
Southern Asia: Lalnghak Liana.
Southern Asia-Pacific: Johnny Kan, Jerry C. Patalinghug.
West-Central Africa: Jose M. Santos Lopes.
Forty members at large:
Clendelyn Jane D. Bala, Doug Batchelor, , Harold E. Butler, Carlos Cardoso Pinheiro, Harriet Clark Steve Dickman, Thandolwethu H. Dube, Mark A. Finley, Terry Forde, Zhara-Marie Henry Mohansingh, Daniel Houghton, Andi Hunsaker, Alistair Huong, Si Young Kim, Peter Koolik, Angela M. Lalas, Solomon Maphosa, Glenn Meekma, Philip R. Mills, Greg Morikone, Rodney Neal, Neil Nedley, G. T. Ng, , Oscar Osindo, , Orville D. Parchment, Gonzalo L. Pita, Juan R. Prestol-Puesan, Kathryn L. Proffitt, E. Albert Reece, Norbert Restrepo, Michael L. Ryan, Ella S. Simmons, Alfred Soares, E. Douglas Venn, Elie Weick, Sherrie Wendt, Melinda J. Worden, Trevor Wright, Lori T. Yingling.
