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, 2024): Churches, 102,405; membership, 23,235,925; population, 8,085,347,000 (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, Erton C Kohler.
Assistants to the President, Magdiel E Perez Schulz; Ramon J Canals, Mark A Finley, James M Howard, 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.
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), Michael 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, Paulo Lopes, Vyacheslav Demyan, Duane McKey, Ronald Nalin, Magdiel E Perez Schulz, James S Winegardner.
Human Resources: Director, Lori E Williams; Director-Elect, 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, Paulo Lopes, Duane McKey, 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 Otoniel Reyes.
Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Nelu Burcea.
Publishing Ministries, Mario Martinelli.
Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, James M Howard.
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 O Beyene.
Union Presidents:
Burundi, Enock Ntunzwenimana.
East Congo, Ilunga Mujinga.
East Kenya, Samuel Makori.
Eastern Ethiopia, Tadesse Adugna.
North East Congo, Rudatinya M Mwangachuchu.
Northern Tanzania, Godwin K Lekundayo.
Rwanda, Hesron R Byilingiro.
South Sudan, Clement J Arkangelo Mawa.
Southern Tanzania, Mark W Malekana.
Uganda, ___.
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, Oleg V Voronyuk.
Union Presidents:
Belarus, Vadzim Dziarkach.
Caucasus, Fedor A Koltuk.
East Russian, Moisei I Ostrovski.
Far Eastern, Lev I Bondarchuk.
Moldova, Illie Leahu.
Southern, Dmytro Zubkov.
West Russian, Alexander V Zhukov.
Inter-American Division
Administration:
President, Abner De los Santos.
Secretary, Pierre Caporal Sr.
Treasurer, Ivelisse Herrera.
Union Presidents:
Atlantic Caribbean, Peter Kerr.
Belize, Dennis R Slusher.
Caribbean, Kern P Tobias.
Central Mexican, Jorge Alberto Garcia Perez.
Chiapas Mexican, Ignacio Navarro Perez.
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.
French Antilles-Guiana, Eddy-Michel Carpin.
Guatemala, Guenther Garcia Arroyo.
Haitian, ___.
Honduras, Adan H E Ramos Lagos.
Inter-Oceanic Mexican, Abraham Sandoval.
Jamaica, Everett E Brown.
Nicaragua, Wilfredo Ruiz Marenco.
North Colombian, Edgar J Redondo Ramirez.
North Mexican, Luis A King.
Panama Union, Jose A De Gracia.
Puerto Rican, Luis Rivera Maldonado.
South Colombian, Alvaro Nino.
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, ___.
Italian, Andrei Cretu.
North German, Johannes Naether.
Portuguese, Jose Lagoa.
Romanian, Aurel Neatu.
South German, Werner K Dullinger.
Spanish, Oscar Lopez.
Swiss, Olivier Rigaud.
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 Soongi Kang.
Secretary, Toshio Shibata.
Treasurer, TaeSeung Kim.
Union Presidents:
Bangladesh, Won Sang Kim.
Japan, Yutaka Inada.
Korean, ___.
Pakistan, Myun Ju Lee.
South American Division
Administration:
President, Stanley E Arco.
Secretary, Edward Heidinger Zevallos.
Treasurer, Edson Medeiros.
Union Presidents:
Argentina, Dario M Caviligone.
Bolivia, Hugo Valda Sardina.
Central Brazil, Maurico Pinto Lima.
Chile, Aldo Munoz.
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, Sergio Alan Alves Caxeta.
Paraguay, Benjamin Belmonte.
South Brazil, Marlinton S Lopes.
South Peru, Charlles Britis.
Southeast Brazil, Hiram Kalbermatter.
Uruguay, Rodrigo A Carcamo Morales.
West Central Brazil, Matheus Tavares.
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 Mesmert G Solofo.
Malawi, Tony Y 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, Dumisani Ncube.
Zimbabwe East, Godfrey Musara.
Zimbabwe West, Sikhumbuzo Ndlovu.
Southern Asia Division
Administration:
President, John Victor Chinta.
Secretary, Ujwal A Kandane.
Treasurer, Riches Christian.
Union Presidents:
East-Central India, Johnson J Tadi.
Northeast India, C Tawkthanga.
Northern India, Benoy D Tirkey.
South-Central India, Peter Chidlappa Halemane.
Southeast India, Daniel Devadhas.
Southwest India, Plamkoottatthil A Varghese.
Western India, ___.
Southern Asia-Pacific Division
Administration:
President, Roger O Caderma.
Secretary, Samuel Yotam Bindosano.
Treasurer, Jacinto M Adap.
Union Presidents:
Central Philippine, Eliezer Barlizo Jr.
East Indonesia, ___.
Malaysia, Abel Anak J Bana.
Myanmar, Alvin Po Po Hla.
Northern Luzon Philippine, Daniel A Malabad.
Southeastern Asia, Somchai Chuenjit.
Southeastern Philippine, Danielo D Palomares.
Southern Luzon Philippine, Gerardo L Cajobe.
Southwestern Philippine, Jerry C Patalinghug.
West Indonesia, Sugih Sitorus.
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, Salomon Grah Assienin.
Eastern Nigeria, ___.
Eastern Sahel, Adjeoda Komlan Djossou.
Mid-Ghana, Kwame Annor-Boahen.
North-Central Ghana, Edward Nyarkoh.
North-East Cameroon, Richard Hendjena Tchanaga.
Northern Nigeria, Istifanus Ishaya.
Southern Ghana, Thomas Techie Ocran.
West African, Michael Saidu Koroma.
West-Central Cameroon, ___.
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, 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: 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: Vyacheslav Demyan, President.
Loma Linda University Health: Richard H Hart, President.
Ministry Magazine: ___, Editor.
Past Presidents of the General Conference: Jan Paulsen, Ted N C Wilson.
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 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: Jana Horakova, Laura Lacatuso, Dragos Penca.
North American: Cheryl Chavers, Monica Reed, Carol Turk.
Northern Asia-Pacific: Young Hee Bae, Simson Halder, Cheol Lee, Bhalu Ram Shrestha, Chizu Takahashi.
South American: Andres Borges Cabral, Sarah Ellen De Lima Zielak, Alisson S Vela Cabanillas.
South Pacific: Annette Barlow, Lesleigh A E Bower, Hannelly Taiterae.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean: Sithembile Chanda, Constance Mutunhu, Tsiry M Ramiatrika.
Southern Asia: Jai Kumar, Chinnappasathwik Madaiah.
Southern Asia-Pacific: Lyne Leva Dilag, Teddy Romeoz Donald, Irene M Tarigan.
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.
Euro-Asia: Dumitru Juravilov.
Inter-American: Pedro M Casia Lacan.
Inter-European: Daniel Bastos.
North American: Joshua Deonarine.
Northern Asia-Pacific: Dai Sig Ham, Samuel Nazir.
South American: David Gutierrez Limachi.
South Pacific: Newton Langai.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean: David Kayombo Ndonji.
Southern Asia: Sharon R Vakkanthula.
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: Tamene K Bedassa, Joyce Chepngetich, Lydia Komugisha, Elias S Ladislas, Francesca W Lunana, Amensissa C Meta, Aron P Mwanandewe, Leonard Nyandwi.
Inter-American: Suemy P Balan Tamay, Walmer Guzman, Raiza Mata de Ramirez, Tomas Morales Garcia, Marlon Pacheco, Kay White.
North American: Matthew Smith.
Northern Asia-Pacific.
South American: Sara N Munoz Solis, Rodolfo A Olate Meliquen, Ricardo L Sassa dos Santos, Djeyne Wagmacker Ferreira.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean: Simon Avelino Sr, Boitirelo Kabo, Alamson D Kaluwa, Lillo A Kuape, Beauty Maisch, Francisco J Quissanga, Antonio D Sande Mussolo.
Southern Asia: Lalnghak Liana.
Southern Asia-Pacific: Christopher Anderson, Johnny Kan.
West-Central Africa: Ezekiel Y Kakoh.
Forty members at large:
Doug Batchelor, Guillermo E Biaggi, Mario A Brito, Harold E Butler, Carlos Cardoso Pinheiro, Harriet Clark, Steve Dickman, Thandolwethu H Dube, Mark A Finley, Terry Forde, Michael J Fuentes, Zhara-Marie Henry Mohansingh, Anthony Hilliard, Daniel Houghton, Andi Hunsaker, Alistair Huong, Si Young Kim, Peter Koolik, Wagner Kuhn, Ezras Lakra, Angela M Lalas, Solomon Maphosa, Geoffrey G Mbwana, Glenn Meekma, Philip R Mills Sr, 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 Soare, Elie Weick, Sherrie Wendt, Lori E Williams, Melinda J Worden.
