NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION (NAD)

Organized 1913

Territory: Bermuda, Canada, the French possession of Saint Pierre et Miquelon, the United States of America, Johnston Island, Midway Islands, and all other islands of the Pacific not attached to other divisions and bounded by the date line on the west, by the equator on the south, and by longitude 120 on the east; comprising the Atlantic, Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada, Columbia, Lake, Mid-America, North Pacific, Pacific, Southern, and Southwestern Union Conferences.

Statistics: Churches, 5,026; membership, 998,450; population, 325,587,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 1 (301) 680-6400.

Fax: 1 (301) 680-6464.

E-mail: [email protected].

Website: www.nadadventist.org; nadadventist.org/sec/ (Secretariat).

Address: 12501 Old Columbia Pike; Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6600.

Administration:

President, Don C. Schneider (E-mail: show).

Vice Presidents, Debra C. Brill, James W. Gilley, Alvin M. Kibble, Gerald N. Kovalski.

Assistant Vice President for Media Productions, Warren D. Judd.

Assistant to the President for Administration, Halvard B. Thomsen (E-mail: show).

Assistant to the President for Communication, Frederick M. Kinsey.

Secretary, Roscoe J. Howard III (E-mail: show); Associate, Rosa T. Banks (E-mail: show).

Treasurer, Juan R. Prestol (E-mail: show); Associates, Marshall L. Chase, Delbert L. Johnson, Kenneth W. Osborn, C. Michael Park; Assistant Treasurer/Director of Accounting, Patricia L. Horst.

General Field Secretaries, Shawn Boonstra (It is Written); Steven L. Gallimore (LifeTalk Radio); Frank Gonzalez (La Voz de la Esperanza); Michael Tucker (Faith for Today); E. Lonnie Melashenko (Voice of Prophecy); Walter L. Pearson Jr. (Breath of Life); Walton A. Williams.

Executive Committee:

Don C. Schneider, Chairman; Roscoe J. Howard III, Secretary; Wilda Acosta, Kyoshin Ahn, Ishmael Ali, Eradio Alonso, Nilton D. Amorim, Niels-Erik Andreasen, George T. Atiga, Raj Attiken, George P. Babcock, Delbert W. Baker, Trevor H. C. Baker, Rosa T. Banks, Harold W. Baptiste, Debra Barrath-MacLaughlin, Steven R. Bascom, Matthew A. Bediako, Ed Belton, Gordon Bietz, Brenda C. Billingy, James L. Black Sr., Larry D. Blackmer, Del Blake, Kelly B. Bock, Heidi Boggs, Shawn Boonstra, Helen Boskind, Bob Brauer, James Brauer, Debra C. Brill, George I. Brill, Jeffrey O. Brown, Walter E. Brown, G. Alexander Bryant, Beverly Bucknor, Eduardo Canales, Ramon Canals, Hamlet Canosa, Dennis N. Carlson, Selwyn Carrington, R. Ernest Castillo, Michael F. Cauley, Larry L. Caviness, Richard P. Center, Marshall L. Chase, Charles L. Cheatham, Dowell W. Chow, Ronald M. Christman, Kenneth R. Coonley, Lowell C. Cooper, Donald W. Corkum, Kenneth Corkum, Cynthia Coston, Ruth Counts, Ken Crawford, Thaine Creitz, Manual Cruz, Orlie Curtis, James Daddysman, Jay Darling, James R. Davidson, Jerome Davis, Kenneth Denslow, Victor Dingman, Maitland A. DiPinto, Charles W. Drake III, Mable Dunbar, Elwin Dunn, Jon L. Dybdahl, Melvin K. Eisele, R. Rennae Elliott, G. Thomas Evans, Mumtaz A. Fargo, W. Robert Fawke, Martin W. Feldbush, Odette R. Ferreira, LeRoy Finck, Mark A. Finley, Gary Fogelquist, Judy Fowler, John Freedman, Pablo Frias-Mota, Jay Gallimore, Steven L. Gallimore, Reo E. Ganson, Lawrence T. Geraty, L. Stephen Gifford, Marianne Gilbert, Conrad L. Gill, James W. Gilley, Frank M. Gonzalez, Ricardo B. Graham, Gordon Gray, Samuel L. Green, David E. Greenlaw, Buford Griffith, Rodney A. Grove, Joseph E. Gurubatham, W. Janet Hall, Richard Hall, Richard R. Hallock, Brian W. Hamilton, J. Neville Harcombe, Raymond C. Hartwell, Eric Hepburn, Gary Hodder, Jim Hoehn, Judy Hoffman, Leighton Holley, Luc Homicile, Paul Hopkins, Dean Horinouchik, Patricia L. Horst, King-Yi Eugene Hsu, Timothy Hullquist, Alan Hurlbert, Van G. Hurst, Denise Isaac, Ruth Izquierdo, Daniel R. Jackson, Keith Jacobson, Charles Johnson, Delbert L. Johnson, George Johnson Jr., J. Alfred Johnson II, Noelene M. Johnsson, Bruce Juhl, Artemas Julien, Gerry D. Karst, Clarence Kegler, Alvin M. Kibble, Donald G. King, Norman W. Klam, Lorinda Knowlton, J. Deryl Knutson, Gerald N. Kovalski, Sung K. Kwon, Alice Laabs, Nancy A. Lamoreaux, Dale Leamon, Erma J. Lee, Harold L. Lee, Mike Lekic, Robert E. Lemon, James L. Lewis, Steve Libby, Don Livesay, Calvin Lloyd, John Loor Jr., Abel Lopez, David Lopez, Andrea Luxton, Julihana Madison, Allen Martin, Gerald Martin, Mary H. Maxson, Alphonso McCarthy, Joseph W. McCoy, Andrew A. McDonald, Duane McKey, Vanessa McKnight, Stephen L. McPherson, E. Lonnie Melashenko, Vanard J. Mendinghall, Carmelo Mercado Jr., Norman K. Miles, William K. Miller, Armando Miranda, Bobby Mitchell, Larry R. Moore, Patrick Morrison, Thomas J. Mostert Jr., Edward Motschiedler, Jim Murray, Derrick M. Nichols, Lynn I. Nicolay, John S. Nixon, Dennis Nooner, Willie Oliver, Dionisio Olivo, Naomi Olson, William M. Olson, Ralph Orduno, Stephen Orian, Michael F. Ortel, Pricilla Orozco, Kenneth W. Osborn, Richard C. Osborn, David D. Osborne, Jerry N. Page, James Palmer, C. Michael Park, Bryce Pascoe, Robert Patterson, Jere D. Patzer, Jan Paulsen, Marilyn Pazitka, Walter L. Pearson Jr., David Peay, Gerald D. Penick, Gerson Perla, Ivy Posada, Juan R. Prestol, Ruben Ramos, John Ramsay, Gary Randolph, John Rapp, G. Edward Reid, Gordon L. Retzer, Roberto Reyna, Delores Richardson, Marcellus Robinson, Dan Rochford, Astor Rogers, Jose V. Rojas, Stan Rouse, Ronald Russell, Harry B. Sackett, Donald R. Sahly, Monte C. Sahlin, Leon F. Sanders, Martha Schneider, Du'ane M. Schoonard, Glynn C. Scott, Orthniel Scott, Charles Scriven, Dan Serns, E. Wayne Shepperd, Dean Sigworth, Carlyle C. Simmons, Lionel Simmons, Emmett Slocumb, David C. Smith, Robert S. Smith, Jorge Soria, Aaron Spencer, Lincoln E. Steed, James L. Stevens, Patricia Stock, Ron Stone, Ward D. Sumpter, W. L. Taylor, Leon D. Thomassian, Halvard B. Thomsen, Gary Thurber, Frank Tochterman, Marylou Toop, Max C. Torkelsen II, Max A. Trevino, Arnold Trujillo, Michael Tucker, Kenneth M. Turpen, Rosemary Tyrrell, Ulrich Unruh, Douglas Walker, Thea Walker, Jere Wallack, Carlyle Walton, Linda P. Walton, David Weigley, Rita Weisz, Kingsley Whitsett, Kenneth Wiebe, Lyn R. Wick, Chester Williams Jr., DeWitt S. Williams, John Williams, Lynn Williams, Walton A. Williams, Ted N. C. Wilson, Randal R. Wisbey, Jack Woosley, Marvin Wray, Billy E. Wright, Ed Wright, Walter L. Wright, Naomi Yamashiro, Margie Yanez, Lillian Yarosh, Deborah Young.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Martin W. Feldbush (E-mail: show. Website: www.adventistchaplains.org). (For listing of Adventist Military Support Centers and ACM Chapters see General Conference section.)

Children's Ministries, Noelene M. Johnsson (E-mail: show. Website: www.childmin.com).

Communication, Frederick M. Kinsey; Assistant Director for Media Relations, George Johnson Jr.

Education, Gerald N. Kovalski (E-mail: show); Associates, Larry Blackmer, Odette R. Ferreira, Erma J. Lee.

Family Ministries, Willie Oliver (E-mail: show. Website: www.adventistfamilyministries.org).

Health Ministries, DeWitt S. Williams (E-mail: show).

Ministerial Association, David D. Osborne (E-mail: show); Associates, Eradio Alonso, John S. Nixon, Du'ane M. Schoonard.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, ___; Associate, Lincoln E. Steed (E-mail: show.

Publishing, Alvin M. Kibble (E-mail: show).

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, J. Alfred Johnson II. (E-mail: show).

Stewardship, G. Edward Reid (E-mail: show).

Trust Services, Jeffrey K. Wilson (E-mail: show); Associates, Charles B. Simpson (E-mail: show); Wilfredo Sumagaysay (E-mail: show).

Women's Ministries, Mary H. Maxson (E-mail: show).

Youth, James L. Black Sr. (E-mail: show. Website: www.adventistyouthministries.org).

Agency:

ADRA. Regional Vice President, Alvin M. Kibble; Associates, Sung K. Kwon (E-mail: show); Maitland A. DiPinto.

Ministries and Services:

Adult Ministries (includes Prison Ministries and Sabbath School and Personal Ministries), J. Alfred Johnson II (E-mail: show).

Adventist Broadcasters Association:

President, ___; Vice President, Bill Tucker; Secretary, Donna Webb; Treasurer, Allen Hrenyk; PR Director, C. A. Murray; Sponsor, ___.

Adventist Colleges Abroad, Inc. Odette R. Ferreira (E-mail: show.)

Adventist Community Services. Sung K. Kwon (E-mail: show. Website: www.communityservices.org.)

Adventist Information Ministry. Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-0970. Telephone: 1 (800) 253-3002. Cell: 1 (269) 208-6000. Fax: 1 (269) 471-6072. E-mail: show. Website: www.Andrews.edu/aim. Director, Robert D. Moon; Associate Director for Operations, Twyla O. Wall; Account Executive, Rebecca J. Lofthouse; Computer Operations, Nelson Rothermel; Coordinator, ACN Technical Support, Douglas L. Janssen.

Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries (ASI). Telephone: 1 (301) 680-6450. Fax: 1 (301) 622-5017. Website: www.asiministries.org.

President, Deborah Young; General Vice President, Norm Reitz; Vice Presidents, Terry Anderson, Chester Clark III, Chip Doss, Vern Erickson, Doreen Schmidt. Secretary and Treasurer, Ronald M. Christman (E-mail: show). Assistant Director, Sharon Robberson (E-mail: show). Communication Director, Judy A. Thomsen (E-mail: show).

Adventist PlusLine. Director, Rich DuBose. Telephone: 1 (800) 732-7587. Fax: 1 (805) 497-7099. E-mail: show. Website: www.plusline.org.

Adventist Volunteer Ministries Network. Director, Jose Rojas. Telephone: 1 (800) 331-2767. Website: www.HeSaidGo.net.

AdventSource. 5040 Prescott Avenue; Lincoln, Nebraska 68506. Telephone: 1 (800) 328-0525 and 1 (402) 486-2519. Fax: 1 (402) 486-2572. E-mail: show. Website: www.adventsource.org. Director, Brad Forbes; Treasurer, Al Burdick.

Asian Ministries. George T. Atiga. Telephone: 1 (805) 497-9457, Ext. 392.

Association of Adventist Colleges and Universities, Inc. 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6600. Chief Executive Officer, Gerald N. Kovalski.

Auditing, (See listing under General Conference Services).

Church Resources Consortium. 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6600. Director, Jere Wallack (E-mail: show. Website: http://crc.adventist.org/). Associate Director, Dave Gemmell.

FHES and HHES, Alvin M. Kibble (E-mail: show).

Information Technology Services. Director, Nancy A. Lamoreaux (E-mail: show); Associate, George I. Brill. Telephone: 1 (301) 680-6465.

Ingathering: Hope for Humanity. Maitland A. DiPinto (E-mail: show). Telephone: 1 (888) 425-7760; 1 (301) 680-6439. Website: www.Hope4.com.

InMinistry Center at SDA Theological Seminary. Director, Walton A. Williams. 124 Bridle Path; Niles, Michigan 49120. E-mail: show. Telephone: 1 (269) 471-3353. Fax: 1 (269) 471-6206. Cell: 1 (269) 591-1554.

Institute of Church Ministry, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-1530. Telephone: 1 (269) 471-3407. Fax: 1 (269) 471-6202. Director, Roger L. Dudley. E-mail: show.

North American Council of Korean Churches. President, Kyoshin Ahu (E-mail: show). Advisory Committee Chairman, Halvard B. Thomsen.

North American Division Retirees Associations. President, H. Jack Harris; 15530 N.E. Knott, No. 48; Portland, Oregon 97230. Telephone and Fax: 1 (503) 255-8565. E-mail: show.

North American Multilingual Ministries, ___. Telephone: 1 (301) 680-6413.

Office of Human Relations, Rosa T. Banks (E-mail: show).

Office of Information and Research, Frederick M. Kinsey.

Philanthropic Service for Institutions. Telephone: 1 301) 680-6131. Fax: 1 (301) 680-6137. Website: www.philanthropicservice.com.

Board: Halvard B. Thomsen, Chairman; Kenneth M. Turpen, Secretary; Jackie Bragaw, David Colwell, LuAnn Davis, John Deming, Elaine John, Karen Johnson, Gerald N. Kovalski, John Loor Jr., Juan R. Prestol, G. Edward Reid, Womack Rucker.

Director, Kenneth M. Turpen (E-mail: show); Associates, Heidi Boggs (E-mail: show); Paul Hopkins (E-mail: show).

Prayer Ministries, Ruth Jacobsen (E-mail: show).

Seminars Unlimited (Revelation Seminars). 403 East Highway 67; P.O. Box 66; Keene, TX 76059. Telephone: 1 (800) 982-3344; 1 (817) 641-3643. Fax: 1 (817) 641-3640. Don C. Schneider, Chairman; Carl S. Johnston, Director; Alan Weis, Treasurer.

Spirit of Prophecy, Alvin M. Kibble (E-mail: show).

Young Adult Ministries, Jose Rojas. Telephone: 1 (800) 331-2767. Website: www.HeSaidGo.net.

Youth Ministries (Youth, Pathfinders, Adventurers, Camp), James L. Black Sr. Telephone: 1 (301) 680-6420. E-mail: show.

Organizations with Denominational Status:

The Whitecoat Foundation. 5430 Sierra Vista Avenue; Riverside, California 92505-3144. Telephone: 1 (951) 688-1441. Director, Ken Jones.

Adventist Radio Broadcasters Association (ARBA):

Member Stations:

KACS FM, Chehalis, Washington.

KADV FM, Ceres, California.

KARM FM, Visalia, California.

KCSH FM, Ellensburg, Washington.

KEEH, Spokane, Washington.

KGTS FM, College Place, Washington.

KJCR FM, Keene, Texas.

KLRF FM, Walla Walla, Washington.

KNDL FM, Angwin, California.

KPLW FM, Wenatchee, Washington.

KSDA FM, Agana Heights, Guam.

KSOH FM, Yakima, Washington.

KSVA FM, Corrales, New Mexico.

KTSY FM, Boise, Idaho.

KUDU FM, Tok, Alaska.

KWLR FM, Little Rock, Arkansas.

KYPL FM, Yakima, Washington.

VOAR 1210-AM, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Canada.

WAUS FM, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

WBIN AM, Benton, Tennessee.

WBLC AM, Lenoir City, Tennessee.

WDNX FM, Savannah, Tennessee.

WGTS FM, Takoma Park, Maryland.

WJYC FM, Milford, Ohio.

WOCG FM, Huntsville, Alabama.

WSGM, Tracy City, Tennessee.

WSMC FM, Collegedale, Tennessee.

WSOH FM, Louisville, Kentucky.

(For further information, see Radio and TV Stations section.)

North American Division Board of Education, K-12: Don C. Schneider, Chairman; Roscoe J. Howard III, Vice Chairman; Gerald N. Kovalski, Executive Secretary; Nilton D. Amorin, Kelly B. Bock, Larry D. Blackmer, Walter E. Brown, Hamlet Canosa, Dennis N. Carlson, Ray Davis, Conrad L. Gill, Joseph E. Gurubatham, Alan Hurlbert, Daniel R. Jackson, Gerry D. Karst, Donald G. King, Deryl Knutson, Erma J. Lee, Harold L. Lee, Mike Lekic, Charles McKinstry, Andrea Luxton, Shirley McLean, Thomas J. Mostert Jr., Toni Nickell, Jere D. Patzer, Juan R. Prestol, Gary Randolph, Gordon L. Retzer, Ronald Russell, Carole Smith, W. L. Taylor, Max A. Trevino, Rosemary Tyrrell, Douglas Walker, Walter L. Wright.

North American Division Higher Education Cabinet: Don C. Schneider, Chairman; Randal R. Wisbey, Vice Chairman; Gerald N. Kovalski, Secretary; Niels-Erik Andreasen, George P. Babcock, Delbert W. Baker, Gordon Bietz, Dennis N. Carlson, Lowell C. Cooper, Jon L. Dybdahl, Reo Ganson, Lawrence T. Geraty, David E. Greenlaw, Joseph E. Gurubatham, Richard Hart, Roscoe J. Howard III, King-Yi Eugene Hsu, Daniel R. Jackson, Gerry D. Karst, Donald G. King, Harold L. Lee, Thomas J. Mostert Jr., Richard C. Osborn, Jere D. Patzer, Frank Perez, Juan R. Prestol, Gordon L. Retzer, Calvin B. Rock, Donald R. Sahly, Charles Scriven, David C. Smith, Max A. Trevino, Walter L. Wright.

North American Division Evangelism Institute (NADEI):

Theological Seminary; Andrews University; Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-1880. Telephone: 1 (269) 471-8303. Fax: 1 (269) 471-8324. (Church Planting--Seeds: 1 (800) 255-7568.) E-mail: show. Website: www.nadei.org.

Director, Russell C. Burrill; Associates, Don James, Eduard Schmidt; Business Manager, Lyle Litzenberger.

North American Division Publishing Board: North American Division President, Chairman; North American Division Publishing Director, Secretary; Pacific Press Publishing Association President, Recording Secretary; Advisors, Atlantic Union Conference President, Columbia Union Conference President, General Conference Publishing Director, Lake Union Conference Treasurer, Lake Union Publishing Director, Layperson, Mid-America Union Conference President, North American Division Associate Treasurer, North American Division Treasurer, North American Division Vice President, North American Division Vice President for Special Ministries, North Pacific Union Conference President, Northeastern Conference President, Pacific Press Publishing Association Board Chairman, Pacific Union Conference President, Potomac Adventist Book Center Manager, Review and Herald Publishing Association Home Health Education Service Director, Review and Herald Publishing Association President, Seventh-day Adventist Church of Canada President, Southern California Adventist Book Center Manager, Southern Union Conference Associate Publishing Director, Southern Union Conference President, Southern Union Conference Publishing Director, Southwestern Union Conference President.

North American Religious Liberty Association (NARLA) Board of Trustees: Don C. Schneider, Chairman; ___, President; Lincoln E. Steed, Vice President; James Standish, Executive Director and Secretary, Kenneth Osborn, Treasurer; Vernon L. Alger, Lee Boothby, Charles Eusey John Graz, Samuel Green, Gregory Hamilton, Nathaniel Higgs, King-Yi Eugene Hsu, Darrel J. Huenergardt, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Nicholas Miller, Robert Patterson, David Pendleton, Alan J. Reinach, John Street, Mitchell Tyner, Adrian T. Westney, Canadian Union PARL Director.

Retirement Plans of the North American Division:

Telephone: 1 (301) 680-6249.

Fax: 1 (301) 680-6190.

E-mail: show.

Administrator, Delbert L. Johnson; Associate, Lyn R. Wick; Assistant, Judy Beers.

Plans Administered:

Adventist Retirement Plan.

North American Division Retiree Auxiliary Healthcare Assistance and Death Benefit Fund.

North American Division Retiree Auxiliary Loma Linda Foods Employee Fund.

North American Division Retiree Auxiliary Tuition Assistance Fund.

North American Division Retirement Hospital Medical Fund.

Seventh-day Adventist Hospital Retirement Plan.

Seventh-day Adventist Retirement Plan of the North American Division.

Seventh-day Adventist Church Retirement Plan for Canadian Employees:

Telephone: 1 (905) 433-0011. Fax: 1 (905) 433-0982. E-mail: show. Director, Marilyn Pazitka.