June 2022 | Visitor Magazine

Columbia Union Conference General Conference delegates Cheryl Chavers Dave Weiley and Celeste Ryan on the floor of the General Conference session on Tuesday.

What Happened Today at the General Conference Session Tuesday, June 7th

June 08, 2022 by vmbernard

Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 marks the second day of the first hybrid General Conference (GC) Session in St. Louis, Missouri.

General Conference Session. Image by Tor Tjeransen Adventist Media Exchange

General Conference Delegates Approve Church Manual Amendment on Ordination of Elders

June 08, 2022 by vmbernard

New wording seeks to clarify some aspects of the church’s business meeting, leaders say.

Image of delegates at the 2022 General Conference Session. Image by Tor Tjeransen Adventist Media Exchange

Late Evening Discussion Points to Clarification on Ordination of Elders and Deaconesses

June 08, 2022 by vmbernard

Tuesday’s first late-evening business session addressed two items on the clarification of election and ordination for elders who are female and deaconesses. The discussion, which lasted almost until the close of the meeting, was filled with numerous questions and comments from assembled delegates, both in person and via Zoom videoconferencing.

Guillermo (Billy) E. Biaggi, General Vice President, General Conference (GC); Artur A. Stele, General Vice President, General Conference (GC); Abner De Los Santos, General Vice President, General Conference (GC); Geoffrey G. Mbwana, General Vice President, General Conference (GC); Thomas L. Lemon, General Vice President, General Conference (GC); Maurice Valentine, General Vice President, General Conference (GC); Audrey Andersson, General Vice President, General Conference (GC). Per Tor Tjeransen/AME

Andersson and Valentine join new General Vice President Team

June 08, 2022 by vmbernard

Tuesday morning’s general business session featured the election of seven vice presidents to the General Conference executive team, an addition of one position since the 2015 Session. They are returning leaders Guillermo E. Biaggi, Abner De los Santos, Thomas L. Lemon, Geoffrey Mbwana, and Artur Stele. Ella Simmons, the first female general vice president in the church’s history, is retiring.

New Jersey Conference

Willingboro member Terrina Williams, Pastor Bruce A. Banner, Congressman Andy Kim and member Beulah Williams attend the veteran’s luncheon.

Willingboro Church Hosts Veteran’s Luncheon

June 08, 2022 by rbacchus

The mission at New Jersey Conference's Willingboro church is “[to serve] the community with love and compassion.” On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, they were able to do just that.

Allegheny West Conference

Sabbath School team members (top row, left to right) Denise Brooks, Barry Brooks, Brittni Brooks; (seated) Charity White, Elva Battle and Janviere Lavender have taken programming at Southeast church to the next level. Not pictured: Reuel White.

Southeast Church Spotlights Innovative Sabbath School

June 08, 2022 by rbacchus

When the pandemic hit, Barry Brooks, Sabbath School superintendent of Allegheny West Conference's Southeast church in Cleveland, and his team created a vibrant online Sabbath School.

Paul Douglas Elected as Treasurer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

June 07, 2022 by vmbernard

Paul Douglas has been re-elected as the Treasurer of the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists (GC).

GC Secretary Erton Köhler and his wife Adriene Marques. Image by Bryant Taylor/ Southern Union

Mission a Strong Focus of Secretariat’s Report at GC Session

June 07, 2022 by vmbernard

GC Secretary Erton Köhler, accompanied by Undersecretary Hensley Moorooven, GC associate secretaries Claude Richli, Gerson Santos, Karen Porter, Gary Krause and Elbert Kuhn, alongside Director of the office of Archives, Statistics and Research (ASTR) David Trim, and VividFaith manager Fylvia Kline, presented the Secretariat Report, which celebrated the mission work executed across the global Adventist Church over the past seven years.

Potomac Conference

Jorge Quintiana, pastor of the Virginia Beach (Va.) church

Serving the Community Reaps Large Dividends

June 07, 2022 by Web Administrator

It is not uncommon to find church leaders struggling to find ways to go beyond the premises of the church to minister. In the Potomac Conference, however, pastors, principals, teachers and office workers are being challenged to do just that—to extend themselves “Beyond the Walls.”

Wilson at the 2022 GC Session Photo by Tor Tjeransen

Ted N.C. Wilson Re-Elected as President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists for Third Term

June 07, 2022 by vmbernard

During the final minutes of the business session on Monday, June 6, the Executive Committee of the Seventh-day Adventist Church voted to re-elect Ted N.C. Wilson as president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church. This will be Wilson’s third term.