wfn.org | Associate Leadership Positions in Adventist World Church Filled

[Christian B. Schäffler (APD Schweiz)]

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July 8, 2005
Adventist Press Service (APD)
Christian B. Schaeffler, Editor-in-chief APD
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Associate Leadership Positions in Adventist World Church Filled

St. Louis, Missouri/USA. (ANN/APD)   Delegates to the 58th session 
of the Seventh-day Adventist world church made significant change to 
the church's top leadership structure by electing Rosa T. Banks as 
associate secretary. Banks is the third woman elected to a senior 
position in the world church in the past few days. She has worked in 
the North American region of the church since 1989 in human resources. 
Earlier in the week the world church session elected Ella Simmons as a 
general vice president and Daisy Orion as an associate treasurer. 

Along with Banks there will be quite a few new faces at the church's 
headquarters, many from the South American region of the church. 
They fill key spots in Ministerial, Women's Ministries, Trust Services 
and Youth Ministries. 

Other associate directors to the world church include: John Fowler, 
Andrea Luxton and Luis Schulz in the Education Department; 
Charles B. Simpson and Wilfredo Sumagaysay in Trust Services; 
Racquel Arrais in Women's Ministries; Almir Marroni, Publishing; 
Van Hurst and Erton Carlos Kohler to Youth Ministry; John T. Banks 
and Reger Smith Jr, Communication Department; Jonathan Gallagher 
and James Standish in Public Affairs and Religious Liberty. 

The Adventist Church's world headquarters, also known as the 
"General Conference," also filled positions on the General Conference 
Auditing board, which includes five ex-officio members and 13 persons 
with financial expertise. The ex-officio members include the church 
president, secretary, treasurer, vice president and the General 
Conference Auditing Services director. [Editors: Taashi Rowe and 
Christian B. Schaeffler for ANN/APD]

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