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Session Elects Vice Presidents for Adventist World Church
July 3, 2000
Toronto, Canada .... [Jonathan Gallagher/Danielle Lee]
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VPs were announced on July 3
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The World Session delegation of the Seventh-day Adventist Church elected six vice presidents today (July 3). They include three who will be serving in that position for the first time: Gerry D. Karst; Armando Miranda; and Ted N.C. Wilson. The three vice presidents re-elected for a further five-year term are: Lowell C. Cooper; Leo S. Ranzolin; and Calvin D. Rock.
Church president Jan Paulsen personally introduced the new vice presidents.
“Armando Miranda is currently the president of the Church in North Mexico where our work is developing rapidly,” said Paulsen. “He has worked as pastor, evangelist, departmental director and conference president. I am confident he will contribute to our international Church.”
“Ted Wilson is from the United States and has had much international experience,” Paulsen continued. “He worked first as departmental director and then as secretary of the Church’s Africa-Indian Ocean Division. He has also served as president of the Euro-Asia Division at its headquarters in Moscow, Russia, and then as an associate secretary at the Church’s world headquarters. Currently he is the president of the Review and Herald Publishing Association.”
“Gerry Karst began his ministry in Canada and also has extensive experience as president for the Church in the Middle East,” said Paulsen. “Most recently, he has been the assistant to the president for more than seven years and has been my closest associate for the past year and a half. He has a great understanding of how our Church works and is very effective at communication.”
Lowell C. Cooper, also a Canadian, has been a vice president of the General Conference since 1998. Previously, he was an associate secretary at the Church’s world headquarters, and he has seen international experience as secretary and departmental director of the Southern Asia Division in India, as well as departmental director in Pakistan. He began his ministry in Alberta, Canada.
Leo Ranzolin, a Brazilian national, was first elected to the position of vice president in 1990. He has served at the Church headquarters as director for Youth, associate director of Church Ministries, and associate secretary in the Secretariat department. He has also served as secretary to the Missionary Volunteer Department in the Parana Conference and South Brazil Union Conference and as a district pastor in Brazil.
Calvin Rock, an American, was first elected vice president in 1985. He has served in the South Atlantic Conference and Lake Region Conference of the United States as a pastor and evangelist. He has also worked in the Southern Union Conference as associate secretary to the Ministerial Association, in the Northeastern Conference as a Pastor, and gave extensive service as president of Oakwood College in Alabama.
General vice presidents assist the president of the Adventist Church in international administration, and chair the boards of organizations operated by the World Church. |
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