List of presidents of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Appearance
The president of the General Conference is the head of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the governing body of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The president's office is within the offices of the General Conference, located in Silver Spring, Maryland. As of June 2010, the current president is Ted N. C. Wilson.
Traditionally, the post has been held by an American. Of the 17 presidents, 13 were born in the United States, 1 born in Puerto Rico to North American missionaries, 1 born in Australia and 2 born in Norway, of whom one emigrated to the U.S. at age 5.
Past presidents
No. |
President | Took office | Left office | Length | |
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John Byington (1798 – 1887) |
20 March 1863 | 17 May 1865 | 2 Years, 2 months |
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James Springer White (4 August 1821 - 6 August 1881) |
17 May 1865 | 14 May 1867 | 2 Years |
3 | ![]() |
John Nevins Andrews (22 July 1829 – 21 October 1883) |
1867 | 1869 | 2 Years |
4 | ![]() |
James Springer White (4 August 1821 - 6 August 1881) |
1869 | 1871 | 2 Years |
5 | ![]() |
George Ide Butler (1834 – 1918) |
1871 | 1874 | 3 Years |
6 | ![]() |
James Springer White (4 August 1821 - 6 August 1881) |
1874 | 1880 | 6 Years |
7 | ![]() |
George Ide Butler (1834 – 1918) |
1880 | 1888 | 8 Years |
8 | ![]() |
Ole Andres Olsen (28 July 1845 – 29 January 1915) |
1888 | 1897 | 9 Years |
9 | ![]() |
George A. Irwin (17 November 1844 – 23 May 1913) |
1897 | 1901 | 4 Years |
10 | ![]() |
Arthur Grosvenor Daniells (28 September 1858 – 18 April 1935) |
1901 | 1922 | 21 Years |
11 | ![]() |
William Ambrose Spicer (1865 – 1952) |
1922 | 1930 | 8 Years |
12 | Charles H. Watson (8 October 1877 – 24 December 1962) |
1930 | 1936 | 6 Years | |
13 | James Lamar McElhany (3 January 1880 – 25 June 1959) |
1936 | 1950 | 14 Years | |
14 | [1] | William Henry Branson (1887 – 1961) |
1950 | 1954 | 4 Years |
15 | [2] | Reuben Richard Figuhr (20 October 1896 - 28 October 1983 ) |
1954 | 1966 | 12 Years |
16 | [3] | Robert H. Pierson (1911 – 1989) |
1966 | 1979 | 13 Years |
17 | [4] | Neal C. Wilson (5 July 1920 - 14 December 2010) |
3 January 1979 | 6 July 1990 | 11 Years six months |
18 | [5] | Robert S. Folkenberg (1 January 1941 - 24 December 2015) |
6 July 1990 | 1 March 1999 | 8 Years 8 months |
19 | [6] | Jan Paulsen[1] (5 January 1935 - ) |
1 March 1999 | 23 June 2010 | 11 Years, 3 Months |
20 | ![]() |
Ted N. C. Wilson[2][3] (10 May 1950 - ) |
23 June 2010 | present | - |
See also
References
- ^ General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (March 12, 2007). "143rd Annual Statistical Report—2005" (PDF). adventistarchives.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 5, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (March 12, 2007). "President Story". adventistarchives.org. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Jun 25, 2010). "Wilson elected president of Seventh-day Adventist world church". http://news.adventist.org. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
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