Inter-America chooses its delegates to be part of a select group to nominate Adventist World Church president

June 24, 2010 – Atlanta, Georgia, United States…[Libna Stevens/IAD]

Barely 24 hours after the official opening of the 59th General Conference Session in Atlanta, Georgia, more than 400 delegates and top church leaders from throughout the Inter-America Division (IAD) territory met to choose its 35 nominating committee members. The new committee members will represent the IAD when nominating the next world church president, which will take place tomorrow morning.

Out of an IAD delegation of 350, 10 percent were chosen according to the policy set out by the world church, said Pastor Israel Leito, president of the church in Inter-America.

The breakdown of the 35 new members is as follows: 20 union presidents, 2 local field presidents, 2 pastors, 4 laypersons, 2 women, 1 youth, 1 Division institution leader, 1 union institution leader, and 1 representative from the Division office.

The unions with the most membership were the Haitian Union and the Mid-Central American Union, who each had four delegate spots in the 15 non-president total.

The entire nominating committee representing all 13 world divisions met tonight for orientation. It will meet again tomorrow morning before bringing its nominations for world church president to the nearly 3,000 delegates at the session.

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