Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

The Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Texas Conference) is one of two organizational bodies of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the eastern 2/3 of the state of Texas, United States. It is based in Alvarado, Texas.

Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Formation1878
TypeReligious/Non-Profit
HeadquartersAlvarado, Texas
Region served
Texas
President
Carlos Craig
Parent organization
Southwestern Union, North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Websitewww.ecd.adventist.org
Headquarters building of the Texas Conference

The "Texas Conference" is a subdivision of the Southwestern Union, which in turn is part of the North American Division, one of the 13 worldwide organizational Divisions of the church.

Its territory includes all of the State of Texas except the westernmost portions of the state. As of 2018, more than 60,000 Texas Adventists are members at more than 300 churches.[1]

History

The Texas Conference was organized in 1878 and reorganized in 1932.

Education

Texas Adventist schools are accredited by the Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities which is a recognized member of the National Council for Private School Accreditation and the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission (TEPSAC) and is recognized as accredited by the Texas Education Agency.

Adventist Community Services

Adventist Community Services (ACS) is the humanitarian agency of the Seventh-day Adventist church in the United States. The Texas Conference ACS operates a storage and distribution warehouse in Keene, Texas from which Texas Mobile Distribution Units are dispatched to disaster areas.

Publications

The Texas Conference publishes two quarterly magazines The FLAME in English and La LLAMA in Spanish which are distributed to all members of the conference.

Auxiliary operations

The conference operates a full service print shop including graphic design for member churches. A transportation department provides moving services for pastors and educators.

Presidents

  • W.S. Greer, 18921902
  • W. A. McCutchen, 19021914 (Texas and S. Texas)
  • J. I. Taylor, 19121916 (N. Texas)
  • J. A. Leland, 19141916 (S. Texas)
  • David Voth, 19161919 (N. Texas)
  • E. L. Neff, 19161919 (S. Texas)
  • J. F. Wright, 19191924 (N. Texas)
  • F. L. Perry, 19241926 (N. Texas)
  • R. P. Montgomery, 19191926 (S. Texas)
  • Roy L. Benton, 19261930 (N. Texas)
  • W. R. Elliott, 19261929 (S. Texas)
  • F. L. Perry 19291930 (S. Texas)
  • F. L. Perry 19301936 (N. Texas)
  • G. F. Eichman 19301937 (S. Texas and Texas)
  • J. D. Smith 19371938
  • F. D. Wells 19381943
  • L. L McKinley 19431950
  • Reggie Dowers 19501957
  • Robert H. Pierson 19571958
  • Benjamin E. Leach 19581966
  • G. Charles Dart 19661976
  • Cyril Miller 19761987
  • Bill May 19871988
  • Don Aalborg 19881989
  • Robert Wood 19891994
  • L. Stephen Gifford 19942004
  • Leighton Holley 20042011
  • Larry Moore 20112011
  • Carlos Craig 2011Present

References

  1. "Texas Conference: Who We Are". Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
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