The tragic passing of Southeastern Conference’s President, Elder Greg O. Mack has brought about changes in the leadership of the nearly 60,000 member conference. When President Mack succumbed to a fatal illness late in 2020, by constitution, Executive Secretary Michael Owusu became what the Southeastern constitution refers to as the Interim President. Chief executive leadership...
The Office for Regional Conference Ministries (ORCM )is continuing its efforts to communicate with the constituencies of the Regional Conferences and their affiliates on the West Coast and in Bermuda about the vital importance and the ministries of the Regional Conferences of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. These efforts began with the Regional Conference Convocation in...
She was a cute little girl-maybe 6 or 7 years old. As I would walk by her home on my daily walk, I would wave to her. But as I passed by her house this time, I saw her little lips move. She was speaking to me. Removing my headphones and turning off my gospel...
On March 16, the Regional Conference leadership continued it’s Covid 19-interrupted outreach to the church in Africa by a virtual meeting with the Adventist leadership on the motherland. This outreach began back in 2019, when 8 Regional Conference Presidents, 3 Regional Conference Treasurers, the then-Executive Secretary of the North American Division(NAD) and the Executive Director...
Focusing on historical milestones or “stones of remembrance” during Black History Month The amazing story of the Israelites crossing the flood-staged Jordan River through God’s miraculous power is found in Joshua 3-5. The Jordan River was the only physical barrier between them and the long-awaited promised land. The culmination of this journey offered relief from...
The Regional Conference Summit-which was scheduled originally for March 5-7, 2021 in Dallas, Texas, has been re-scheduled for the spring of 2022. The Summit was to have been the culmination of the issues that were raised as part of the virtual Regional Conference Convocation held back in July of 2020. Each evening, preceding the nightly...
For the first time, there seems to be the beginnings of the thought that there may be a return to a semblance of normalcy sometime this year. There is a vaccine and IF everything goes right with the distribution (a big “if”), maybe there could be a return to something resembling normal sometime this year....
The Office for Regional Conference Ministries (ORCM) and the Oakwood University School of Theology collaborated on the 3rd Annual ORCM/OU School of Theology Career Fair on January 19. The idea, said the ORCM three years ago, was “to get people who have jobs (the Regional Conference leaders) in front of people who were looking for...
