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.
| Formation | 1878 |
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| Type | Religious/Non-Profit |
| Headquarters | Alvarado, Texas |
Region served | Texas |
President | Carlos Craig |
Parent organization | Southwestern Union, North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists |
| Website | www.ecd.adventist.org |
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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, 1892–1902
- W. A. McCutchen, 1902–1914 (Texas and S. Texas)
- J. I. Taylor, 1912–1916 (N. Texas)
- J. A. Leland, 1914–1916 (S. Texas)
- David Voth, 1916–1919 (N. Texas)
- E. L. Neff, 1916–1919 (S. Texas)
- J. F. Wright, 1919–1924 (N. Texas)
- F. L. Perry, 1924–1926 (N. Texas)
- R. P. Montgomery, 1919–1926 (S. Texas)
- Roy L. Benton, 1926–1930 (N. Texas)
- W. R. Elliott, 1926–1929 (S. Texas)
- F. L. Perry 1929–1930 (S. Texas)
- F. L. Perry 1930–1936 (N. Texas)
- G. F. Eichman 1930–1937 (S. Texas and Texas)
- J. D. Smith 1937–1938
- F. D. Wells 1938–1943
- L. L McKinley 1943–1950
- Reggie Dowers 1950–1957
- Robert H. Pierson 1957–1958
- Benjamin E. Leach 1958–1966
- G. Charles Dart 1966–1976
- Cyril Miller 1976–1987
- Bill May 1987–1988
- Don Aalborg 1988–1989
- Robert Wood 1989–1994
- L. Stephen Gifford 1994–2004
- Leighton Holley 2004–2011
- Larry Moore 2011–2011
- Carlos Craig 2011–Present
References
- "Texas Conference: Who We Are". Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Retrieved 2009-05-30.