SDARM General Conference
SDARM General Conference is the governing authority for the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement denomination. Officers of the General Conference are elected at a delegation session composed of delegates from the various international units and serve for a four-year term. The last delegation session was held August 25 to September 8, 2015 in Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
Officers
President
| Term | President | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 - 1934 | Otto Welp | Germany |
| 1934 - 1942 | Willi Maas | Germany |
| 1942 - 1948 | Albert Mueller | Germany |
| 1948 - 1951 | Carlos Kozel | Argentina |
| 1951 - 1959 | Dumitru Nicolici | Romania |
| 1959 - 1963 | Andre Lavrik | Brazil |
| 1963 - 1967 | Clyde T. Stewart | Australia |
| 1967 - 1979 | Francisco Devai | Brazil |
| 1979 - 1983 | Wilhelm Volpp | Germany |
| 1983 - 1991 | João Moreno | Germany |
| 1991 - 1995 | Neville S. Brittain | Australia |
| 1995 - 2003 | Alfredo Carlos Sas | Brazil |
| 2003 - 2011 | Duraisamy Sureshkumar | India |
| 2011–Present | Davi Paes Silva | Brazil |
1st Vice-President
| Term | Name | Nationality | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 - 1931 | Wilhelm Maas | Germany | |||
| 1931 - 1948 | vacant | ||||
| 1948 - 1951 | Albert Mueller | Germany | |||
| 1951 - 1959 | Andre Lavrik | Brazil | |||
| 1959 - 1963 | Dumitru Nicolici | USA | |||
| 1963 - 1967 | Emmerich Kanyo Benedek | Brazil | |||
| 1967 - 1971 | Ivan W. Smith | Australia | |||
| 1971 - 1979 | Wilhelm Volpp | Germany | |||
| 1979 - 1987 | Francisco Devai Lucacin | USA | |||
| 1987 - 1995 | Daniel Dumitru | USA | |||
| 1995 - 1997 | Neville S. Brittain | Australia | |||
| 1997 - 1999 | vacant | ||||
| 1999 - 2003 | Duraisamy Sureshkumar | India | |||
| 2003 - 2011 | Davi Paes Silva | Brazil | |||
| 2011–2015 | Duraisamy Sureshkumar | India | 2015–present | Peter Lausevic | Australia |
Secretary
| Term | Secretary | Nationality | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 - 1934 | Willi Maas | Germany | |||
| 1934 - 1948 | A. Rieck | Germany | |||
| 1948 - 1951 | Dumitru Nicolici | Romania | |||
| 1951 - 1955 | Clyde T. Stewart | Australia | |||
| 1955 - 1963 | Ivan W. Smith | USA | |||
| 1963 - 1967 | Alfons Balbach | Brazil | |||
| 1967 - 1971 | Alex Norman Macdonald | USA | |||
| 1971 - 1980 | Alfons Balbach | Brazil | |||
| 1980 - 1987 | Alex Norman Macdonald | USA | |||
| 1987 - 1995 | Alfredo Carlos Sas | Brazil | |||
| 1995 - 1999 | Davi Paes Silva | Brazil | |||
| 1999 - 2001 | John Garbi | USA | |||
| 2001 - 2003 | Benjamin Burec | USA | |||
| 2003 - 2007 | David Zic | Canada | |||
| 2007 - 2011 | Paul Balbach | USA | 2011–present | Eli Tenorio | Brazil |
Treasurer
| Term | Treasurer | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 - 1928 | Albert Krahe | Germany |
| 1928 - 1934 | Wilhelm Maas | Germany |
| 1934 - 1948 | Otto Welp | Germany |
| 1948 - 1951 | Carlos Kozel | Argentina |
| 1951 - 1955 | LaVeta Ehrlich | USA |
| 1955 - 1959 | Ivan W. Smith | Australia |
| 1959 - 1963 | Helen Rogel | USA |
| 1963 - 1967 | Edith Lavrik | USA |
| 1967 - 1971 | Alex Norman Macdonald | USA |
| 1971 - 1975 | John Baer | Canada |
| 1975 - 1979 | Benjamin Burec | USA |
| 1979 - 1991 | John Garbi | USA |
| 1991 - 1999 | Ruffo Lopez Trivino | Ecuador |
| 1999 - 2011 | Roberto Martins Duarte | Brazil |
| 2011–present | Rudolfo Gessner | Brazil |
See also
References
- The History of the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement. Alfons Balbach, Reformation Herald Publishing, 1999.
- The Reformation Herald, January - March 2004, pp. 10, 34, 35.