He was forced out for conduct unbecoming a church officer. He received preferential treatment for selling his house in Georgia and he was involved in a scheme to get Adventists to switch to MCI long distance so he could get a commission. Another answer: Pastor Folkenberg was involved in a situation where it was unclear whether or not he had inappropriately used his position as GC president in order to influence people in a way that financially benefited him. Pastor Folkenberg chose to resign as GC president rather than allow the church to be dragged further into a scandal and/or into a lawsuit.
Elder Folkenberg was involved in some business dealings that were brought into question when an affected party filed suit. The General Conference commissioned an ad-hoc committee of pastors and church officials to look into the matter, and the committee recommended that Elder Folkenberg resign.
As of March 2011, the current General Conference President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is Ted N. C. Wilson.
The first General Conference President was John Byington, who held that post from March 20, 1863 to May 17, 1865. He was followed by James White.
The President of the North New Zealand Conference is Edward Tupa'i. The North New Zealand Conference is part of the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference, which is in turn part of the South Pacific Division.
A Seventh-day Adventist who becomes a Christian minister of the gospel within that denomination is called a "pastor" or a "minister". He or she is not usually called "reverend" and is never called "father" (pastors have very little in common with Catholic priests). The Adventist Church has a worldwide church organization which includes several levels, the highest of which is the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The General Conference is led by one person, known as the GC president. The current GC president is Jan Paulsen.
There is a President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He (all past Presidents have been men) is elected at a General Conference Session held every four year for a four year term. It is not a contested election, a single candidate is nominated by a nominating comittee and presented to the confernce for a yes or no vote. The current President is Jan Paulson. The President does not have authority to interfere in operation of a local church or confernece or to make or change any church beliefs. Should he try to do so his opinion would carry weight however.
no president had ever represented the United States at a peace conference
President Harry S Truman
As Roosevelt died before the Potsdam conference, Truman, his vice president took over.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt travelled to the Yalta conference himself
M.K. Gandhi
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America.
No. Washington was president of the Conference, and the first Constitutional President.