Well, honey, Robert Falkenberg quit as president of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1999 because he wanted to retire. I mean, the man probably had enough of dealing with church politics and just wanted to kick back and relax. Can you blame him?
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.
Yes, Neil C. Wilson, who served as president of the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference from 1979 to 1990, had an audience with Pope John Paul II in 1984. This meeting was significant as it represented a rare occasion of dialogue between the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Roman Catholic Church. During their conversation, they discussed mutual concerns and the importance of religious freedom.
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.