by JF Sarsoza Jr
In line with the Constitution and Bylaws of the North Philippine Union Conference, under Article IV, (Committees) Section 2, (Nominating Committee), the members of the said committee chaired by Pastor Alberto C. Gulfan, Jr., president of the Adventist church of the Southern Asia-Pacific region, met on Thursday evening, November 26, and Friday morning, November 27, to elect a new set of officers of the North Philippine Union Conference.
Gulfan, in presenting the elected officers to the body on Friday morning, commented that the “nominating committee members deliberated thoroughly and showed their maturity with openness and cordiality and frankness.” He added that he has chaired many nominating committees in his capacity as president of the regional office of the Adventist church, and “I can say with sincerity that this was one of the best committees I have seen.”
Given a fresh mandate to lead the church in the Luzon area are Pastor Abner S. Roque, president; Pastor Nepthali J. Mañez, executive secretary; Romero A. Daquila, treasurer; and Cornelio T. Sarmiento, associate treasurer. |
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Financial, leadership gains cited as region shifts from 'mission' to 'conference' Written by Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN 
Seventh-day Adventist world church leaders recognized spiritual maturity and financial stability on April 2009 when they voted a change of administrative status for the North Philippine region of the church. As a 'union conference,' the region is fully self-sufficient and responsible for electing its three main administrative officers: president, secretary and treasurer. Under their former 'union mission' status, the North Philippines received appropriation for operation from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division, one of the world church's 13 administrative regions. Home to the nation's capital, Manila, the North Philippine region is the second largest and wealthiest of the church's three union conferences in the Philippines, said Claude Sabot, world church secretary for the church's Southern Asia-Pacific region. |
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