Bert B. Beach, General Secretary
Seventh-day Adventist Council on Inter-Church Relations
Dr. Bert B. Beach has served as General Secretary for the Seventh-day Adventist Council on Inter-Church Relations since 1980. He also served as secretary for the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions from 1970-2002. Apart from that, he is the vice president for the International Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (ICPA), and the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA).
An author of half a dozen books and numerous articles, Dr. Beach obtained his graduate studies from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from the University of Paris. As former director for the Department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty from 1980-95, Dr. Beach has attended many international conferences on freedom of religion, church-state, ecumenical peace, etc., and organized many symposiums and meetings on religious liberty issues around the world.
Dr. Beach has received many honors and recognitions, such as the honor by a special resolution of the Senate of the State of Maryland in 1984 for his contribution to religious liberty; elected to membership in the prestigious COSMOS Club in 1984 on the basis of "meritorious contribution to human knowledge" or professional distinction; made a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International in 1984; Order of Bishop Horuda, Polish Catholic Church in 1986; Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic in 1997, and several more.
Born in Switzerland, Dr. Beach is married to Eliane and have two daughters and four grandchildren.
Seventh-day Adventist Council on Inter-Church Relations
Dr. Bert B. Beach has served as General Secretary for the Seventh-day Adventist Council on Inter-Church Relations since 1980. He also served as secretary for the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions from 1970-2002. Apart from that, he is the vice president for the International Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (ICPA), and the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA).
An author of half a dozen books and numerous articles, Dr. Beach obtained his graduate studies from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from the University of Paris. As former director for the Department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty from 1980-95, Dr. Beach has attended many international conferences on freedom of religion, church-state, ecumenical peace, etc., and organized many symposiums and meetings on religious liberty issues around the world.
Dr. Beach has received many honors and recognitions, such as the honor by a special resolution of the Senate of the State of Maryland in 1984 for his contribution to religious liberty; elected to membership in the prestigious COSMOS Club in 1984 on the basis of "meritorious contribution to human knowledge" or professional distinction; made a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International in 1984; Order of Bishop Horuda, Polish Catholic Church in 1986; Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic in 1997, and several more.
Born in Switzerland, Dr. Beach is married to Eliane and have two daughters and four grandchildren.
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