New York Seventh Day Adventist Examiner
For the first time in its 67 years of existence, the Northeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventistshas elected a new president--Daniel Lamartine Honore, the first of Haitian descent.
A native of the Dominican Republic, Honore is the second of three children born to Lamartine and Celia Honore. Though he is Dominican by birth like his mother, he is more widely known for his Haitian roots which he inherited from his father.
Delegates from over 100 churches gathered at Camp Victory Lake in Hyde Park, NY on June 10 to cast their votes for the men and women who will serve as Conference officers for the next four years.
Changes to the constitution and by-laws were also recommended and later passed by the delegates to implement term limits of two consecutive terms for the majority of departmental directors, including the office of president and secretary. The offices of treasurer and education director would be limited to three consecutive terms.
The other elected officers include: Oswald Euell, executive secretary; Edson Bovell, treasurer; Lawrence Brown- Stewardship, Trust Services, and Religious Liberty; Pollyanna Prosper-Barnes – Family Ministries and Children’s Ministries; Leroy Daley – Personal Ministries and Health Ministries; Fitzgerald Kerr – Community Services and Sabbath School; JeNean Johnson – Communication; Ainsworth Joseph – Ministerial; Roger Wade – Youth Ministries; Viola Chapman – Education; Stacy Gordon – Adventist Book Center; Jose Joseph – Franco-Haitian Ministries; and José Burroughs – Hispanic Ministries. The executive committee will work to fill the Women's Ministries position.
The Northeastern Conference represents more than 50,000 members in over 170 churches and "15 parochial schools across the states of Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."
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