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Isaiah Etim UdosenNigeria Conference President

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Bertin MwanyaCentral Africa Superintendent

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Simon BissahGhana Conference President

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ISAIAH ETIM UDOSEN

title:PresidentAC Conference of Nigeria

in office since: 2015

lives in:Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

birthdays:Isaiah – July 23Children:Godwin – Feb. 3Victor – Aug. 21Comfort – Sept. 9Nyakno – Oct. 5Christian – Nov. 1Angela – June 23Patience – Sept. 9

Isaiah Udosen was the former vice president of the AC Nigerian Conference before accepting the position of President of the Conference in January, 2015.

He is a native of Etinan LGA of Akwa Ibom State, and was interested in becoming involved in ministry at an early age.

After receiving his certificate in 1958, he began preaching the gospel in many local churches. Later he was appointed as Sunday school superintendent for 10 churches. In 1975, he was ordained a deacon, in 1980 an Elder, and became a minister in 1990.

Isaiah is blessed with seven children from his late wife, Arit.

SIMON BISSAH

title:President Ghana AC Conference

in office since:2003

lives in:Nsawam, Ghana

birthdays:Simon – July 17Veronica – Oct. 24Jireh – Jan. 18, 2003Lawrencia – Mar. 15, 2005Jesse – Mar. 28, 2008Noelle – Nov. 2, 2011

Simon Bissah lives in Nsawam, Ghana, with wife, Veronica, sons Jireh and Jesse, and daughters Lawrencia and Noelle. He pastors the Nsawam AC Church and also teaches primary school.

Pastor Bissah accepted the presidency of the Ghana AC Conference in 2003 with a servant attitude and a strong desire to expand the kingdom of Christ.

Rev. Bissah and his leaders have made the conference a more workable institution to meet challenges as they come.

BERTIN MWANYA

title: Superintendent,AC Central Africa RegionPresident,DRC AC Conference

in office since: 2007 (Reg. Superintendent)2005 (Conference President

lives in: Lubumbashi, Katanga, DRC

birthdays:Bertin – Dec. 12Genevieve – Jan. 1

Bertin Mwanya is a busy man. He serves the Lord as President of the Democratic Republic of Con-go (DRC) AC Conference and as Superintendent of the Central Africa Region of AC Churches. He also is pastor at Eden Advent Christian Church in Lubumbashi.

As Central Africa Regional Superintendent, he organized our Tanzania churches’ affilia-tion, taught “Farming God’s Way” techniques in Malawi, contributes regularly to our Advent Christian online E-news and advises our Central Africa conferences.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English, Journal-ism and in Theology, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He has been an English teacher, broadcast journalist and business man-ager. He and wife, Genevieve, have five children: Paul, Louis, Marthe, Bertin and Esther.

AUGUSTO OCHE SIMBI

title: PresidentMozambique AC Conference


lives in: Mandua, Mutarara District, Tete Province, Mozambique

birthday:Augusto – Oct. 15

Pastor Augusto Oche Simbi is married with six children, four of them boys. He lives in the coal-rich Tete Province in northwestern Mozambique.

Augusto holds a certificate of Portuguese, and received preaching credentials from SAM Bible School. He speaks two languages — Portuguese and Chichewa.

Augusto met a pastor who fed him with the words from John 3:16. He became a Christian in June 1977.

Pastor Simbi says, “The verses which I like most are: Colossians 1:3, I Chronicles 29:19, and 1 Peter1:3–12. When I hear these words they do encourage me in my Christian life.”



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Moses B. GbaaLiberia Conference President

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Samuel SosonoMalawi/Mozambique Conference President

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Simeon NzishuraBurundi Conference President

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Peter MotendeKenya Conference President

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PETER MOTENDE

title:PresidentKenya AC Conference


lives in:Kilgoris, Kenya

birthday:Peter – Dec. 30

Peter Motende was a youth leader in his local Catholic church. Walking to the shopping center one day, Peter encountered an Advent Christian church crusade. In talking with the crusade lead-ers he became acquainted with AC doctrine.

Peter joined the Advent Christians in 2004 as a lay pastor. He held the post of church plant-ing then was overseer of five northern region churches.

In 2010 Peter Motende assumed the post of President of the Kenya Advent Christian Confer-ence.

President Motende is married to Alice Nyomen-da Motende. God has blessed them with a family of three boys.

SIMEON NZISHURA

title: PresidentBurundi AC Conference


lives in: Bujumbura, Burundi

birthdays:Simeon – Nov. 12Nizigiyimana Mary – July 7Divine – Dec. 18, 1985Stephen – July 18, 1988Esther – June 4, 1991Noella – March 12, 1992Johnathn – July 5, 1995Samuel – Jan. 23, 2003(plus four orphans living with them)

Bishop Simeon Nzishura’s native Burundi has been in civil war off and on since 1965. In response, he has initiated peace endeavors and conferences in Central Africa. Simeon also visits refugees who have fled to the West, to serve as a link with their families in Burundi.

In the 1990s he started the African Protestant Evangelical Elim Church, a fellowship of 45 churches.

Today he serves as leader of our Burundi Advent Christian Conference. He conducts an extensive financial accountability seminar in his churches.

In 2006, when Simeon approached Advent Christian General Conference with a request to affiliate, he wanted his work to be a part of an international family. His passion for the second coming of Jesus was the deciding factor in his choice of the Advent Christian family.

MOSES B. GBAAtitle: President AC Conference of Liberia


lives in:Buchanan, Grand Bassa CountyLiberia

birthdays:Moses – March 11Nancy – January 6Naomi – March 26, 1992 Sarah – April 18, 1996 Jairus –December 20, 1999Darius – November 2, 2002Christian – April 28, 2006Monee – September 6, 2008

Moses was the former vice president of the AC Liberian Conference before accepting the posi-tion of president of the conference in July 2015.

Moses is Bassa by tribe, and married to Nancy Hodges Gbaa. Together they have six children.

Holding an “AA” educational degree from KRTTI College, Moses’ profession is teaching.

After receiving a certificate in pastoral leader-ship from Jesus Evangelistic Ministry Theological Bible Institute in 2004, he began pastoring the Buchanan AC Church in 2009. Other offices held: SS teacher from 1996 – 1999, director of Chris-tian Education from 2000 – 2004, and conference secretary from 2005 – 2011.

SAMUEL SOSONO

title: PresidentMalawi AC Conference


lives in: Nsanje, Malawi

birthdays:Samuel – Apr. 11Diana – Nov. 25Miracle – Apr. 8, 2010Deborah Hannah – Nov. 16, 2011Faith – May 15, 2015

Pastor Samuel Sosono was elected president of the Malawi AC Conference in 2006 when Malawi and Mozambique churches shared a conference. Within five years he had planted 18 churches in the two countries. Today each country has its own conference.

A native Malawian, Samuel grew up in a Chris-tian family. His dad was a pastor. Samuel was especially successful in Bible knowledge studies.

Samuel became a member of the Advent Chris-tian Church in 1999, when it was founded in Malawi. New Hope ACC, Nsanje, is his home church.

Samuel and his wife, Diana, are blessed with two daughters, Miracle and Deborah Hannah.

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Désiré AholaCentral Europe

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Alain Don’TonySouth Africa Conference President

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Hanscollins MunuoTanzania Conference President

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DÉSIRÉ AHOLA

title:PresidentCentral Europe AC Conference


lives in:Nova Gradiska, Croatia

birthdays:Desire – Feb. 25Martina – June 4Patricia – Dec. 25, 1997Ruben – Nov. 23, 2004

Desiré Ahola moved from his native Cameroon, West Africa, to Croatia in 1992. He organized a small group in Zagreb, teaching them beliefs based in Advent Christian doctrine.

Desiré is now leader of the Advent Christian ministry in Central Europe. His once small group has established outreaches in six coun-tries.

The highlight of his ministry is witnessing to college students and tourists on the Adriatic coast each summer.

Desiré and his wife, Martina, have two children. He says, “It is a joy for me to see how God is blessing us each day.”

ALAIN DON’TONY

title:President South Africa AC Conference


lives in:Port Elizabeth, South Africa

birthdays:Alain – Nov. 1Dorothy – Aug. 9Elijah – Jan. 4, 2008Isaiah – Dec. 27, 2011

A native of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Alain has a BA degree in drama, con-centrating in theater direction and playwriting. He held several pastorates in the DRC.

In 2005 he moved to South Africa to continue his ministry in Port Elizabeth. Alain married Dorothy in 2006 and started a church in 2007 with only his wife and in-laws. Steady growth in their number of disciples soon had them meeting in the garage.

Finally he turned a local tavern into the Sanc-tuary of Mercy where he pastors today. He also serves as president of the South Africa AC Conference.

Pastor Alain seeks to carry on the wealthy legacy of church planting in Africa.

BRYCE R. WHITING

Title:Africa/Europe Area DirectorAC World Outreach

in office since: Jan., 2013

address:523 West St., Bristol, CT 06010

phone: (860)314-0633

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birthdays:Bryce – July 8Barbara – August 11

Bryce holds a BA from Berkshire Christian Col-lege and a MA from Wheaton Graduate School.

He pastored AC churches for 10 years in Newport Center, Vt., and Loudon, N.H., before he went back to school in response to a call to international ministry. He and his wife, Barbara, then joined Youth With a Mission serving in Switzerland and Togo, West Africa, until 1995. In 2000, he returned to the pastorate and presently serves in Bristol, Conn.

Bryce has made two trips as a representative of AC ministries. While visiting a Liberian refugee camp in Ghana in 1995, he introduced them to the AC denomination. In 2012, he led teach-ing seminars, preaching and encouragement to the AC pastors in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

He has three daughters and two grandchildren.

HANSCOLLINS MUNUO

title: PresidentTanzania AC Conference


lives in: Mwanza, Tanzania

birthday:Hanscollins – May 25Joyce – June 21Mercy – Mar. 7, 1999Jonathan – Aug. 22, 2000Barnaba – Aug. 22, 2000Leameck – Mar. 21, 2010Rehema – Aug. 10, 1995Bernadetha – Dec. 24, 1996Emmanuel – May 15, 1997Brian – Apr. 15, 2004

A native of Tanzania, Pastor Hanscollins Munuo is fluent in Kiswahili and English. He has been a pastor since 1994. Some of his pastorates were in Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Ministerial Theology and has completed extensive training in leadership, church planting, evangelism and computer skills.

Pastor Hanscollins now leads Kiseke ACC, the headquarters church in Mwanza. He succeeded President Joseph Ntandu as conference president.

Hanscollins and his wife, Joyce Kapile, have eight children. Three were orphans and one was living in destitution when they invited them into their family.

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Ray & Ledy MarcoMissionaries/Honduras

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Miguel ArellanoMexico Conference President

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John GilbertLatin America Area Director

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Jean-Claude DorsainvilHaiti Conference President

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MIGUEL MENA ARELLANO

title:President Iglesia Evangelica de la Comunidad (AC Conference of Mexico)

in office since:May 2004

lives in:Tecate, Mexico

birthdays:Miguel – Sept. 29Maria – Aug. 7

Pastor Miguel’s passion has always been teach-ing and reaching others with the compassionate love of the Lord Jesus Christ.

After marriage to Maria he became director of Jericó Bible Institute in Tecate. In 1983 he re-turned to his alma mater, Seminario Teologico de Baja California (STBC), and still teaches there.

Pastor Miguel formed his present church “Igle-sia Emáus” in 2001 in Tecate.

In May 2004, Pastor Miguel assumed the posi-tion of president of Iglesia Evangelica de la Comunidad.

RAY & LEDY MARCO

title:part-time missionariesHonduras


live in:Miami, Florida


birthdays:Ray – Oct. 2Ledy – Oct. 6

Ray Marco remembers as a boy rolling fabric strips into bandages for our missionaries in In-dia. He says it “touched (his) heart deeply.”

God nurtured Ray’s heart for missions, taking him from Peace Dale, Rhode Island, to Berkshire Christian College, to Miami, Florida, and finally to the poverty-stricken nation of Honduras.

Ray has pastored Oak Grove ACC, Miami, around 40 years. He and Ledy lead mission trips to Honduras four times yearly, to a medical clinic and ministry he founded in 1991, Cristo Salva. He and Ledy met through Cristo Salva. She was a school teacher and committed disciple of Christ.

Along with their Oak Grove and Cristo Salva ministries, Ray and Ledy represent AC World Outreach in Honduras.

JOHN GILBERT

title:Latin America Area DirectorAC World Outreach


address:233 Paulin Ave. Suite 5558 Calexico, CA 92231

phone: (760) 791-0289


birthday:John – July 19Bonnie – June 18

John was just finishing a 27-year U.S. Navy career, when, in December 1995, God called him to serve in Mexico.

John and wife, Bonnie, started with Mexican Medical Ministry in San Diego and were assigned to San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico in 1997.

In 2000, the Lord led the Gilberts to form 99 Plus 1 Ministries. It aids pastors and ministries who de-velop in others a heart to serve the Lord.

In 2001, John was appointed Mexico Minis-tries Team Leader for the Department of World Outreach of Advent Christian General Confer-ence. Now John serves as World Outreach Latin America Area Director.

JEAN-CLAUDE DORSAINVIL

title:PresidentAC Conference Haiti (ACCH)


address:Nippes Department, Haiti

birthdays:Jean-Claude – Mar. 8Izelle – Nov. 11Heiden – Apr. 2, 2002Reid – Sept. 9, 2003Sheveland – Oct. 16, 2004Leiland – Dec. 4, 2005

Dr. Jean-Claude Dorsainvil holds a doctorate in ministry, master’s in agronomy, and specialty de-grees in ecotourism, communications and social sciences. He is senior pastor of the AC Church of Croix-des-Bouquets and speaks Haitian Creole, French, Spanish and English. He owns Grace Hour Radio Television, founded Queensland University, has pastored the AC Church of Del-mas, and is president of the AC Conference of Haiti and its six churches.

Dr. Dorsainvil wrote in 2009 seeking fraternal ties with the AC denomination, with which his churches share doctrinal agreement. Affiliation was approved by the Executive Council May 6, 2014.

Jean-Claude is married to Izelle, and they are blessed with a family of four sons.

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Lee & Caroline WelkleyUrban Ministries Consultants

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RUTH DEVAIRAKKAM &WILFRED ABISHEGANATHAN

title:LeaderMalaysia AC Conference


lives in:Kluang, Johore, Malaysia

birthdays:Wilfred – Oct. 12Ruth – Mar. 1Joanna – Mar. 28, 1983Jerusha – May 18, 1987

Born in India, Ruth was dedicated as a mission-ary to Malaysia when she was a year old. Her father pioneered the AC work in Malaysia.

She graduated Bible College and married Wilfred Abisheganathan, who assisted her father as lay preacher and guitarist.

Wilfred and Ruth now lead the Kluang ACC in Johore, on the tip of the Malay Peninsula. They witness to English-speaking Chinese and Tamil-speaking Indians. They hold house Bible studies, fellowship meals, and offer prayer and guidance — reaching non-believers with the love of Jesus Christ.

Their daughters, Joanna and Jerusha, witness to youth and children. The family also ministers to single parents, divorcees and developmentally challenged and abused children.

CLIO THOMAS

title:Consultant for Agape House Ministries

in office since:Aug. 2012

lives in:Kent, Washington


birthdays:Clio – June 9Kathleen – Apr. 8

West Virginia native and Aurora College gradu-ate, Clio Thomas has pastored the AC churches in Baraboo, Wis., and Seattle, Wash. While at Se-attle, he oversaw a new church plant, West Valley Church in Auburn, and became its first pastor. He was adjunct professor in Pastoral Theology and Preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary Extension in Seattle.

Clio has assisted in developing a coffee house, a half-way house for prison parolees, the Laubach Literacy program, and the first food bank in Seattle.

He accepted the position of Asia/Pacific Area Director for the Department of World Outreach in 2002, where he served until July, 2012. Upon completion of Area Director, Clio now serves as our Consultant for Agape House Ministries.

FRANCIS SSEBIKINDU

title:PastorLiving Water Comm. Churchin current pastorate since: 1986

address:2175 Carrollwood LaneCordova, TN 38016-4608phone: (901) 274-7120e-mail: [email protected]

birthdays:Francis – May 13Lyne – May 8

Francis Ssebikindu and wife, Lyne, were born in Uganda.

In 1974 Francis fled Idi Amin’s reign of terror and came to the United States, graduated from Berk-shire Christian College, earned his Westminster Theological Seminary Master of Divinity, and was an assistant chaplain. He was called to Mem-phis in June 1986. Lyne received her bachelor’s through doctoral degrees in the United States.

Their church, Living Water, organizes summer camp for inner city youth in the N.C. mountains and delivers baskets at Thanksgiving. Its members serve in schools and prisons, distribute food and clothing, and hold both morning and evening prayer groups.

LEE & CAROLINE WELKLEY

title:Urban Ministry Consultants

in office since: June 2008

address:6246 Maney DriveJacksonville, FL 32216

phone: (904) 228-7504


birthdays:Lee – July 16Caroline – Aug. 3

Upon graduating Berkshire Christian College (BCC), Lee continued his studies at Bethany Theological Seminary and the Seminarian Con-sortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE). Lee served in various pastorates for 50 years — 43 of those years in urban churches. Lee has also served as president of BCC for 24 years and con-tinues to serve in this capacity.

Caroline, also a Berkshire grad, continued her education in Paralegal studies, obtaining certifi-cation in the field. She has served with Lee in 43 years of active service in urban ministry.

In June 2008, they added Urban Ministry Con-sulting for ACGC to their duties. They base this ministry on Luke 4:18–19.



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Efren G. MirandaPhilippines Conference President

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Nely GamayonOro Bible College Director

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ERWIN AND ROWENA CABRIZOS

title:DirectorsAgape House Ministries Worldwide


live in:Mati, the Philippines

birthdays:Erwin – Jan. 7Rowena – June 11Shori – Nov. 5, 2005Zoe Aiji Rei – May 2, 2013Rei Anne Charis – July 14, 2015

Rowena Baylon met Erwin Cabrizos when they were active in music ministry in their native Philippines.

In 1999, Rowena went to Japan to pursue a doc-torate in mathematics. The Lord led her to open an Agape House with the help of two Japanese AC pastors.

She married Erwin, attained her degree, and they worked in Japan for three years, overseeing four Agape Houses, starting a homeless feeding minis-try, developing leaders and discipling.

In 2004, they returned to Mati, Philippines, and opened Agape House Ministries of Pujada — making disciples, providing medical and dental missions, educating and feeding children, aiding parents, and sheltering orphans and abandoned and abused children.

Rowena and Erwin oversee a growing Agape House ministry worldwide. They have two chil-dren — Shori (daughter) and Zoe (son).

T. REGI CHRISTOPHER

title:PresidentFellowship of Blessed Hope Churches

in office since:July 2012

lives in:Teynampet, Chennai, India

birthdays:Regi – Mar. 2Grace – May 3Mercy – 1996Jonathan – 2004

Rev. Christopher was elected president of the Fellowship of Blessed Hope Churches (FBHC) in Chennai on July 10, 2012. He had been treasurer of the fellowship for six years.

He has pastored the FBHC church at Teynampet, Chennai, for 14 years. Teynampet is located in a slum area of the city. Under his leadership the ministry has grown significantly in recent years.

He is married to D. Grace Sathiyavadani, who takes a very active part in the ministries of the church. They have a daughter, Mercy, and a son, Jonathan.

NELY GAMAYON

title:DirectorOro Bible College


lives in:Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

birthdays:Nathaniel – Jan. 8Nely – Aug. 10

Nely Asequia was 14 when she accepted the Lord and was baptized by AC Missionary Rev. George Teshera and Pastor Gerundio Sarillana.

Beginning in 1984 at Oro Bible College (OBC), she was active in campus Christian ministry. There she met Nathaniel Gamayon. They mar-ried and now have three grown children and one grandchild — Kerryn.

With education as her passion, Nely became a licensed teacher in 1986. Nely continued to work on her own education as she served as dean and instructor at OBC. Having earned her PhD from the Xavier University, she became director of and professor at the college in April of 2000.

Please pray, as OBC now faces challenging new government regulations.

EFREN MIRANDA

title:BishopPhilippine AC Churches, Inc.


lives in:Iligan City, Mindanao, Philippines

birthdays:Efren – June 18Deding – Aug. 17Connie Fern – Dec. 4, 1986Ronnie – Aug. 9, 1989Efraim – Aug. 22, 1995

Bishop Miranda holds a Bachelor of Theol-ogy degree from our own Oro Bible College in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines.

He has held the roles of senior pastor, outreach pastor, church planter and council member with duties including directing the Public Relations Department of the conference. Pastor Efren also founded the New Life Bajao Community Fellow-ship.

During his term as Bishop (President), the conference started an emergency relief fund called BEARS, and they adopted Vision 20/20, a discipleship effort that seeks to make each AC member someone who disciples — a goal of 20,000 disciplers by the year 2020.

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FRANCIS THANGADURAI

title:President AC Conference of India


lives in:Velachery, Chennai, India

birthdays:Francis – Feb. 19Christy – Dec. 22Kingsley – Jul. 17Marvin – Oct. 23

Francis Thangadurai has enjoyed more than three decades in active service for our Lord Jesus Christ.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Serampore University, a master’s from Madras Univer-sity, and a theological degree from the Advent Christian Bible Institute. His first pastorate was at Pattabiram in 1981.

Rev. Thangadurai has served as mission trea-surer for the conference, correspondent for the AC schools in India, vice president and now president of the AC Conference of India (ACCI). His building programs have resulted in churches, parsonages and school buildings in many towns.

Francis and his wife, Christy, have two adult sons, Kingsley Joshua and Marvin James.

IMMANUEL

title:Mission ManagerYesuway Jeevan Mission


lives in:Chennai, India

birthdays:Immanuel – Sept. 24Rani – Sept. 17

Immanuel worked for a government bank for 31 years before joining our Mission.

In 2001, he joined the American Advent Mis-sion in Chennai to deal with government and local corporation matters. He served as Office Manager and then in 2006, as Mission Manager. Since 2009 he has been coordinating the Advent Christian Mission, now called Yesuway Jeevan Mission.

Immanuel’s wife, Rani, helps with English/Tamil translating. She translated Dr. David Dean’s book “Resurrection Hope” and Dr. Sam Warren’s book “Dead Men Talking” and some of Rev. John Roller’s E-tracts into Tamil for publication.

Immanuel and Rani have two daughters, a son and three grandchildren.

MYANMAR PASTORS

title: Four Conference Presidents (yearly rotating basis)

in office since: March, 2005

live in: Myanmar (various loca-tions)

Conference includes:59 churches with 1,713 members total and 58 pastors/workers. They have two Bible colleges with a total of 27 students and care for 137 orphaned children.

NOTE: This information is not for re-publication in any form.

The AC Myanmar Conference was established in 2005 with four independent Christian groups who agreed to work together as one conference.

A cruel military junta seized power of the country in 1962 with one aim, “There shall be no home where the Christian religion is practiced.” Recently, there has been some progress towards true democracy; however, Christians continue to minister under very difficult conditions. In 2012 some leaders experienced difficulties and harass-ment from the authorities. In some cases, the pastors risk their liberty and lives as they share the message of Jesus Christ.

Pray for the safety of our Myanmar AC Confer-ence and for its workers and members of the churches of the conference. Pray the country will continue to move towards true democracy.

ERNIE SCHACHE

title: Asia Team Leader,AC World Outreach President,New Zealand AC Conference

in office since: 2007 (Team Leader)2011 (President

lives in: Auckland, New Zealand


birthday:Ernie – Jan. 29

Since 2007 Asia Team Leader Ernie Schache has worked with our AC ministries in India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. He assumed this role after five years as an Advent Christian missionary in India.

Ernie was a lay businessman in his native New Zealand when called to service in India. He represented a new kind of missionary — one who can come alongside our pastors and help adminis-tratively. Ernie had been president of AC Missions New Zealand, and had organized work teams to Oro Bible College in the Philippines and the former College of Evangelism in India. He brought those skills to the mission field.

In India, Ernie supervised ministry finances and worked with Indian nationals in building church-es, parsonages and related projects. He helped church members establish micro-businesses to support their families.

Besides Asia Team Leader duties, Ernie also serves as president of the New Zealand AC Conference.



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Julius & Neuleth EquipadoPastor of Agape House-Fukuoka

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Jeff & Penny VannAsia/Pacific Area Directors &Global Training Coordinators

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JULIUS CESAR EQUIPADO

title:Coordinator, Agape House Ministries of Japan


lives in:Fukuoka, Japan

birthdays:Julius – Nov. 16Neuleth – Mar. 10Shana – Aug. 18, 2006Joshua – Aug. 14, 2009Zachariah – Dec. 10, 2011

After attaining his degree, Julius was an Elec-tronics and Communications Engineering instructor in his native Philippines. In 2000, he went to Kyushu University in Japan to pursue studies in Mobile Communications.

In Japan, at the Agape House ministry, God changed the course of his life. In 2002, Julius committed to serve through Agape House min-istries and took a master’s degree in Missions and Evangelism in Singapore.

In 2004, he married Neuleth and they moved back to Japan. God has blessed them with a daughter, Shana, and sons, Joshua and Zacha-riah.

Julius pastors the Fukuoka Agape House and oversees all four Japan Agape Houses.

CHRISTIAN MISSION

title:Missionary (self-supporting)Thailand


live in:Nakhon Phanom, Thailand

birthdays:Maeo – June 29

As an American stationed in Thailand, Maeo’s late husband, John Middlewood, developed a love for the Thai people. After they married, John and Maeo went to work serving the Lord. They started a faith mission in 2001, with the estab-lishment of Christian Mission Ban Naratchakwai.

This ministry offers childrens’ programs, “Soup of Love” outreach for villagers, worship services, musical presentations, senior citizen food give-aways, prayer groups, Bible studies, fellowship, Bible camps and English camps.

This mission operates on faith, and God pro-vides.

MINORU SHOJAKU

title:PresidentJapan AC Conference

in office since: November 23, 2012

lives in:Nara Pref. Nara City, Japan

birthdays:Minoru – July 1Yuko – July 13Yuki Yamanaka – April 13, 2001

Pastor Minoru Shojaku was born spiritually in 1971 at the Kayashima Christian Center. At the age of 17, he heard the call of the Lord. Pastor Shojaku studied at Shijonawate Christian Institute for five years.

Visiting the Philippines in 1993 and the United States in 1996, he learned about the Advent Christian history in Japan while strengthening his belief regarding AC doctrine and denomination.

Pastor Shojaku’s ministry focuses on making disciples and helping the needy and challenged people, as he serves as pastor of the Ayameike Christ Church and as the 22nd Japan AC Conference Executive Council President.

Married to Yuko, together they provide care for their foster child, Yuki Yamanaka (boy).

JEFF & PENNY VANN

title:Asia Pacific Area DirectorsAC World Outreach

in office since: Aug. 2012

address:604 Conway Dr.Apt. 101Williamsburg, VA 23185

phone: (757) 229-1250e-mail: [email protected]

birthdays:Jeff – Jul. 14Penny – May 12

After pastorates in the United States, Jeff, Penny, and daughters Elizabeth, Connie and Naomi, be-gan their missionary journey. They arrived in the Philippines in 1996, serving until 2009. Jeff and Penny served the AC Mission and were Oro Bible College deans and full-time professors.

From February 2010 to February 2011, they min-istered in New Zealand as pastors at large.

In 2012 they assumed the Directorate of the Asia Pacific Area.

Their daughters have begun families of their own, providing Jeff and Penny with beloved grandchil-dren!



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Jeff WalshDirector of World Outreach

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for

JEFF WALSH

title:Director of World OutreachAC General Conference


address:PO Box 690848Charlotte, NC 28227phone: (704) 545-6161e-mail: [email protected]

birthdays:Jeff – June 18Rhonda – Dec. 26Ben – Apr. 29, 1997Isaac – Mar. 1, 1999Ethan – Sept. 5, 2002Joshua – Aug. 16, 2011

Jeff first sensed God’s call to missionary work as a teen in Hickory, North Carolina.

After college and marriage to Rhonda, Jeff was at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary when God reestablished his call to missions.

The Walshes filled in at the AC Mission and Oro Bible College in the Philippines for 15 months. Back home, Jeff finished seminary and pastored Margaretville ACC in New York. In 2005, Jeff, Rhonda, and family returned to Oro Bible Col-lege, serving through 2011.

Jeff accepted the Directorship of World Outreach in January 2012. He and Rhonda and sons Ben, Isaac, Ethan and Joshua moved to the Charlotte area in North Carolina.

As Director of World Outreach Jeff oversees a thriving AC Great Commission ministry, reach-ing more than 30 countries.

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