Ted Wilson elected new president of Seventh-day Adventist Church

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By Shelia M. Poole

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Ted. N.C. Wilson was elected as president of the 16.3 million Seventh-day Adventist Church, during the denomination's 59th general conference session in Atlanta.

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Carlton P. Byrd, senior pastor of the Atlanta Berean Adventist Church, led an afternoon worship session as the church's World Session got under way earlier this week.

Josef Kissinger, Adventist News Network Carlton P. Byrd, senior pastor of the Atlanta Berean Adventist Church, led an afternoon worship session as the church's World Session got under way earlier this week.

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Wilson, 60, replaces Jan Paulsen, who has served as president since 1999. Most recently he was general vice president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a position he has held since July 2000. He has held administrative and executive positions in the Mid-Atlantic United States, Africa and Russia.

Wilson began his church career as as a pastor in the Greater New York Conference.

The general conference session, which runs through July 3, is expected to draw 70,000 people. Wilson, of Maryland, was appointed by the Protestant denomination's 246-member nominating committee and confirmed by the general conference session's delegation, which is an international body of 2,410 appointed members.

Georgia has 217 Seventh-day Adventist churches and 34 educational institutions in Georgia.