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The Seventh-day Adventist Church presents the Cara Spencer, mayor of St. Louis, a check for $100,000. Photo by Seth Shaffer/AME (CC BY 4.0)

Story by Angelica Sanchez, Adventist News Network

During a special segment of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s 62nd General Conference Session on July 7, Erton Köhler, president of the General Conference, welcomed St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer to address delegates gathered in the Dome at America’s Center.

Reina Zapata-Mendez, a delegate to the General Conference Session and lay member from the New Jersey Conference, diligently takes notes during the business proceedings. Photo by Kelly Butler Coe.

Anne Seixas and Andreea Epistatu, Adventist News Network

Representing more than 60 percent of the global church membership, women are not just showing up at the 2025 General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. They are showing what it means to belong, to contribute, and to shape the future of a church they love.

New vice presidents by Tor Tjeransen / Adventist Media Exchange (CC BY 4.0)]

Story by Adventist News Network

On July 6, 2025, delegates at the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session in St. Louis, Missouri, elected seven vice presidents for the 2025–2030 quinquennium. The vote passed 1798 to 92. 

The elected vice presidents are:

  • Thomas L. Lemon

  • Audrey E. Andersson

  • Pierre E. Omeler

  • Artur A. Stele

  • Saw Samuel

  • Leonard A. Johnson

  • Robert Osei-Bonsu

Photo by Tor Tjeransen/AME (CC BY 4.0)

Story by Adventist News Network

Paul H. Douglas was re-elected to serve as treasurer of the General Conference (GC) of Seventh-day Adventists on July 6, 2025, during the 62nd General Conference Session.

As treasurer, Douglas assumes primary responsibility for overseeing the financial systems that support the church’s global mission. His role involves managing tithes and offerings, guiding financial policy, and ensuring transparency and accountability across the church’s institutions and territories.

Ted Wilson by Nikolay Stoykov/AME (CC by 4.0)

Story by Lauren Davis, ANN

General Conference president Ted Wilson issued a corrective statement on Friday, July 4, 2025, clarifying remarks he made to delegates the day before, when he read from a 2015 General Conference Administrative Committee (ADCOM) statement about immunization. 

Following Wilson’s speech on July 3, church officers were made aware that the immunization statement posted on the official Seventh-day Adventist Church website for the past 10 years was not the version actually voted in 2015.