04 June 2013 Podkowa Le?na, Poland [Daniel Maikowski, tedNEWS] Over 160 delegates from across Poland took part in the XXI Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which took place from 30th May to 1st June 2013. It was an opportunity to take stock of the activities of the Polish Church in the last five years. The assembled delegates were also electing a new Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Church.
The Session, that lasted three days, resulted in election of a new president, Pastor Jaroslaw Dzi?gielewski, and the relection of Marek Rakowski, Executive Secretary, and Maximilian Szklorz, Treasurer.
Among the delegates present were representatives of the Trans-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (TED), Pastor Bertil Wiklander, TED President and Pastor Raafat Kamal TED Field Secretary.
‘I want to thank Pastor Pawel Lazar for his leadership during two terms.’ said Pastor Wiklander. ‘He has been a valuable colleague in the international work of the church and he leaves his office with a positive development both in terms of evangelism and finances. At the same time I welcome Pastor Jaroslaw Dzi?gielewski as the new President of the Polish Union. He has several years of experience in leading two conferences and has also served as conference secretary-treasurer. Pastor Dziegielewski is a humble and spiritual man, but also a gifted leader and pastor. I look forward to co-operating with him. The Session also meant that the church in Poland has taken a big step forward in upgrading its constitution and bringing it in harmony with the international Seventh-day Adventist Church policy. I have felt a positive spirit in the church in Poland which I pray will deepen and inspire many to take up the mission of God in Poland. May God bless his church in Poland!’ Pastor Wiklander concluded.
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