New to the TED are Pastors Maureen Rock<\/strong> and Dejan Stojkovi\u0107<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Daniel Duda<\/a><\/strong> is well known for his teaching skills and engaging theological discourses. Currently serving as Education director, Adventist Mission director and Field Secretary, adjustments mean he will swap Adventist Mission for an emphasis on Theological and Bible training. This focus will include pastoral and elders\u2019 education, church members\u2019 Bible training, and mobilisation.<\/p>\n Karen Holford<\/a><\/strong> is elected for a second term as Family Ministries director, adding Children and Women to her portfolio. With extensive education and experience, Holford is a practicing family therapist and former SEC Family and Children\u2019s Ministries associate director. She is both a networker and a rich provider of resources.<\/p>\n Patrick Johnson<\/a><\/strong> is also elected for a second term, caring for Ministerial, Sabbath School, Personal Ministries and Chaplaincy. A pastor of pastors at heart and in practice, Johnson has worked closely with both Family and Health ministries over the past five years to provide resources and training for pastors, with a particular emphasis on well-being. He will also continue his development of the seven competencies for ministers and church elders.<\/p>\n Communication and Media director, Victor Hulbert<\/a><\/strong>, is currently working with reduced capacity. Currently the TED President delegates Communication duties as appropriate. The TED officers are keeping the matter under review and will provide a direction based on consultation with the field presidents and as soon as appropriate.<\/p>\n A Media Think Tank in August this year and the future appointment of a Media and Online director will help focus the supportive nature of the department.<\/p>\n With work on the strategic framework still developing, the aim is that by November the appointments of a Health director, a Field Secretary, Media and Online director and a Mission and Evangelism director will be completed.<\/p>\n The three TED officers will be elected at the General Conference Session in June 2022. Until that time Raafat Kamal will keep PARL and Nenad Jepuranovi\u0107, Trust Services, as part of their portfolio. Audrey Andersson, who has a strong background in Publishing, will also serve as Publishing director.<\/p>\n Four Associate officers were elected to office for a further term: Associate Executive Secretary: Dean Papaioannou Greece and Cyprus Claudio Gulyas<\/strong> is elected for another term as Greek Mission president. He will be joined by newly elected Secretary-Treasurer, Yannis Vrakas<\/strong>. Having served as the Greek Mission Associate Secretary-Treasurer since 2016, Vrakas’ mission focus, skills and competencies have turned him into an extremely effective local leader.<\/p>\n Branislav Mirilov<\/strong> is also elected for another term as President of the Cyprus Region with Dean Papaioannou<\/strong> continuing as Secretary-Treasurer.<\/p>\n Executive Committee A number of lay-members are members of their own Union Executive Committee. Overall, their skill base ranges from university lecturers, to medical professionals, business leaders, teachers, a lawyer, and an expert in conflict resolution.<\/p>\n The two pastors, Matthew Herel (BUC) and Lidija Runi\u0107 (SEEUC) bring a younger breath of air to the committee. As well as being an exemplary pastor and a member of the BUC Executive Committee, Herel has a BA Honours degree in Journalism & Sociology and MA in Theology from Newbold College, while Dr Runi\u0107 holds degrees in Information Technology and Nursing as well as a DMin from McCormick Theological Seminary (Chicago) and MDiv from Andrews University. She pastors two churches in Belgrade and lectures at the Belgrade Theological Seminary.<\/p>\n Also added to the committee for the first time are the conference presidents of any union that has 10% or more of the total TED membership. This addition will add to the balance, oversight and diversity of the overall committee. This means that the North England Conference and South England Conference presidents become members of the committee.<\/p>\n Executive Committee Lay-Representatives<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cToday\u2019s vote is part of the culmination of a two-year process of consultation that now helps us move forward with our carefully formulated framework vision,\u201d states TED President Raafat Kamal. <\/p>\n \u201cI thank the Lord for the team we have worked with over the past six years \u2013 both in the office, and around our eleven unions and three attached fields. <\/p>\n Kamal personally thanked all those who had been involved in the current process through think-tanks, consultations with the union presidents and others, and most recently, the work of the nominating committee. The committee as a whole gave recognition to those who have retired or who are stepping back from their current service. <\/p>\n A report of the Strategic Framework, as well as the complete document, is available on the TED website<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Pastor](\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/images_news-2021_maureen_rock.jpg\" "\\"Pastor")
<\/a>Rock currently serves as Principal of the British Union Conference Adventist Discovery Centre [ADC]. Her four years there have seen innovation with new and updated courses, an emphasis on on-line learning and a development of strong links between the Bible School and the local church. She also comes with a rich business background, working first as a training director, then director of the Milton Keynes Racial Equality Council, and finality director of a consultancy before developing a strong call to ministry. Rock started in pastoral ministry in 2010 and then joined the ADC in 2017. This rich wealth of experience gives her a good background to serve as TED Stewardship director.<\/p>\n<\/a>Stojkovi\u0107 loves youth ministry and serves with a strong ability to reach across boundaries, seeing each person as a child of God. Stojkovi\u0107 started ministerial life on a church revitalisation project in Cornwall, UK, before serving as a youth pastor at Stanborough Park church. In 2012 he became Teens\u2019 and Student Ministries director at the South England Conference [SEC] before being voted as British Union Conference Youth director in 2017. He is an innovator, a fast thinker, and a deeply spiritual man. His love of gadgets and technology doubled his workload during the Covid-19 pandemic as, among other things, he developed online learning for Pathfinders. His love of media will also be a strong asset as he takes on the role of TED Youth director.<\/p>\n
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Associate Treasurers: Giles Barham<\/strong>, Mack Tennyson<\/strong> and Wederly Aguiar<\/strong><\/p>\n
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The strategic framework calls for a special emphasis on outreach in areas of the TED where the church is small. Highlighted in the document are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Kosovo and Montenegro. While most of these are served by a local union, Greece and Cyprus are attached directly to the TED.<\/p>\n
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The TED Executive Committee is comprised of all union presidents, TED officers and directors, and a combination of eleven lay-members and two pastoral representatives. These are crucially important to the mission of the TED as they survey the work of the Division through different eyes. The aim is for a range of diversity and skills.<\/p>\n\n
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