Pictured: Stephen Bohr and Björn Karlman by Björn Karlman | 9 July 2025 | Sitting in the nosebleed seats of the America’s Center convention center—AKA the assigned General Conference Session “external media” area—I found myself next to a new friend whose publication sits firmly on the ultra-conservative wing of Adventism. We laughed about how we […]
Hi, I’m Björn Karlman, AT exec director, and I’ll be providing live updates for day seven of the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session. Thanks for joining us! MOST RECENT UPDATES APPEAR FIRST: [5:45 PM CDT] The names are voted through and the associate directors take to the stage, joined by the directors which were voted […]
Hi, I’m Björn Karlman, AT exec director, and I’ll be providing live updates for day six of the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session. Thanks for joining us! MOST RECENT UPDATES APPEAR FIRST: And that’s it for today, everyone. Thanks for following! [5:38 PM CDT] Here are the voted officers of the General Conference Corporation. [5:30 […]
Image: L-R: GC Treasurer Paul Douglas, GC Associate Director of Communications Sam Neves, and GC Executive Secretary Rick McEdward by Björn Karlman Yesterday, the announcement of division presidents for all 13 world divisions doubled as a sad reminder: not a single woman among them. At the July 7 General Conference (GC) Session press conference, I […]
Hi, I’m Björn Karlman, AT exec director, and I’ll be providing live updates for day five of the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session. Thanks for joining us! MOST RECENT UPDATES APPEAR FIRST: [5:06 PM CDT] In a bold move for both grammar enthusiasts and evangelists, Agenda Item 421, recommending changing “discipleship” to “disciple-making” or “making […]
Hi, I’m Björn Karlman, AT exec director, and I’ll be providing live updates for day four of the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session. Thanks for joining us! MOST RECENT UPDATES APPEAR FIRST: [5:20 PM CDT] Delegates approved Nominating Committee Report #5 by a wide margin, confirming J Raymond Wahlen II as undertreasurer and naming the […]
by Björn Karlman | 4 July 2025 | Yesterday, Pastor Erton Köhler was named the new General Conference (GC) president. In his initial remarks, Köhler thanked and praised outgoing president Ted Wilson, who was not present. “Pastor Wilson is not here now. Later he will come,” Köhler said. At yesterday evening’s press conference, a delay […]
Pastor Erton C. Köhler’s first press conference as General Conference (GC) president was a clear break from the Ted Wilson era. The event (when Köhler finally arrived after fending off well-wishers and others on the way to the press area) was brisk, multilingual (he spoke in fluent English, Spanish, and Portuguese), and—most notably—open. Köhler took […]
SILVER SPRING, Maryland — In a development that has left translators scrambling and English Sabbath School teachers nervously clutching their lesson quarterlies, the General Conference (GC) announced today that Portuguese will now be recognized as the official language of heaven. The announcement came just hours after the election of Erton Köhler, the first Brazilian to […]
Hi, I’m Bjorn Karlman, AT exec director, and I’ll be providing live updates for day two of the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session. Thanks for joining us!
LIVE: GC Session 2025 – Day 1 Kicks Off in St. Louis Welcome to Adventist Today’s live updates from the 62nd General Conference Session in St. Louis, Missouri, as this historic event unfolds. Business wraps with a prayer. Everyone is hungry. [5:31 PM CDT] – A list of 277 nominating committee names was quickly […]
ST. LOUIS, Missouri – The General Conference (GC) announced that the selection of its next president will be confirmed through traditional smoke signals emanating from the America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis during the July 3-12 GC Session. The decision enables what administrators call “a time-tested communication method.” White smoke will signal successful presidential […]
