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{{Seventh-day Adventism}}

[[Image:Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists building.jpg|right|thumb|Headquarters building of the Texas Conference]]

The '''Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists''' (Texas Conference) is one of two organizational bodies of the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] for the eastern 2/3 of the state of [[Texas]], United States. It is based in [[Alvarado, Texas]].

The "Texas Conference" is a subdivision of the [[Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists|Southwestern Union]], which in turn is part of the [[North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists|North American Division]], one of the 13 worldwide organizational Divisions of the church.

Its territory includes all of the State of Texas except the westernmost portions of the state.

As of 2018, more than 60,000 Texas Adventists are members at more than 300 churches.<ref name="stats">{{cite web|url=http://texasadventist.org/about/who-we-are/|title=Texas Conference: Who We Are|publisher=Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists|accessdate=2009-05-30}}</ref>

==History==

The Texas Conference was organized in 1878 and reorganized in 1932.

==Education==

Texas Adventist schools are accredited by the Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities which is a recognized member of the National Council for Private School Accreditation and the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission (TEPSAC) and is recognized as accredited by the [[Texas Education Agency]].

==Adventist Community Services==

[[Adventist Community Services]] (ACS) is the humanitarian agency of the Seventh-day Adventist church in the United States.

The Texas Conference ACS operates a storage and distribution warehouse in [[Keene, Texas]] from which Texas Mobile Distribution Units are dispatched to disaster areas.

==Publications==

The Texas Conference publishes two quarterly magazines ''The FLAME'' in English and ''La LLAMA'' in Spanish which are distributed to all members of the conference.

==Auxiliary operations==

The conference operates a full service print shop including graphic design for member churches.

A transportation department provides moving services for pastors and educators.

==Presidents==

{{complete list|date=August 2021}}

*W.S. Greer, 1892&ndash;1902

*W. A. McCutchen, 1902&ndash;1914 (Texas and S. Texas)

*J. I. Taylor, 1912&ndash;1916 (N. Texas)

*J. A. Leland, 1914&ndash;1916 (S. Texas)

*David Voth, 1916&ndash;1919 (N. Texas)

*E. L. Neff, 1916&ndash;1919 (S. Texas)

*J. F. Wright, 1919&ndash;1924 (N. Texas)

*F. L. Perry, 1924&ndash;1926 (N. Texas)

*R. P. Montgomery, 1919&ndash;1926 (S. Texas)

*Roy L. Benton, 1926&ndash;1930 (N. Texas)

*W. R. Elliott, 1926&ndash;1929 (S. Texas)

*F. L. Perry 1929&ndash;1930 (S. Texas)

*F. L. Perry 1930&ndash;1936 (N. Texas)

*G. F. Eichman 1930&ndash;1937 (S. Texas and Texas)

*J. D. Smith 1937&ndash;1938

*F. D. Wells 1938&ndash;1943

*L. L McKinley 1943&ndash;1950

*Reggie Dowers 1950&ndash;1957

*[[Robert H. Pierson]] 1957&ndash;1958

*Benjamin E. Leach 1958&ndash;1966

*G. Charles Dart 1966&ndash;1976

*Cyril Miller 1976&ndash;1987

*Bill May 1987&ndash;1988

*Don Aalborg 1988&ndash;1989

*Robert Wood 1989&ndash;1994

*L. Stephen Gifford 1994&ndash;2004

*Leighton Holley 2004&ndash;2011

*Larry Moore 2011&ndash;2011

*Carlos Craig 2011&ndash;2021

*Elton DeMoraes 2021-Present

== References ==

{{reflist}}

==External links==

*[http://www.texasadventist.org Texas Conference official website]

[[Category:Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America]]

[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1878]]

[[Category:Organizations based in Texas]]

[[Category:Magazine publishing companies of the United States]]