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DELEGATES at the Third (Second Quinquennial) Session of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, held December 1- 2, 2021, re-elected Pastor Everett Brown as president.Brown, who has been serving as head of the church since November 2010, will continue to do so until 2025 when the current term expires.In response to his re-election Brown said, "I know from experience that leadership of God's Church is demanding and challenging, but in humility and with great respect for God's Church and the people that I have been asked by this delegation to serve, I accept the confidence and the trust that you have bestowed on me. I am conscious that by God's grace and the continued prayers and support of the membership of the Church, those persons who He will place in leadership to support me will, under God, assist me to accomplish that which He has called us to do."The historic hybrid session had its main site at the Northern Caribbean University Gymnatorium in Mandeville, with online sites in other parts of Mandeville, Manchester; Spanish Town, St Catherine; Mount Salem, St James; Kencot in Kingston; and Annotto Bay, St Mary over the two days.Assisting Pastor Brown as officers will be:Executive secretary - Pastor Meric Dale WalkerTreasurer - Pastor Adlai BlytheOther elected personnel are:Vice-president - Pastor Levi JohnsonAssociate secretary - Elder Doreen GrantAssociate treasurers: Sister Sharon BarrettMichael ThompsonChildren and Adolescent Ministries - Dr Lorraine VernalFamily Ministries - Pastor Roy DennisMinisterial secretary - Pastor Joseph SmithHealth Ministries - Pastor Dudley HosinCommunications, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty - Elder Nigel CokeSabbath School and Personal Ministries - Pastor Adrian CotterellStewardship and Trust Services - Pastor Roy DennisWomen's Ministries - Dr Lorraine VernalYouth Ministries - Pastor Dane FletcherThe election of directors for the departments of Education, Publishing and ADRA will be made by the Executive Committee of the Jamaica Union Conference at its next scheduled meeting, later this month.The session, which is held every five years, was postponed in December 2020 due to the novel coronaviorus pandemic.The next scheduled session for the election of administrators and directors is December 2025.