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Event Title

An Evening with the Inter-American Division

Presenter Information

Chester Lozere Torrey (1895-1986), secretary-treasurer and auditor of the Inter-American Division
Glenn Alwin Calkins (1887-1962), president of the Inter-American Division
Walter Elmer Murray (1894-1983), superintendent of the Mexican Union Mission
Emiliano Ponce (1889-1966), superintendent of the Gulf Mission
Arthur Harry Roth (1911-1982), Educational and Missionary Volunteer secretary of the Inter-American Division
John Lewis Brown (1888-1972), president of the Central American Union Mission
David Garcia, pastor in the Central American Union Mission
Walter Alfred Bergherm (1890-1987), president of the Colombia-Venezuela Union Mission
Vicente H. Moreno (1905-1949), pastor of the Bucaramanga Church
Sophus T. Borg (1894-1980), superintendent of the Caribbean Union
James Thomas Carrington (1899-1970), Educational and Missionary Volunteer secretary of the Caribbean Union
Robert Howard Pierson (1911-1989), president of the British West Indies Union
Melvin George Nembhard (1916-2005), pastor of the Grantstown Church in Nassau, Bahamas
Harry Billings Lundquist (1891-1973), president of the Antillian Union
Manuel Carballal (c. 1919), treasurer and accountant at the Antillian Union College
Clifford Russell Anderson (1905-1967), superintendent of Andrews Memorial Hospital
Grant Alonzo Roberts (1877-1977), past president of the Inter-American Division

Document Type

Audio Recording

Location

Sligo Church, Takoma Park, Maryland

Start Date

6-9-1946 7:30 PM

Description

A transcription of this meeting was published in the Review and Herald, June 11, 1946, page 111.

Duration: 1:30:05

(0:0) C. L. Torrey introduces division workers.

(2:33) Inter-American Division quartet sings “Inter-America’s Call” by Miss Effie A. James, associate editor of the Inter-American Division Messenger and secretary to Elder Calkins

(8:12) C. L. Torrey introduces Elder Calkins

(8:33) Glenn Calkins speaks about the Adventist Church structure

(14:04) Elder W. E. Murray introduces Emiliano Ponce, director of the British Gulf Mission

(14:58) Emiliano Ponce speaks and is interpreted by A. H. Roth

(20:38) C. L. Torrey introduces J. L. Brown, president of the Central American Union

(20:53) J. L. Brown introduces David Garcia

(21:20) Brown greets Garcia and congregation laughs

(21:53) David Garcia, representing the Central American Union, speaks

(30:12) C. L. Torrey introduces W. A. Bergherm, president of the Colombia-Venezuela Union

(30:30) Bergherm introduces Vicente Moreno, pastor of the Bucaramanga Church

(31:00) Moreno speaks, translated by unnamed person, probably A. H. Roth

(35:55) C. L. Torrey introduces S. T. Borg, president of the Caribbean Union

(36:19) S. T. Borg introduces J. T. Carrington, Educational and Missionary Volunteer secretary of the Caribbean Union

(36:45) J. T. Carrington speaks

(42:37) C. L. Torrey introduces R. H. Pierson, president of the British West Indies Union

(42:49) R. H. Pierson introduces M. G. Nembhard, pastor of the Grantstown Church in Nassau, Bahamas

(43:15) M. G. Nembhard speaks

(48:50) C. L. Torrey introduces H. B. Lundquist, president of the Antillian Union

(48:58) H. B. Lundquist introduces Manuel Carballal, of the Antillian Union College

(49:25) Manuel Carballal speaks and is translated by unnamed person, probably A. H. Roth

(57:31) C. L. Torrey introduces Elder Calkins, president of the Inter-American Division

(58:18) Elder Calkins speaks

(1:19:40) Congregation is led in singing “Inter-America’s Call” by Dr. Clifford Russell Anderson, superintendent of Andrews Memorial Hospital

(1:24:40) Announcements by various unknown people

(1:28:23) G. A. Roberts, former president of the Inter-American Division gives benediction

(1:29:36) Organ postlude