Associate Director Children's Ministries - Nilde Itin
Nilde Itin has been associate director for Women’s Ministries at the General Conference since June 8, 2022. Previously, she served the Northern-Asia Pacific Division as the Children’s, Women’s, and Family Ministries Associate Director and has a passion for helping young people develop a relationship with Jesus. She holds an MA in Education and has served the Adventist Church in South America and Asia. She will assume this position on November 1, 2023. Learn more about her life story through her ANN Profiles interview.
We are sorry to see her leave so soon and wish her God's blessings in her new work.
Associate Director Women's Ministries - Galina Stele
Galina Stele has served the Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research since 2012. Born in Russia, Stele has traveled the world to serve the Adventist Church in various positions including professor of theology at Zaoksky Theological Seminary in Russia, coordinator and general editor of Shepherdess and Living Church in the Euro-Asia Division, and director of the Euro-Asia Division’s Institute of Missiology. She was the first woman to graduate with a doctorate of ministry from Andrews University in 1996 and is a widely published author. She will assume this role on November 1, 2023.
We are looking forward to getting to know her. May God bless her in her new work for Women' Ministries.