Education There are 588 certificated, full-time K–12 teachers in 122 schools within the NPUC, with 43 percent of the teachers possessing masters or higher degrees.Of the 14 NPUC senior academies, Idaho has one, Montana one, Oregon five, Upper Columbia three... Read more
Disaster Response NPUC church members contributed more than $270,000 in offerings and donations, as well as volunteer teams and supplies to assist victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.Adventist Community Services (ACS) is the official Adventist disaster response ... Read more
Communication More than 2 million pages are printed each month to provide the GLEANER to Northwest Adventist homes.The NPUC and GLEANER Web sites received more than 100,000 visits last year.Adventist media touches more than 100,000 listeners/viewers each week i... Read more
Treasurer The long process of acquiring land, the proper permits, building and then relocating the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) office to Ridgefield, Wash., is nearly complete.Some have questioned why relocation was even necessary. While that discu... Read more
Treasurer More than $43 million in appropriations were passed on to local conferences through the NPUC during the last five years.The NPUC revolving fund is generally open for deposits by members who wish to provide funds for church and school buildings whi... Read more
Secretary The North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) executive secretary wears several other hats, including coordination of stewardship and health programs, as well as leading out in the activities and events of the Northwest Institute for Mission and Minis... Read more
Secretary The Institute for Mission and Ministry has sponsored 31 weekend Faith in Focus forums throughout the local Northwest conferences since 2004.Attendance at the second annual Health Summit–West event quadrupled to more than 300 individuals who were t... Read more
President NPUC president Jere Patzer has held evangelistic meetings in nine different countries since 2001—Tanzania, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Philippines, Guatemala, Brazil, India, Bolivia and the United States.He has hosted 200 Issues & Interviews radio ... Read more
Hispanic Ministries Hispanic membership has increased 31 percent over the last five years.Hispanic members contributed $1 million more in tithe since 2001.Ramon Canals personally holds approximately five evangelistic series each year.Recognizing the tremendous growth... Read more
