The Adventist Church in Jamaica can hardly contain its excitement five days ahead of the arrival of its world president who is leading a 200-strong leadership delegation for an 11-day visit focusing on health.

President Ted C Wilson’s delegation, which arrives exactly seven years since his first visit to Jamaica, represents Adventists from four continents — Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America — and the visit is significant as a symbol of how important the Jamaicans are to the 22-million strong world church.

They will be mainly here to participate in the 12th Global Leadership Summit which unfolds at the Iberostar Hotel in Montego Bay from February 4-8.

The focus of this summit will be on health, and while in Jamaica the leaders will immerse themselves in local communities in western Jamaica to promote healthful living as a lifestyle.

Unable to mask his pride at hosting the leader of one of the fastest-growing country denominations, head of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, Pastor Everett Brown, said yesterday his flock was “excited and indeed honoured to have our world church president with us on this historic visit to Jamaica”.

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