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Pastor Karl Archer was installed as president of the North Jamaica Conference following his election which took place on Sunday January 10, 2010. Pastor Gary Buddoo-Fletcher, formerly Youth Director, succeeds Pastor Archer as secretary and Elder Dane Ellis, was reelected treasurer. Other departmental directors were also elected during the Inaugural Conference Session of North Jamaica.


Main speaker Pastor Israel Leito, President of the Adventist Church in Inter-America.

In accepting the responsibility of being the leader of the team to chart the spiritual course of the Conference, the 42 year-old leader said, “The times in which we live calls for bold, decisive spiritual leadership. We commit to the values of love, zeal and fervor, and moral integrity. God demands this of all of us; of all pastors and spiritual leaders, especially from this new administration. We cannot rest. We dare not rest until by God’s grace success is achieved in Christ.”


President of North Jamaica Conference, Pastor Karl Archer signs the Leadership Pledge during the Service of Installation held on Monday January 11, 2010. Beside him is Pasto Glen O. Samuels, Secretary of the West Indies Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

Pastor Archer expressed gratitude to the delegates and members of the region for the trust placed in him. He also commended and thanked his predecessor Pastor Michael Harvey

Earlier in the service Pastor Israel Leito, President of the Adventist Church in Inter-America reminded the new leadership that the Church is the Body of Christ, and everyone must give all they have to support it.


Officers of the Conference (from left); Pastors Gary Fletcher, Secretary; Karl Archer, President; and Dane Ellis, Treasurer.

“Some may see it as a place of honour,” said Pastor Leito. “I say to you as leaders, you are not above God’s Church. You are leaders of God’s Church. It is only as you understand the voice of Christ and listen to Him that you can lead this body of Christ.”

A graduate of West Indies College (now Northern Caribbean University), Pastor Archer earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology in 1992 and is presently pursuing a Masters Degree in Pastoral Ministry – Leadership and Human Resource Management. He entered the Pastoral Ministry on February 1, 1993, and was ordained in 1998.


Officers of the North Jamaica Conference and their wives

Pastor Archer served as district pastor in West Jamaica Conference until 2002, when he was called to serve in the North Jamaica Mission. There he served as Stewardship Director, Youth Ministries Director, Sabbath School & Personal Ministries and Community Services Director, along with a pastoral district assignment.

He married Elesa Marsh in 1995. She stands by his side, and has contributed significantly to all areas of his ministry.

Other Directors elected to serve are:

Pastor Karl Archer – Communication, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty

Pastor Donald Smith – Personal Ministries, Sabbath School and Community Services

Pastor Dudley Hosin – Health and Family Ministries

Pastor Fitzroy Bailey – Youth Ministries

Pastor Nathaniel Gracia – Ministerial Secretary

Mrs. Rachel Pyne - Women and Children Ministries


Officers and Directors of the North Jamaica Conference (from left); Mrs Rachel Pyne, Pastor Gary Buddoo-Fletcher, Pastor Nathaniel Gracia, Pastor Karl Archer, Pastor Dudley Hosin, Elder Dane Ellis, Pastor Fitroy Bailey and Pastor Donald Smith.

North Jamaica, which was granted Conference status recently, was organized as a Mission in 2002, with the parishes of St. Ann, St. Mary and Trelawny. The Conference currently comprises the parishes of St. Ann and Trelawny, after a re-organization in 2006. Thirteen thousand, five hundred members presently worship in 77congregations.


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