Information Technology More than 600 gigabytes of data passed through the NPUC "firewall" last year—nearly two gigabytes per day.The NPUC information technology department provides technical support for nearly 200 church-related employees in the Northwest.The weekly bac... Read more
Legal Counsel David Duncan received his law degree from Willamette University in 1971.Duncan works through enough paper each year to create several stacks equal to his height.Legal work on estate planning fills 60 percent of Duncan's time; the remainder is spen... Read more
Native Ministries Monte Church travels more than 150,000 miles every year to visit far-flung native groups.There are 31 native churches or companies in the NPUC, with 1,489 members.There are 15 annual native camp meetings across the Northwest and Canada.The North P... Read more
Public Affairs, Religious Liberty Labor union exemption requests have doubled since 2002, indicating increased assertiveness of labor unions in businesses and state agencies.Three individuals lose their jobs every day in the U.S. because of religious discrimination in the workplac... Read more
Regional, Youth African American members celebrated their 30th annual convocation in 2006.There are more than 126 NPUC Pathfinder clubs.During the past five years, regional members have contributed more than $8 million in tithe and baptized 864 new members to bri... Read more
Planned Giving The NPUC planned giving and trust services department annually administers an average of $25 million in trusts and annuities.As of the end of 2005, the department was administering nearly 400 charitable documents.During the past five years, the de... Read more
Walla Walla College Enrollment growth reached 1,968 in 2004–05, the second highest enrollment in WWC history.An average of 90 WWC students serve as student missionaries every year.Approximately 84 percent of students receive financial aid each year; the average finan... Read more
Delegate List Donald Ammon*Wendell HesseltineRay AndreassenDoug BeckerDan BergeronBrant BerglinRick BinfordJoe ChythlookKen Crawford*Harold Dixon*Ruth Farnsworth*Edson Joseph*Jim KincaidNita LarsonFrancine LeeSteve Libby*Robert MartinezOdea SighGary Waterhouse*... Read more
Delegate List The delegates on these pages represent those individuals or positions designated as of the press time for this publication. An asterisk (*) by the name means that individual is also a member of the North Pacific Union Conference Executive Committe... Read more