Presidency of the North American Division, a position he held until his retirement in 2020. Mark A. Johnson, 2010- Graduate from Union College. Johnson's first assignment was in St. Louis, Missouri. He served in Ontario and Alberta. From Alberta, he was elected to serve as President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada which office he currently (2021) holds. Related National organizations Canadian Adventist Messenger Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Canadian University College Kingsway College VOAR - Voice of Adventist Radio Christian Record Services for the Blind It Is Written Canada Voice of Prophecy Local conferences The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada comprises seven smaller subdivisions of "local conferences". Newfoundland and Labrador Comprising churches in the province, also built radio station VOAC in 1933 and changed its name to VOAR in 1938. The station broadcasts in a Christian format across Newfoundland, and other parts of Canada via repeaters. Maritimes At the 1895 annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference it was voted that H. J. Farman, of New England, G. E. Langdon, of Nebraska, go to the Maritime Provinces to work. After his arrival, G. E. Langdon reported on evangelistic activity with D. A. Corkham, R. C. Porter, and R. S. Webber. The Maritime Conference organized in 1902 and covers local congregations and schools in PEI, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Quebec As mentioned above, Millerite Adventists lived in the Eastern Townships north of Vermont. Then, as the Sabbatarian Adventists visited these people, some joined in the observing of the Seventh-day Sabbath. The first Canadian Seventh-day Adventist church and school started in this area. The 1855 conversion of two French-speaking brothers led the way to pioneering work among the people of Quebec. Daniel Bourdeau and his older brother and Baptist preacher, Augustin, first heard the Seventh-day Adventist message from their brother-in-law, W. L. Saxby. They lived in Northern Vermont just south of the Quebec border. As part of their preparation for public meetings, they prepared two French tracts, one on the biblical Sabbath and the other on the prophecies of Daniel. By the winter of 1858-1859 the Bourdeau brothers preached in the border towns of northern Vermont and in villages in Southern Quebec. During the 1860s, the Bourdeau brothers wanted to reach the French speaking people with their message, but most of their work focused on the English people living in towns along the border between Vermont and