Originally published by Lake Union Herald Staff, December 18, 2024
It was April 1944 and a group of leaders met at Chicago’s Shiloh Seventh-day Adventist Church. Their mission? To organize African American members in the Lake Union territory.
Following that pivotal meeting, the Lake Region Conference was born on Jan. 1,1945. This was the very first Black, or what’s commonly known as regional, conference.
In 2025, the conference celebrates 80 years of ministry. It marks a journey that has grown in ways those early pioneering leaders may never have imagined.
In November 2024, Lake Region’s Communication Director JeNean Lendor sat down with the current conference leadership: Garth Gabriel, president; Abraham Henry, executive secretary; Kent Nichols, treasurer; and Eddie Allen, vice president for multilingual ministries.
Read the full story and watch the interview by clicking HERE.
