Ted N. C. Wilson


Theodore Norman Clair Wilson, an ordained Seventh-day Adventist minister, was the President of the General Conference, the worldwide governing organization of the SDA Church,. On July 4, 2025, he was succeeded by Erton Köhler.
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Family and Education

Ted Wilson was born in Takoma Park, Maryland, on May 10, 1950, to Neal C. Wilson and Elinor E. Wilson. He and his wife, Nancy Louise Wilson, have three daughters and eleven grandchildren.
Wilson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia Union College ; a Master of Science degree from Loma Linda University; a Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from New York University.

Career

Wilson's SDA career began in 1974 as a pastor in the Greater New York Conference, and assistant director and director of Metropolitan Ministries. He was a departmental director and later executive secretary of the Africa-Indian Ocean Division of the GC until 1990. After a two-year term as an associate secretary of the GC, Wilson became president of the Euro-Asia Division of the GC. He was president of the Review and Herald Publishing Association until 2000, when he became a GC vice president. At the 59th GC Session Wilson was elected President to replace Jan Paulsen, a position he held until 2025.
During his GC presidency, Wilson was engaged in various SDA controversies over biblical, theological, political, and life-style issues, including the writings of Ellen White, creation-evolution, spiritual formation, last generation theology, the ordination of women in pastoral ministry, and human sexuality.
Wilson's 36 years of SDA service included pastoral, administrative, and executive roles in Mid-Atlantic United States, Africa, Russia, and the world church.