The President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Eastern Nigeria Union Conference (ENUC), Pastor Bassey Udoh has charged the newly elected leadership of the church in the Port Harcourt Conference to serve as witnesses for God, serve the people and to transform their territories. The Pastor made the charge during the session’s worship on Saturday in his homily christened “Chosen for Mission”. He also encouraged members to live their daily lives knowing that they are a chosen generation.
Pastor Udoh during the consecration service, charged the newly elected officers to serve as witnesses for God while carrying out their administrative duties. He said their election is a call for service to self, God and humanity.
“You have been called by God to serve the people, be visionary and ready to transform your territory. Don’t be disgusted, press on and strive for new heights every day, he said’.
He further advised them to carry out the task given to them with the fear of God, while advancing the mission of winning souls for Christ.
The leaders emerged at the conclusion of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Port Harcourt Conference’s third quadrennial constituency session, held from Thursday to Saturday last week at the Church headquarters, Rumoukwuta, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The Session voted to dissolve the nomenclature of Port Harcourt Conference following the presentation of the approval letter from the West Central Africa Division (WAD) for the reorganization of the Port Harcourt Conference into Port Harcourt East (Conference) and West (Mission) at the year-end meeting held in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria.
During the year-end meeting of the Eastern Nigeria Union Conference (ENUC) held in Aba, Abia
– State, Tuesday last week, the  Executive Committee of ENUC had elected officers of the Port Harcourt West Mission in accordance with WAD policy directive.
Consequently, the delegates from the two mission fields (Port Harcourt East and West) selected separate nominating committees that elected the new executive officers, department directors, and executive committee members. The following persons emerged as officers of the Port Harcourt East Conference.
Pastor Samuel Iroulor emerged as the Pioneer President, Pastor Victor  Kalabe as Secretary and Pastor Kinikanwo Ikechi as Treasurer. Others include Prince Ajoku- Associate Secretary, Samuel Nwogu, Ministerial Secretary, Kingdom Nnanta- Evangelism, Pr. Charles Goodhead- Chaplaincy,Temple Ekpor- Communication, Legal Naboth Nyeso-Legal Adviser, Mrs. Uloma Erekosima- Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (PARL) Eld U. J. Nwogu- Education, Amaechi Hart – Adventist Youth Ministeries (AYM), Vitalis Ebuzie- Stewardship, Goodluck Iroanya- SOP/VOP/Publishing, Dr. Sokiprim Akoko- Health, Gift Chukwu- Personal Ministry/Global Mission, Stephen Azikiwe- Family, Victor Oamen- Children Ministries, Onwuka Okechukwu- Sabbath School, Ifeoma Amadi- Women Ministry and Elijah Okegbe-Adventist Men Organisation.
While for Port Harcourt West Mission, Pastor Solomon Okonu emerged as the pioneer president, Alvin Ikeocha (Assistant Secretary) and Eld. Tombari Kpenu (Treasurer), Richard Woke- Ministration Secretary, Chigozi Eti- Evangelism, Nation Amadi- Stewardship, Victor Oamen & Hamilton Oyin- Sabbath School/Personal Ministries, Israel Onu-, AYM, Ifeoma Amadi & Mrs. Joy Igwe- Women Ministry, Samuel Emejuru- AMO, Ekpor Temple- Public Campus Ministry (PCM), Pr. Chidi Agburuka- Chaplaincy, Patience Emudianughe- Children , Gift Chukwu- Family,. Prof. Gordian Obute- Education, Okey Onwugbonu- Communication, Dr. Nnamdi Welekwe-
While expressing his profound joy, the newly elected president of Port Harcourt East Conference, Pastor Samuel Iroulor vowed to work with his team to move mission activities of the church forward in the conference in line with the extant rules and principles of the church.
“Today my heart if filed with joy, it seems to me like a dream but we give God the glory in all. The sole reason of our calling is evangelism and we shall strive to enlarge our mission fields to the unentered areas in our fields’.
Similarly, Pastor Solomon Okonu, President of Port Harcourt West Mission in a press briefing after the programme enumerated mission projection his team will embark on stating that they would hit the ground running with their dreams and visions. “Church planting, mission expansion and touching the lives of our members for Chirst, will form the thrust of our policies”.
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According to the newly approved structure of the New Mission fields, the districts/groups from defunct Port Harcourt Conference are;
Akpor, Choba, Degema, Port Harcourt Central, Port Harcourt, Rumuepirikom, Rumuolumeni, Aluu, Rumuekini, Elele, Elele – Alimini, Obelle, Isiokpo, Ubima, Eneka, Nkpolu – Rumuigbo and Mgbouba in Port Harcourt West Mission, while Oro – Evo, Rukpoku, Rumuodomaya, Rumuokwurusi, Rumuokwuta, Trans Amadi, Elelenwo, Port Harcourt City Center, Akpoku, Akwukabi, Eberi, Igbo, Mba, Okehi, Ulakwo, Umuomara, Umunwaka, Egwi and Igbodo are in Port Harcourt East Conference.