Robert H. Pierson

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Robert H. Pierson (1937–1989) was a president of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

1 Biography
2 Theology and publications
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Biography

He served as president of the British West Indies Union (1944–1947), president of the Southern Asia Division (1950–1954), president of the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference (1954–1957), president of the Texas Conference (1957–1958), president of the Southern Africa Division (1958–1962), president of the Trans-African Division (1962–1966), and ultimately, president of the General Conference (1966–1979).

As of 2007, Pierson is the second-longest serving church president after A. G. Daniells.

[edit] Theology and publications

In his sermons he often presented controversial concepts known as Last Generation Theology (LGT). He was a driving force in the 1973 and 1974 Annual Council Appeals published by the world church for all its members - appeals that have been persistently republished since their first appearance, and which constitute a milepost in official publications by the church in advocacy of LGT concepts.

Pierson, like M. L. Andreasen, was a prolific writer. His biography Radiant With Hope^[1] lists him as author of 28 books, many of them translated into multiple languages, as well as hundreds of articles.