Ron Whitehead serves as Director of Children’s, Youth and Young Adult Ministries for the Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He has served the Lake Union’s youth ministries since 1996 and transitioned into the full-time director role in 2025.
Throughout his ministry, Ron has served in four North American Division unions as a local pastor, conference youth director and church ministries director. He also served the North American Division as associate youth director and spent 29 years leading the Center for Youth Evangelism, where he helped develop and oversee major youth ministry initiatives including the International Pathfinder Camporee, Cruise with a Mission, WeCare Disaster Response and other youth evangelism programs.
Ron directed seven major International Pathfinder Camporees, beginning with the 1994 Dare to Care Camporee in Colorado and continuing through the 2024 Believe the Promise International Pathfinder Camporee. His leadership helped grow the event into an international gathering of tens of thousands of Pathfinders representing countries from around the world.
At Andrews University, Ron also served as Assistant to the President for Spiritual Life and as Assistant Professor of Youth Ministry at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary.
Today, Ron brings decades of experience in youth evangelism, leadership development and large-scale ministry to his work across the Lake Union, continuing his commitment to equipping children, youth and young adults for active service and a lifelong relationship with Christ.
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269-471-8380
ActivationDate
2021-10-15