birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
tareran sulawesi utara , indonesia 9 june 1948 octofien sumakul hendrik sumendap
 hendrik sumendap executive adventists secretary of the southern asia-pacific division of seventh-day
hendrik sumendap

dr. hendrik sumendap -lrb- born june 9 , 1948 in tareran , north sulawesi , indonesia -rrb- was elected the executive secretary of the seventh-day adventist church in southern asia-pacific division of seventh-day adventists to replace dr. gt ng who accepted the call to become the general conference of seventh-day adventists associate secretary in 2007 .
he was the second indonesian adventist to be elected to the post , the first one being pastor alex rantung .
prior to that position , sumendap was the department director for the sabbath school and personal ministries since 1996 .
he was succeeded by pastor joshua mok when he accepted a call to be a local church pastor in new jersey , usa .
