• Serves NAD as a general Vice-President with responsibilities as assigned by the president
• Chairs the following Advisories and Committees: NAD Hispanic Advisory, NAD Hispanic Evangelism Task Force, NAD Hispanic Leader's Advisory, NAD Hispanic Education Advisory, NAD Jewish Advisory, NAD Muslim Relations Advisory, NAD Portuguese Advisory, NAD Romanian Advisory, NAD Greek Advisory, NAD Asian/Pacific Advisory, La Voz de la Esperanza Executive Committee
• Directs Multilingual Ministries in the area of Asian/Pacific, Greek, Hispanic, Jewish, Muslim, Portuguese and Romanian Ministries.
• Coordinates the NAD Church Attendance Initiative
• Coordinates the NAD Metro Evangelism Initiative

Bio
R. Ernest Castillo was born in Monte Vista, Colorado but attended Armona Academy and Fresno Academy, both in California, before graduating from Pacific Union College with a Batchelor of Arts degree in Theology. He went on to earn a Master of Theology degree from Andrews University Theological Seminary.

R. Ernest Castillo was elected executive secretary of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventist in 1990. The Pacific Union oversees the work of the church in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah. Castillo began his ministry as a pastor in the Southeastern California Conference, then moved to the Southern California Conference where he served as associate youth director, pastor, VP for Special Ministries and Director for Hispanic Ministries. During the 2005 Year-end Meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America, Castillo was elected to be a vice president.

He is married to Sarah and the couple has two adult children: Raul and Robert. 

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