Elder Lynn Mallery passed away today November 7 2007. He was 70 years old.

Lynn Mallery served as a professor at Loma Linda University and pastor at La Sierra University church and Secretary at Southeastern California Confernece and from 1992 to 2004 as President of Southestern California Conference. He served longer than any other individual as president in the history of Southeastern California Conference.

Lynn Mallery served on the LLBN board and had astronomy talks and other talks on LLBN.

Lynn Mallery passed away surrounded by Family. There will be a private funeral and a memorial service will be announced later this week.

FORMER SECC PRESIDENT DIES
Published Wednesday, November 7, 2007


November 7, 2007

Lynn Mallery, husband to Janet; father to Paul and James; grandfather to Cait and Aydin; brother to Steve; former President of the Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; former pastor of the La Sierra University Church; and former faculty and later board member at La Sierra University, died today at age 70.

Mallery was born in San Diego in 1937. His father, Frank Mallery, was a pharmacist; his mother, Hilda Lowell Mallery, was a stay-at-home mom, World War II riveter, and dental assistant. Mallery was 11 when his father died, and he worked to help support his mother, his younger brother Steve, and himself as he went to Lynwood Academy and La Sierra College. He met his wife, Janet Gillespie Mallery, at Lynwood Academy, but didn't fall in love with her until La Sierra College where he was a Theology and Biblical Languages double major and she was an Elementary Education major. He married Janet in 1959, and graduated in 1961.

Mallery continued his studies at Andrews University, where he focused on ancient languages, and then pastored at the Olivehurst, Fort Bragg, Auburn, and Pleasant Hill Seventh-day Adventist churches. He earned a doctor of ministry degree (1973) and a doctor of the science of theology degree (1979) from the San Francisco Theological Seminary. His degrees focused on pastoral counseling and applied theology. Mallery chaired the Church and Ministry Department of Lorna Linda University/La Sierra Campus from 1973-1980, and served as senior pastor of the La Sierra University Church from 1980-1987.

In 1987, Mallery moved to the Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, where he served as ministerial director, executive secretary, and from 1992 until his retirement in 2004, as the President. His time as President was characterized by his work towards a both unified and inclusive church….

Since his retirement, Mallery has enjoyed spending time with his wife of 48 years, Janet Mallery (retired Professor of Education at La Sierra University); his sons, Paul Mallery (Professor of Psychology at La Sierra University) and James Mallery (Architect at Sternberg Architects in San Francisco); his daughter in law Suzanne Mallery (Assistant Professor of Psychology at La Sierra University); and his grandchildren, Cait (age 7) and Aydin (age 5). He also focused on his longtime interest in astronomy (with a small observatory in his backyard), and started a program at Loma Linda Broadcasting, Church in Focus, where he served as Vice President of Church Relations.

The funeral will be private, for immediate family members only; a memorial service will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations in Lynn Mallery's honor are suggested to Loma Linda Broadcasting.

I really enjoyed having Prof. Mallery as a teacher in several classes at the La Sierra campus, where he gave his attention and help to each student as if he was the only one in his class. His specialties were homeletics, pastoral ministry and evangelism, but he obviously enjoyed teaching New Testament Greek whenever a substitute was needed. I'm very sorry to hear of his passing.

Mallery was a great teacher of mine. I appreciated him greatly. He will be missed. Look at all he accomplished in his life.

Date Set for Mallery Vesper Service

The family of our former Conference president, Lynn Mallery, invites Friends and former coworkers to a vesper service in his memory, It will be held sabbath Afternoon, January 12 2008 at 4 PM, in the La Sierra University Church, 4937 Sierra Vista Avenue Avenue Riverside. It will be a worship service incorporating some of Mallery's favorite Bible Texts and music. Mallery Friend and Mentor to so many of us died Tuesday Morning, November 7 2007