Phil White, a native of the Pacific Northwest was born in Spokane, Washington.
He sensed his calling to serve the Lord at an early age and pursued ministerial
training at Walla Walla University, graduating in 1981, with a B.A. in Theology and
Communication. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University
in 1983. Pastor Phil interned at the Denver South Seventh-day Adventist Church
in Denver, Colorado. His first post-seminary pastoral assignment was in the Rock
Springs, Wyoming district of the Rocky Mountain Conference, where he served for
more than five years. He was ordained to the Gospel ministry in Rock Springs on
June 28, 1986. In 1988, he joined the Washington Conference as pastor of the Sedro-
Woolley, Washington Church. During his ministry there of nearly 11 years, the
congregation built a new facility in Burlington, Washington renaming it the North
Cascade Church. White then served as Assistant to the President for Communication
for the Washington Conference. In June 2003, he began an eight-year ministry as
senior pastor of the Calhoun Seventh-day Adventist Church in Calhoun, Georgia of
the Georgia-Cumberland Conference. In June 2011, he assumed his role as senior
pastor of the Simi Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Pastor Phil’s wife Jan is also a pastor, serving as Pastor for Nurture & Discipleship of the Simi
Valley Church. They have shared their passion for team pastoral ministry since they
said, “I do” on July 15, 1979. Their daughter Elizabeth, a graduate of Walla Walla
University, and husband Robert Carlson live in Minot, North Dakota. Robert, a
Master of Divinity graduate from Andrews University, serves as a pastor in the
Dakota Conference. The Whites became grandparents on March 5, 2010, when
Liz gave birth to Harper James Carlson. The White’s son Anthony is currently a
student at Walla Walla University in College Place, Washington, pursuing a degree in
Mass Communication: Photojournalism.

Pastor Phil’s interests include photography, bird watching, traveling, hiking,
radio broadcast work and music. He has been involved in a number of short-
term mission experiences in Russia, the Philippines, and Central America. His
greatest passion is sharing the Good News about Jesus Christ, through his personal
mission “Jesus First!” One of his favorite scriptures is Galatians 2:20 “I have been
crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life
which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
Himself for me.” (NKJV)

Contact Phil White via email at: kphilipwhite@gmail.com