Pastor Jack Sequeira was born on 25 September 1932, in Nairobi, Kenya, to parents from Goa, India. Sequeira lived a long and fruitful life. He suffered a disabling stroke and fell asleep in the Lord on 26 March 2022 at a hospital in Portland, Oregon.
Sequeira served the Seventh-day Adventist Church in many capacities in England, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and the United States.
After graduating from Newbold College, he trained students in the colporteur work for the South England Conference. After studying at Andrews University, he served in Uganda as Education, Missionary Volunteer, and Home Missionary Secretary in 1965. He was then called to Kenya to teach at Kamagambo Teacher Training College near Kisii and Maxwell Secondary School in Nairobi (1966-68). He returned to Uganda as Education and Missionary Volunteer Secretary (1969) and then as Principal of Bugema Adventist College (1971-72).
Being included in Idi Amin's notorious Exodus, when he deported 80,000 Asians from Uganda, Sequeira and his family had to leave everything in their home and stay in Beirut, Lebanon, the headquarters of the Afro Mideast Division. Later, Sequeira was assigned to Ethiopia (1973-77), then back to Kenya as Chaplain for the Adventist students in government universities (1978-82).
In 1982 the family moved to the US to fulfil General Conference requirements related to their refugee status due to their Uganda experience. Jack served as a District Pastor for the Idaho Conference until 1987 before accepting a call to pastor the Walla Walla City church in the Upper Colombia Conference. From 1991 to 2001, he served the Potomac Conference as pastor of the Capital Memorial church in Washington, DC.
Sequeira was known worldwide for his infectious smile and biblical preaching from the Word of God, the book of Romans, and Righteousness by Faith. He firmly believed in salvation by faith accomplished by Christ over two thousand years ago and was used by the Lord to bring many to a better understanding of our Creator God.
He is survived by his wife Jean, daughter Jenny, son Chris and wife Nenette, and their children Jazmine, Parker, Shasta, and Luis.
The family is arranging a Memorial Service, and they will share the notification on their website at: www.jacksequeira.org.
