Other than a few years off for schooling and pastoral ministry, Albert Dittes has been part of the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference throughout his life. He moved with his parents to Fountain Head, Tennessee, in 1946 and grew up in the Highland Adventist community, watching people come and go from around the conference at the academy and annual campmeetings.He has lived in Portland, Tennessee, and been active in the Highland SDA Church for the past 26 years