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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION

Organized 1916

Territory: Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay, with adjacent islands in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; comprising the Argentina, Central Brazil, South Brazil, and Southeast Brazil Union Conferences; the Bolivia, Chile, East Brazil, Ecuador, North Brazil, North Peru, Northeast Brazil, Northwest Brazil, South Peru, and West Central Brazil Union Missions; the Paraguay, and Uruguay Union of Churches Missions; and the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Field Station.

Editor's Note: Credentialed Employees are not being listed in the 2025 Yearbook for divisions, unions, conferences, missions/fields, regions, or field stations.

Statistics (June 30, 2024): Churches, 15,774; membership, 2,691,253; population, 354,172,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 55 (61) 3701-1818.

Website: https://adventistas.org.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IglesiaAdventistadelSeptimoDia; https://www.facebook.com/adventistasbrasiloficial.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iasdsudamerica; https://www.instagram.com/adventistasbrasil.

Media/Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/c/IglesiaAdventistadelSeptimoDia; https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventistasOficial.

X: https://X.com/iasdsudamerica; https://X.com/iasd.

Address:

Street: SGAS Quadra 611, Conjunto D, Parte C, Asa Sul; 70200-710 Brasilia, DF; Brazil.

Mailing: Caixa Postal 2600; 70275-970 Brasilia, DF; Brazil.

Administration:

President, Stanley Arco; Assistant, Leonardo Preuss.

Vice Presidents, Luis M Pinto, Bruno Raso.

Secretary, Edward Heidinger; Associate, Evaldino Ramos; Assistants, Dieter Bruns, Rodrigo Romaneli.

Treasurer, Edson Medeiros; Associate, Martim Distler; Assistants, Wesley Menezes, Gerardo Tomasini, Arnaldo Lana.

Executive Committee:

Stanley Arco, Chair; Edward Heidinger, Secretary; Gilnei Abreu, Nilton Acuna, Daniel Alejos, Micaela Alonso, Antonio Alves, Elton Alves, Josanan Alves, Lucas Alves, Eustaquio Andrade, Jairo dos Anjos, Abel Apaza, Johanna Arias, Alacy Barbosa, Wellington Barbosa, Olimpio Barboza, Otavio Barreto, Gideon Basilio, Sergio Becerra, Benjamin Belmonte, Lilian Benitez, Marcos Blanco, Herbert Boger, Luigi Braga, Alijofran Brandao, Charlles Britis, Dieter Bruns, Samuel Cabrera, Alvaro Caceres, Carlos Campitelli, Wagner Cantori, Alberto Carranza, Guillermo Casali, Dario Caviglione, Sergio Caxeta, Marcelo Cerda, Gabriel Cesano, Edmundo Cevallos, Gabriel Cevasco, Jolive Chaves, Fari Choque, Heliatan Correa, Ozeias Costa, Andre Dantas, Alexnaldo Dias, Joel Distler, Martim Distler, Anderson Erthal, Josue Espinoza, Evandro Favero, Raphael Ferreira, Wilian Ferreira, Pablo Flor, Rodrigo Fon, Davi Franca, Eduardo Franco, Keyned Galvao, Uilson Garcia, Washington Guaranga, Caleb Haro, Liz Haro, Raul Kahl, Hiram Kalbermatter, Glaucia Korkischko, Arnaldo Lana, Guilherme Lanza, Felipe Lemos, Jemima Lima, Mauricio Lima, Gregorio Limenza, Marlinton Lopes, Paulo Lopes, Diego Lotterman, Javier Luengo, Carlos Magalhaes, Eliezer Magalhaes, Jabson Magalhaes, Joao Marcon, Enrique Marquina, Avelino Martins, Alvaro Masias, Edson Medeiros, Maria Meireles, Henrry Mendizabal, Wesley Menezes, Douglas Meslin, Gino Miralles, Daniel Montalvan, Fernando Montalvo, Fabricio Moraes, Adilson de Morais, Aldo Munoz, Eduardo Neves, Jose Nogueira, Eber Nunes, Hernan Olmedo, Gonzalo Ordeix, Stefanne Ortelan, Jorge Parada, Claudio Pardo, Antonio Parra, Tomas Parra, Jorge Peduti, Jeanete Pinto, Luis M Pinto, Volnei Porto, Leonardo Preuss, Bill Quispe, Marlon Ramirez, Evaldino Ramos, Charles Rampanelli, Jorge Rampogna, Bruno Raso, Regis Reis, Joao Rodrigues, Alvaro Rodriguez, Wilson Rodriguez, Benjamin Rojas, Rodrigo Romaneli, Rafael Rossi, Fabio Salles, Celso dos Santos, Eliezer Santos, Kleber Santos, Maiqui dos Santos, Valmir dos Santos, Max Schuabb, Elias Silva, Josias Silva, Julio Silva Junior, Marcio Silva, Mariana da Silva, Moises Silva, Rubens Silva, Migueli Simioni, Graciela Sommerfeld, Rogerio Sousa, Francisle Souza, Harry Streithorst, Adolfo Suarez, Matheus Tavares, Carlos Flavio Teixeira, Gerardo Tomasini, Antonio Tostes, Hugo Valda, Telson Vargas, Vanderlei Vianna, Gesse Vieira, Mark Wallacy, Udolcy Zukowski, Carlos Zurita.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Lucas Alves.

Children's Ministries, Glaucia Korkischko.

Communication, Jorge Rampogna.

Education, Antonio Alves; Associate, Abel Apaza.

Family Ministries, Alacy Barbosa.

Health Ministries, Bruno Raso.

Ministerial Association, Lucas Alves; Associate, Josue Espinoza; Evangelism, Rafael Rossi; Ministerial Spouses Association, Jeanete Pinto.

Planned Giving and Trust Services, Edson Medeiros.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Luis M Pinto.

Publishing Ministries, Adilson Morais.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Bill Quispe, Herbert Boger.

Stewardship Ministries, Josanan Alves.

Women's Ministries, Jeanete Pinto.

Youth Ministries, Carlos Campitelli.

Other Ministries and Services:

Adolescents' Ministries, Glaucia Korkischko.

Adventist Possibility Ministries, Alacy Barbosa.

Adventist Retirement and Assistance. Executive Board: Stanley Arco, Chair; General Manager and Secretary, Edson Medeiros; Investment Manager, Elias Silva.

Adventist Risk Management, Joao Rodrigues.

Adventist Solidarity Action, Herbert Boger.

Adventist Volunteer Service, Dieter Bruns.

Adventurers, and Pathfinders, Udolcy Zukowski.

Global Mission, Bill Quispe.

Latin-American Adventist Theological Seminary, Adolfo Suarez.

Legal Affairs, Luigi Braga.

Music Ministries, Carlos Campitelli.

Records and Archives, Rodrigo Romaneli.

Spirit of Prophecy, Adolfo Suarez.

Agency:

ADRA SAD, Director, Paulo Lopes.

ADRA Brazil, Country Director, Fabio Salles.

Legal Entities:

Confederation of Brazil Unions (Legal Name, Confederacao das Unioes Brasileiras da Igreja Adventista do Setimo Dia). Executive Board: Stanley Arco, Chair; Edson Medeiros, Secretary.

Transportation Agents:

General Agent, Edson Medeiros (Division headquarters address); Assistants, all union treasurers (union addresses).

System Codes: EntityID: 10455; OrgMastID: AQ1111; AdmFieldID: SAD.
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