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EURO-AFRICA DIVISION

(As of 2012 Afghanistan is now part of the Euro-Asia Division; and the former countries of the Trans-Mediterranean Territories are under the new Greater Middle East Union Mission attached to the General Conference)

Organized 1928 as Central European and Southern European Divisions; reorganized and renamed 1971; reorganized 1981, 1985, 1995, 2002, 2012

Territory: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Holy See, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, and Switzerland; comprising the Czecho-Slovakian, Franco-Belgian, North German, Romanian, South German, and Swiss Union Conferences; the Austrian, Bulgarian, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Union of Churches Conferences.

Statistics: Churches, 2,532; membership, 177,420; population, 335,934,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 41 (31) 359-15-15.

Fax: 41 (31) 359-15-66.

E-mail: [email protected].

Website: www.euroafrica.org.

Address: Schosshaldenstrasse 17; 3006 Berne; Switzerland.

Administration:

President, Bruno R. Vertallier.

Secretary, Gabriel E. Maurer.

Treasurer, Norbert Zens; Associates, Markus Czettl, Reto Mayer.

Executive Committee:

Bruno Vertallier, Chair; Gabriel E. Maurer, Secretary; Reynolds Agathe, Wolfgang Bartel, Philippe Baup, Maria-Jose Brito, Mario Brito, Herbert Brugger, Jesus Calvo Manso, Corrado Cozzi, Elsa Cozzi, Markus Czettl, Eli Diez-Prida, Franco Evangelisti, Joerg Fehr, Viriato Ferreira, Kristina Georgieva, Didier Gilson, Denise Hochstrasser, Teodor Hutanu, Stephan Igler, Peter Januska, David N. Jennah, Erich Lischek, Guenther Machel, Barna Magyarosi, Carlos Mateus, Reto Mayer, Matthias Mueller, Friedbert Ninow, Jean-Claude Nocandy, Ventsislav S. Panayotov, Mikulas Pavlik, Violeta Piturlea, Bernd Quoss, Stephan Sigg, Gunter Stange, Jose Eduardo Teixeira, Klaus-Juergen van Treeck, Nicolas Walther, Ralf Wegener, Norbert Zens.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, and Ministerial Association, Mario Brito; Shepherdess International, Maria-Jose Brito.

Children's Ministries, Elsa Cozzi.

Communication, Corrado Cozzi.

Education, and Family Ministries, Barna Magyarosi.

Health Ministries, Viriato Ferreira.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, ___.

Publishing Ministries, Gabriel E. Maurer.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, and Stewardship Ministries, Paolo Benini; Associate for Stewardship Ministries, Corrado Cozzi.

Trust Services, Norbert Zens.

Women's Ministries, Denise Hochstrasser.

Youth Ministries, Stephan Sigg.

Agencies:

ADRA/Euro-Africa. Schosshaldenstrasse 17; 3006 Berne; Switzerland. Telephone: 41 (31) 359-1549. Fax: 44 (31) 359-1566. E-mail: show. Website: www.adra.euroafrica.org. Director, Joerg Fehr.

ADRA/Germany (Adventistische Entwicklungs - und Katastrophenhilfe e.V.). Robert-Bosch-Strasse 410; 64331 Weiterstadt; Germany. Telephone: 49 (6151) 81-150. Fax: 49 (6151) 811-512. E-mail: show. Website: www.adra.de. Director, Erich Lischek.

ADRA European Union Liaison Office. Rue Ernest Allard 11; B-1000 Brussels; Belgium. Telephone: 32 (2) 514-7564. Fax: 32 (2) 512-5276. Director, Geraldine Vertallier.

Ministries and Services:

Adventist Volunteer Service. Coordinator, Gabriel E. Maurer; Assistant, Rebecca Dierolf.

Auditing: See listing under General Conference Services.

International Health Food Association. Director, Norbert Zens.

Leadership Development. Board: Bruno R. Vertallier, Chair; Gabriel E. Maurer, Norbert Zens.

Spirit of Prophecy. Director, Gabriel E. Maurer; Associate, Jean-Luc Rolland.

Legal Associations, Germany:

Seventh-day Adventist Church in Germany Corporation under Public Law (Freikirche der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten in Deutschland, Koerperschaft des oeffentlichen Rechts). Heidelberger Landstrasse 24; 64297 Darmstadt; Germany.

Friedensau Association (Friedensau Anstalten e.V.). An der Ihle 19; 39291 Friedensau; Germany. Chair, Norbert Zens.

Hamburg Adventist Association (Hamburger Verein der S.T.A., R.V., Hamburg). Grindelberg 13; 20144 Hamburg; Germany.

Legal Association, Switzerland:

Societe Philanthropique de La Ligniere. La Ligniere 5; 1196 Gland; Switzerland. Berne Office: Schosshaldenstrasse 17; 3006 Berne; Switzerland. Telephone: 41 (31) 359-1515.
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