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Entered: 10/26/2011
Last Updated: 2/5/2026

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MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNION MISSION

(Attached to the General Conference)

Organized 2012; renamed October 2012; reorganized 2015, 2024

Territory: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkiye (formerly Turkey), United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara*, Yemen, and the northern half of Cyprus; comprising the Egypt, Gulf, and West Asia Fields; and the East Mediterranean, and North Africa Regions. (*Western Sahara is a contested Non-Self-Governing territory not universally recognized as a separate country or region, governed by the laws of Morocco).

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, 2025): Churches, 58; membership, 6,227; population, 574,474,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 961 (1) 690-290.

E-mail: show.

Website: https://adventistmena.org.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menaunion.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menaunion.

Media/Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/@MiddleEastNorthAfricaUnion.

X: https://X.com/menaunion.

Address:

Street: 45 Ferdous Street; Sabtieh; Beirut; Lebanon.

Mailing: P.O. Box 90-2026; Jdeidet El-Metn; Metn; Lebanon.

Administration:

President, Denis Sand.

Secretary, Myron A Iseminger.

Treasurer, M Mark Haddad.

Field Secretaries, Denis Baratov, Amir Ghali, Jean Jack Kareh, Ricardo Palacios.

Middle East and North Africa Union Mission Oversight Committee (based in Silver Spring, Maryland):

Magdiel E Perez Schulz, Chair; Elbert Kuhn, Secretary; German A Lust, Treasurer; Audrey E Andersson, Zeno L Charles-Marcel, Vyacheslav Demyan, Gary D Krause, Paulo Lopes, Duane McKey, Hensley M Moorooven, Oscar Osindo, Karen J Porter, Saw Samuel, Artur A Stele, Galina Stele, J Raymond Wahlen II. Ex Officio Members: Paul H Douglas, Mark Haddad, Myron A Iseminger, Erton C Kohler, Richard E McEdward, Denis Sand.

Departments:

Some departments do not operate in the usual way in the Middle East and North Africa Union Mission. Liaisons are listed under Other Ministries and Services.

Children's Ministries, Family Ministries, and Women's Ministries, Amal Fawzy.

Education, Candace Iseminger.

Publishing Ministries, Alexander Clemente.

Other Ministries and Services:

Adventist Volunteer Service, Iago Alonso.

Audiovisual, Communication, Digital Evangelism, Publishing Resources, and Trans Media Group MENAU, Jean Jack Kareh.

Ministerial Association (and Evangelism), Ricardo Palacios; Ministerial Spouses Association, ___.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Levon Maksoudian.

Public Campus Ministries, Tent Makers, Waldensian Students, and Youth Ministries, Rafael Porto.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Spirit of Prophecy, and Translation, Ashraf Fawzy.

Stewardship Ministries, Amir Ghali.

Agencies:

ADRA MENA. 45 Ferdous Street, Sabtieh; Beirut; Lebanon. Telephone: 961 (1) 690-290. Mobile: 961 (78) 964-908. Director, Denis Baratov. E-mail: show. Website: https://www.adra-mena.org.

ADRA Lebanon. Khoury Center, 4th Floor, above Byblos Bank; Dekwaneh, Beirut; Lebanon. Telephone: 961 (1) 693-709. Mobile: 961 (81) 341-437. Director, Stephen Cooper. E-mail: show. Website: https://adralebanon.org.

ADRA Syria. AlAktham bin Saifi St., Building #22; West Mezzah, Damascus; Syria. Telephone: 963 (11) 613-3913. Mobile: 963 (968) 000-514. Director, Nagi Khalil. E-mail: show.

ADRA Yemen. P.O. Box 19404; Haddah St.; Behind Jordanian Embassy; Sana'a; Yemen. Telephone: 967 (01) 419-424. Fax: 967 (01) 419-425. Mobile: 967 (730) 399-974. Director, Thierry Van Bignoot. E-mail: show.

System Codes: EntityID: 32980; OrgMastID: AH1111; AdmFieldID: GMEU.
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