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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION

Organized 1916

Territory: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay, with adjacent islands in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; comprising the Austral, Central Brazil, East Brazil, and South Brazil Union Conferences, and the Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, North Brazil, North Peru, Northeast Brazil, South Peru, and West Central Brazil Union Missions.

Statistics: Churches, 9,012; membership, 2,683,648; population, 305,933,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 55 (61) 3701-1818.

Fax: 55 (61) 3345-6999.

E-mail: [email protected].

Website: www.igrejaadventista.org.br.

Addresses:

Street: SGAS Avenida L-3 Sul, Quadra 611 Modulo 75; Brasilia, DF; Brazil.

Mailing: Caixa Postal 02600; 70279-970 Brasilia, DF; Brazil.

Spanish Area Retirement Plan:

Address: Mateo Vidal 3211; Montevideo; Uruguay.

Telephone: 598 (2) 487-1116, 487-9251, 487-9053.

Fax: 598 (2) 487-1119.

Administration:

President, Erton Carlos Kohler.

Secretary, Bolivar Alana; Associate, Mari Cordido.

Treasurer, Marino F. Oliveira; Associate, Raquel Staut; Assistants, Alexis Daniel Costa, Laercio Mazzo, Dina Rhiner, Fabio C. Salles.

Executive Committee:

Erton Carlos Kohler, Chair; Bolivar Alana, Secretary; Milton Afonso, Jose Alarcon, Jairo Cezar S. dos Anjos, Jose Clodoaldo Barbosa, Misael L. Barreto, Daniel Brieva, Alejandro Bullon, Leonor Bustinza de Carbo, Juvenal Carranza, Jader Carvalho, Urias Pires Chagas, Jolive Rodrigues Chaves, Mari Cordido, Alexis Daniel Costa, Miguel Pinheiro Costa, Caleb Cruz, Vicente Cumbe, David Deana, Elnio Alvares de Freitas, Cicero Ferreira Gama, Onilza Abreu Gerth, Raul Gomez, Otimar dos Santos Goncalves, Roberto O. Gullon, Rogerio Gusmao, Alfredo Hengen, Ignacio Luis Kalbermatter, Barito Lazo, Rubens da S. Lessa, Jose Carlos Lima, Marlinton Souza Lopes, Marlon de Souza Lopes, Leonel Lozano, Arbin Lust, Almir M. Marroni, Williane Marroni, Heber Mascarenhas, Laercio Mazzo, Carlos A. Mesa, Isaac Minassian, Arovel Oliveira Moura, Ivanaudo Barbosa de Oliveira, Marino F. Oliveira, Vilson Francisco de Oliveira, Wandyr Mendes de Oliveira, Erich Olm, Raul Perez, Victor Peto, Volnei da Rosa Porto, Valdilho Quadrado, Geovani Souto de Queiroz, Guido R. Quinteros, Orlando Ramos, Bruno Raso, Benjamin Reichel, Emilson Reis, Dina Rhiner, Samuel Rojo, Edson Rosa, Juan Saldana, Ranieri B. Sales, Fabio C. Salles, Ivan Samojluk, Mirta Samojluk, Samuel Sandoval, Yordan Santa Cruz, Adilson Conceicao Santos, David Remberto Sarzuri, Dulce Seconi, Helder Roger Cavalcanti Silva, Domingos Jose de Souza, Milton Souza, Raquel Staut, Carlos Steger, Yolanda de Tellez, Alberto R. Timm, Ivo de Azevedo Vasconcelos, Carlos Zarate, Mario Zurita.

Departments:

Children's Ministries, Mirta Samojluk.

Communication, and Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Edson Rosa.

Education, Carlos A. Mesa.

Family Ministries, Urias Pires Chagas.

Health Ministries, and Stewardship, Miguel Pinheiro Costa.

Ministerial Association, Alejandro Bullon; Associate, Ranieri B. Sales; Shepherdess International, Wiliane Marroni.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Ivan Samojluk, Jolive Rodrigues Chaves.

Publishing Ministries, Almir M. Marroni.

Youth Ministries, Otimar dos Santos Goncalves.

Women's Ministries, Wiliane Marroni.

Agency:

ADRA. Gunther W. Wallauer, Director.

Ministries and Services:

Adventist Retirement and Assistance Institute in Brazil: General Manager and Secretary, Marino F. Oliveira; Benefits Manager, Laercio Mazzo. Executive Board: Erton Carlos Kohler, Chair.

Adventist Volunteer Coordinator, Marly Lopes Timm.

Auditing: See listing under General Conference Services.

Confederation of Brazil Unions (Legal Name, Confederacao das Unioes Brasileiras da Igreja Adventista do Setimo Dia). Executive Board: Erton Carlos Kohler, Chair; Marino F. Oliveira, Secretary.

Global Mission, Jolive Rodrigues Chaves.

Spirit of Prophecy, Alberto R. Timm.

Transportation Agents:

General Agent, Marino F. Oliveira (Division headquarters address); Assistants, all union treasurers (union addresses).
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