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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 Argentina, Central Brazil, East Brazil, and South Brazil Union Conferences; the Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, North Brazil, North Peru, Northeast Brazil, Northwest Brazil, South Peru, and West Central Brazil Union Missions; and the Paraguay, and Uruguay Union of Churches Missions.

Statistics: Churches, 10,138; membership, 2,033,742; population, 314,769,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 55 (61) 3701-1818.

Fax: 55 (61) 3345-7778.

E-mail: [email protected].

Website: www.portaladventista.org.

Addresses:

Street: Setor de Grandes Areas Sul, Quadra 611, Conjunto D, Parte C, Asa Sul; 70200-710, Brasilia, DF; Brazil.

Mailing: Caixa Postal 02600; 70275-970 Brasilia, DF; Brazil.

Spanish Area Retirement Plan:

Address: Mateo Vidal 3211; 11600 Montevideo; Uruguay.

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

Fax: 598 (2) 487-1119.

Administration:

President, Erton Carlos Kohler; Assistant, Stanley Edilson Arco.

Secretary, Magdiel Perez Schulz; Associate, Ruben Lavooy.

Treasurer, Marlon de Souza Lopes; Associate, Gilnei V. de Abreu; Assistants, Paulo R. Coelho, Pierre Damasio, Alfredo Hengen, Jorge Montero.

Executive Committee:

Erton Carlos Kohler, Chair; Magdiel Perez Schulz, Secretary; Gilnei V. de Abreu, Bolivar Alana, Soledad Alvarez, Argemiro Jose Andrade, Jairo Cezar S. dos Anjos, Stanley Edilson Arco, Juan Astete, Areli Barbosa, Jose Clodoaldo Barbosa, Carlos E. Biaggi, Marcos Blanco, Luigi Braga, Alijofran Lima Brandao, Marcelo Cerda, Jolive Rodrigues Chaves, Edison F. Choque, Paulo R. Coelho, Davi Contri, Alexis Daniel Costa, Miguel Pinheiro Costa, Pierre Damasio, Jomarson Silva Dias, David Echevarria, Gunther Erfurth, Anderson Erthal, Vidal Flores, Odailson Almeida Fonseca, Nilson Fontana, Elnio Alvares de Freitas, Pedro Renato Frozza, Cicero Ferreira Gama, Marlon Garcia, Carlos Gill, Carlos Gimenez, Graciela de Giribaldi, Leonidas Verneque Guedes, Roberto Oscar Gullon, Edward Heidinger, Alfredo Hengen, Ilton Cesar Hubner, Raul Kahl, Ignacio L. Kalbermatter, Damaris Moura Kuo, Barito Lazo, Rubens da S. Lessa, Eber Liessi, Jose Carlos de Lima, Mauricio Pinto Lima, Alexandre da Silva Lopes, Marlinton Souza Lopes, Marlon de Souza Lopes, Leonel Lozano, Arbin Lust, Edgard Leonel Luz, Cesar Augusto de S. Magalhaes, Almir M. Marroni, Wiliane Marroni, Augusto Martinez, Luis Martinez, Edson Erthal de Medeiros, Amilton Luis de Menezes, Pablo Miranda, Jorge Montero, Olga Moraga, Alceu Lucio Nunes, Abimael Obando, Clairton de Oliveira, Ivanaudo Barbosa de Oliveira, Hernan Olmedo Nissen, Jimmy Orellana, Eduardo Pereyra, Raul Enrique Perez, Heriberto Peter, Victor Peto, Roberto V. Pinto, Volnei da Rosa Porto, Izaque Posate, Valdilho Quadrado, Geovani Souto de Queiroz, Orlando Ramos, Oscar Ramos, Bruno Raso, Samuel Rojo, Edson Rosa, Moises Salas, Carlos Sanchez, Samuel Sandoval, Yordan Santa Cruz, Leonino Barbosa Santiago, Celso Aparecido dos Santos, Remberto Sarzuri, Daniel Evilacio da Silva, Helder Roger Cavalcanti Silva, Luis Goncalves Silva, Flavio Lopes de Siqueira, Domingos Jose de Sousa, Davi Pereira Tavares, Alberto R. Timm, Marly Lopes Timm, Antonio Oliveira Tostes, Hugo Valda, Ivo de Azevedo Vasconcelos, Gunther Marvim Wallauer, Gilmar Zahn, Udolcy Zukowski.

Departments:

Children's Ministries, Soledad Alvarez.

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

Education, Edgard Leonel Luz.

Family Ministries, Edison F. Choque.

Health Ministries, Stewardship Ministries, and Trust Services, Miguel Pinheiro Costa.

Ministerial Association, Bruno Raso; Evangelism, Luis Goncalves Silva; Shepherdess International, Wiliane Marroni.

Publishing Ministries, Almir M. Marroni.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Carlos Sanchez, Jolive Rodrigues Chaves.

Women's Ministries, Wiliane Marroni.

Youth Ministries, Areli Barbosa.

Agency:

ADRA. Gunther Marvim Wallauer, Director.

Ministries and Services:

Adventist Retirement and Assistance Institute in Brazil: General Manager and Secretary, Marlon de Souza Lopes; Benefits Manager, Paulo R. Coelho. 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; Marlon de Souza Lopes, Secretary.

Global Mission, Edson F. Choque.

Spirit of Prophecy, Alberto R. Timm.

Transportation Agents:

General Agent, Marlon de Souza Lopes (Division headquarters address); Assistants, all union treasurers (union addresses).
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