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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, South Brazil, and Southeast 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, 10,610; membership, 2,064,514; population, 318,505,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 55 (61) 3701-1818.

Fax: 55 (61) 3345-7778.

E-mail: [email protected].

Website: 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 2600; 70275-970 Brasilia, DF; Brazil.

Spanish Area Retirement Plan:

Address: Mateo Vidal 3211; 11600 Montevideo; Uruguay.

Telephone: 598-2487-1116; 598-2487-9251; 598-2487-9053.

Fax: 598-2487-1119.

Administration:

President, Erton Carlos Kohler.

Assistant to the President, Edward Heidinger Zevallos.

Vice Presidents, Almir Mauricio Marroni, Bruno Alberto Raso.

Secretary, Magdiel E. Perez Schulz; Associate, Ruben Dario Lavooy.

Treasurer, Marlon de Souza Lopes; Associate, Gilnei Viveiro de Abreu; Assistants, Paulo R. Goncalves Coelho, Pierre Manoel Damasio, Alfredo R. Hengen Latter, Henrry Mendizabal Suarez, Telson Bombassaro Vargas.

Executive Committee:

Erton Carlos Kohler, Chair; Magdiel E. Perez Schulz, Secretary; Gilnei Viveiro de Abreu, L. Bolivar Alana, Argemiro Jose Andrade, Jairo C. Silva dos Anjos, Stanley Edilson Arco, Juan Astete, Areli Barbosa, Tito Angel Benavidez, Marcos Blanco, Marcos Faiock Bomfim, Luigi Mateus Braga, Paulo A. G. Rabello Campos, Sergio A. Alves Caxeta, Marcelo Cerda, Gabriel Cesano, Enzo Chaves, Edison Choque Fernandez, Paulo R. Goncalves Coelho, Ricardo do Carmo Coelho, Davi Contri, Miguel Pinheiro da Costa, Pierre Manoel Damasio, Andre Henrique S. Dantas, Uziel Alvarado del la Fuente, Jomarson Silva Dias, Everon Dias Donato, David Echevarria Miranda, Gunther Erfurth, Anderson Erthal, Vidal Flores, Odailson Almeida Fonseca, Nilson Fontana, Elnio Alvares de Freitas, Cicero Ferreira Gama, Marlon Garcia, Carlos Gill, Carlos Gimenez, Leonidas Verneque Guedes, Roberto Oscar Gullon, Edward Heidinger Zevallos, Carlos Hein, Graciela Helvig de Hein, Alfredo R. Hengen Lattar, Graciela Donato Herrera, Raul Kahl, Ignacio Luis Kalbermatter, Elbert Kuhn, Damaris Moura Kuo, Rubens da Silva Lessa, Eber Liessi, Jose Carlos de Lima, Mauricio Pinto Lima, Alexandre da Silva Lopes, Marlinton de Souza Lopes, Marlon de Souza Lopes, Paulo Lopes, Leonel E. Lozano Vergara, Edgard Leonel Luz, Carlos A. de Souza Magalhaes, Tercio Teixeira Marques, Almir Mauricio Marroni, Wiliane Steiner Marroni, Augusto Martinez Cardenas, Luis Teodoro Martinez, Edson Erthal de Medeiros, Amilton Luis de Menezes, Pablo Miranda, Jorge A. Montero Guerrero, Olga Moraga, Abimael Obando Mostacero, Clairton de Oliveira, Hernan Olmedo Nissen, Jimmy Orellana, Eduardo Pereyra, Roberto Virginio Pinto, Volnei da Rosa Porto, Isac Possato, Valdilho Quadrado, Geovani Souto de Queiroz, Orlando E. Ramos Giles, Oscar Ramos, Bruno Alberto Raso, Eliseu Prates dos Reis, Regis Gonzalez dos Reis, Pablo Rivas, Samuel O. Rojo Bishop, Edson Rosa, Moises Salas, J. Carlos Sanchez Ruiz, Leonino Barbosa Santiago, Celso Aparecido dos Santos, D. Remberto Sarzuri Marin, Daniel Evilacio da Silva, Helder R. Cavalcanti Silva, Luis Goncalves da Silva, Moises Moacir da Silva, Debora Camacho Siqueira, Reinaldo Wenceslau Siqueira, Domingos Jose de Sousa, Davi Pereira Tavares, Antonio Oliveira Tostes, Gilberto D. Urcia Alberca, Hugo Valda Sardina, Telson Bombassaro Vargas, Ivo de Azevedo Vasconcelos, Gunther Marvim Wallauer, Gilmar Zahn, Udolcy Zukowski.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Bruno Alberto Raso.

Children's Ministries, Graciela Helvig de Hein.

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

Education, Edgard Leonel Luz; Associate, Tito Angel Benavidez.

Family Ministries, Marcos Faiock Bomfim.

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

Ministerial Association, Carlos Hein; Associate, Elbert Kuhn; Evangelism, Luis Goncalves da Silva; Shepherdess International, Wiliane Steiner Marroni.

Publishing Ministries, Tercio Teixeira Marques.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Edison Choque Fernandez, Everon Dias Donato.

Women's Ministries, Wiliane Steiner Marroni.

Youth Ministries, Areli Barbosa.

Agency:

ADRA Director, Gunther Marvim Wallauer; Associate, Paulo Lopes; Assistant, Adelcy K. Rodrigues Wallauer.

Ministries and Services:

Adventist Retirement and Assistance Institute in Brazil: General Manager and Secretary, Marlon de Souza Lopes; Benefits Manager, Paulo R. Goncalves Coelho. Executive Board: Erton Carlos Kohler, Chair.

Adventist Volunteer Coordinator, Debora Camacho Siqueira.

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, Edison Choque Fernandez.

Spirit of Prophecy, Almir Mauricio Marroni.

Transportation Agents:

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