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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION

Organized 1916

Territory: Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), 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, East Brazil, Ecuador, North Brazil, North Peru, Northeast Brazil, Northwest Brazil, South Peru, and West Central Brazil Union Missions; the Paraguay, and Uruguay Union of Churches Missions; and the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Field Station.

Editor's Note: Credentialed Employees are not being listed in the 2023 Yearbook for divisions, unions, conferences, missions/fields, regions, or field stations.

Statistics (June 30, 2022): Churches, 15,298; membership, 2,658,961; population, 354,914,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 55 (61) 3701-1818.

Website: https://adventistas.org.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IglesiaAdventistadelSeptimoDia; https://www.facebook.com/adventistasbrasiloficial.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iasdsudamerica; https://www.instagram.com/adventistasbrasil.

Media/Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/c/IglesiaAdventistadelSeptimoDia; https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventistasOficial.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iasdsudamerica; https://twitter.com/iasd.

Address:

Street: SGAS 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: Av. Agraciada 3452; Montevideo; Uruguay.

Telephone: 598-2303-8871; 598-2303-5412.

Administration:

President, Stanley Arco; Assistant, Hernaan Sanzana.

Vice Presidents, Luis M. Pinto, Bruno Raso.

Secretary, Edward Heidinger; Associate, Evaldino Ramos; Assistants, Joni Oliveira, Rodrigo Romaneli.

Treasurer, Marlon S. Lopes; Associate, Anderson Erthal; Assistants, Diego Lottermann, Gerardo Tomasini, Sergio Reis.

Executive Committee:

Stanley Arco, Chair; Edward Heidinger, Secretary; Gilnei Abreu, Milton Acun, Walter Alana, Micaela Alonso, Antonio Alves, Josanan Alves, Lucas Alves, Eustaquio Andrade, Samuel Andrade, Johanna Arias, Alacy Barbosa, Olimpio Barboza, Gideon Basilio, Sergio Becerra, Benjamin Belmonte, Lilian Benitez, Marcos Blanco, Thiarlles Boeker, Herbert Boger, Luigi Braga, Alijofran Brandao, Samuel Cabrera, Alvaro Caceres, Carlos Campitelli, Wagner Cantori, Alberto Carranza, Guillermo Casali, Dario Caviglione, Sergio Caxeta, Marcelo Cerda, Gabriel Cesano, Edmundo Cevallos, Gabriel Cevasco, Diego Chagas, Enzo Chavez, Jolive Chaves, Fari Choque, Victor Choroco, Ruben Chura, Davi Contri, Heliatan Correa, Ozeias Costa, Mariana da Silva, Andre Dantas, Marcos De Benedicto, Alexnaldo Dias, Joel Distler, Everon Donato, Mauricio Donoso, Jairo dos Anjos, Maiqui dos Santos, Valmir dos Santos, Anderson Erthal, Josue Espinoza, Evandro Favero, Luciano Felix, Gaston Femopase, Raphael Ferreira, Tiago Ferreira, Wilian Ferreira, Pablo Flor, Davi Franca, Emerson Freitas, Uilson Garcia, Washington Guaranga, Emmanuel Guimaraes, Liz Haro, Raul Kahl, Hiram Kalbermatter, Glaucia Korkischko, Javier Liebich, Eber Liessi, Jemima Lima, Mauricio Lima, Gregorio Limenza, Marlinton Lopes, Marlon S. Lopes, Paulo Lopes, Diego Lottermann, Javier Luengo, Adriano Luz, Eliezer Magalhaes, Jabson Magalhaes, Joao Marcon, Enrique Marquina, Avelino Martins, Alvaro Masias, Edson Medeiros, Maria Meireles, Henrry Mendizabal, Daniel Montalvan, Fernando Montalvo, Adilson Morais, Tales Moura, Aldo Munoz, Marcos Natal, Eduardo Neves, Joni Oliveira, Hernan Olmedo, Gonzalo Ordeix, Stefanne Ortelan, Jorge Parada, Claudio Pardo, Tomas Parra, Jorge Peduti, Jeanete Pinto, Luis M. Pinto, Volnei Porto, Christian Prates, Rodrigo Quintanilla, Bill Quispe, Socrates Quispe, Marlon Ramirez, Evaldino Ramos, Charles Rampanelli, Jorge Rampogna, Bruno Raso, Regis Reis, Sergio Reis, Pablo Rivas, Wilson Rodriguez, Rodrigo Romaneli, Rafael Rossi, Fabio Salles, Leonino Santiago, Celso dos Santos, Jurandir Santos, Hernan Sanzana, Elias Silva, Josias Silva, Manuel Silva, Moises Silva, Thadeu Silva, Wanderson Silva, Graciela Sommerfeld, Rogerio Sousa, Harry Streithorst, Adolfo Suarez, Matheus Tavares, Carlos Flavio Teixeira, Gerardo Tomasini, Antonio Tostes, Hugo Valda, Vanderlei Vianna, Jorge Wiebusch, Udolcy Zukowski.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Lucas Alves.

Children's Ministries, Glaucia Korkischko.

Communication, Jorge Rampogna.

Education, Antonio Alves; Associate, Socrates Quispe.

Family Ministries, Alacy Barbosa.

Health Ministries, Bruno Raso.

Ministerial Association, Lucas Alves; Associate, Josue Espinoza; Evangelism, Rafael Rossi; Ministerial Spouses Association, Jeanete Pinto.

Planned Giving and Trust Services, Marlon S. Lopes.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Luis M. Pinto.

Publishing Ministries, Adilson Morais.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Bill Quispe, Herbert Boger.

Stewardship Ministries, Josanan Alves.

Women's Ministries, Jeanete Pinto.

Youth Ministries, Carlos Campitelli.

Other Ministries and Services:

Adolescents' Ministries, Glaucia Korkischko.

Adventist Possibility Ministries, Alacy Barbosa.

Adventist Retirement and Assistance. Executive Board: Stanley Arco, Chair; General Manager and Secretary, Marlon S. Lopes; Investment Manager, Elias Silva.

Adventist Risk Management, Christian Prates.

Adventist Solidarity Action, Herbert Boger.

Adventist Volunteer Service, Joni Oliveira.

Adventurers, and Pathfinders, Udolcy Zukowski.

Global Mission, Bill Quispe.

Latin-American Adventist Theological Seminary, Adolfo Suarez.

Legal Affairs, Luigi Braga.

Music Ministries, Carlos Campitelli.

Records and Archives, Rodrigo Romaneli.

Spirit of Prophecy, Adolfo Suarez.

Agency:

ADRA SAD, Director, Paulo Lopes.

ADRA Brazil, Country Director, Fabio Salles.

ADRA Brazil Regional Directors:

Amazonas, Luiz Ferreira.

Bahia, Leonardo Mendes.

Ceara, Andree Lima.

Espirito Santo, Clairton Oliveira.

Federal District, Jeconias Lopes.

Minas Gerais, Adriano Aureliano.

Para, Sergio Fuckner.

Parana, Gunther Wallauer.

Rio de Janeiro, Kerlisson Magalhaes.

Rio Grande do Norte, Erinaldo Silva.

Rio Grande do Sul, Daniel Fritoli.

Rondonia, Joao Carvalho.

Roraima, Daniel Lessa.

Sao Paulo, Herber Kalbermatter.

Legal Entities:

Confederation of Brazil Unions (Legal Name, Confederacao das Unioes Brasileiras da Igreja Adventista do Setimo Dia). Executive Board: Stanley Arco, Chair; Marlon S. Lopes, Secretary.

Transportation Agents:

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

System Codes: EntityID: 10455; OrgMastID: AQ1111; AdmFieldID: SAD.
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