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 2024 Yearbook for divisions, unions, conferences, missions/fields, regions, or field stations.
Statistics (June 30, 2023): Churches, 15,442; membership, 2,641,252; population, 343,131,000 (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.
X: https://X.com/iasdsudamerica; https://X.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.
Administration:
President, Stanley Arco; Assistant, Leonardo Preuss.
Vice Presidents, Luis M Pinto, Bruno Raso.
Secretary, Edward Heidinger; Associate, Evaldino Ramos; Assistants, Dieter Bruns, Rodrigo Romaneli.
Treasurer, Edson Medeiros; Associate, Anderson Erthal; Assistants, Wesley Menezes, Gerardo Tomasini, Sergio Reis.
Executive Committee:
Stanley Arco, Chair; Edward Heidinger, Secretary; Gilnei Abreu, Nilton Acuna, Walter Alana, Daniel Alejos, Micaela Alonso, Antonio Alves, Josanan Alves, Lucas Alves, Eustaquio Andrade, Samuel Andrade, Jairo dos Anjos, Abel Apaza, Johanna Arias, Alacy Barbosa, Wellington Barbosa, Olimpio Barboza, Otavio Barreto, Gideon Basilio, Sergio Becerra, Benjamin Belmonte, Lilian Benitez, Marcos Blanco, Thiarlles Boeker, Herbert Boger, Luigi Braga, Alijofran Brandao, Charlles Britis, Dieter Bruns, Samuel Cabrera, Alvaro Caceres, Carlos Campitelli, Wagner Cantori, Alberto Carranza, Guillermo Casali, Dario Caviglione, Sergio Caxeta, Marcelo Cerda, Gabriel Cesano, Edmundo Cevallos, Gabriel Cevasco, Jolive Chaves, Fari Choque, Victor Choroco, Heliatan Correa, Ozeias Costa, Andre Dantas, Alexnaldo Dias, Joel Distler, Mauricio Donoso, Anderson Erthal, Josue Espinoza, Evandro Favero, Gaston Femopase, Raphael Ferreira, Wilian Ferreira, Pablo Flor, Davi Franca, Eduardo Franco, Keyned Galvao, 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, Javier Luengo, Adriano Luz, Eliezer Magalhaes, Jabson Magalhaes, Joao Marcon, Enrique Marquina, Avelino Martins, Alvaro Masias, Edson Medeiros, Maria Meireles, Henrry Mendizabal, Wesley Menezes, Douglas Meslin, Gino Miralles, Daniel Montalvan, Fernando Montalvo, Adilson de Morais, Tales Moura, Aldo Munoz, Marcos Natal, Eduardo Neves, Eber Nunes, Hernan Olmedo, Gonzalo Ordeix, Stefanne Ortelan, Jorge Parada, Claudio Pardo, Tomas Parra, Jorge Peduti, Jeanete Pinto, Luis M Pinto, Volnei Porto, Christian Prates, Leonardo Preuss, Bill Quispe, Marlon Ramirez, Evaldino Ramos, Charles Rampanelli, Jorge Rampogna, Bruno Raso, Regis Reis, Sergio Reis, Wilson Rodriguez, Rodrigo Romaneli, Rafael Rossi, Fabio Salles, Celso dos Santos, Eliezer Santos, Kleber Santos, Maiqui dos Santo, Valmir dos Santos, Max Schuabb, Elias Silva, Josias Silva, Julio Silva Junior, Marcio Silva, Mariana da Silva, Moises Silva, Wanderson Silva, Graciela Sommerfeld, Rogerio Sousa, Thiago Souza, Harry Streithorst, Adolfo Suarez, Matheus Tavares, Carlos Flavio Teixeira, Gerardo Tomasini, Antonio Tostes, Hugo Valda, Vanderlei Vianna, Mark Wallacy, Jorge Wiebusch, Udolcy Zukowski.
Departments:
Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Lucas Alves.
Children's Ministries, Glaucia Korkischko.
Communication, Jorge Rampogna.
Education, Antonio Alves; Associate, Abel Apazza.
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, Dieter Bruns.
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.
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.
