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, 9,711; membership, 2,080,539; population, 311,096,000 (online statistics).

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.

Secretary, Magdiel Perez; Associate, Alexis Daniel Costa.

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, Secretary; Gilnei V. de Abreu, Milton Afonso, Bolivar Alana, Jairo Cezar S. dos Anjos, Euler Bahia, Jose Clodoaldo Barbosa, Carlos Ernesto Biaggi, Luigi Braga, Alijofran Lima Brandao, Elias Brasil, Leonor Bustinza de Carbo, Juvenal Carranza, Jader Carvalho, Marcelo Cerda, Jolive Rodrigues Chaves, Edison F. Choque, Paulo R. Coelho, Davi Contri, Alexis Daniel Costa, Miguel Pinheiro Costa, Vicente Cumbe, Pierre Damasio, David Echevarria, Anderson Erthal, Josue Espinoza, Odailson Fonseca, Nilson Fontana, Elnio Alvares de Freitas, Cicero Ferreira Gama, Onilza Abreu Gerth, Carlos Gill, Carlos Gimenez, Raul Gomez, Otimar dos Santos Goncalves, Noel Guachalla, Leonidas Verneque Guedes, Roberto O. Gullon, Rogerio Gusmao, Alfredo Hengen, Ilton C. Hubner, Raul Kahl, Ignacio Luiz Kalbermatter, Barito Lazo, Rubens da S. Lessa, Eber Liessi, Jose Carlos Lima, Mauricio Pinto Lima, Alexandre Lopes, Marlinton Souza Lopes, Marlon de Souza Lopes, Leonel Lozano, Arbin Lust, Almir M. Marroni, Wiliane Marroni, Augusto Martinez, Luis Martinez, Edson Medeiros, Amilton Menezes, Carlos A. Mesa, Isaac Minassian, Jorge Montero, Ivanaudo Barbosa de Oliveira, Marino F. Oliveira, Hernan Olmedo, Raul Perez, Heriberto Peter, Victor Peto, Roberto Pinto, Volnei da Rosa Porto, Valdilho Quadrado, Geovani Souto de Queiroz, Orlando Ramos, Bruno Raso, Samuel Rojo, Edson Rosa, Juan Saldana, Ivan Samojluk, Mirta Samojluk, Samuel Sandoval, Yordan Santa Cruz, Leonino Barbosa Santiago, Adilson Conceicao Santos, Celso Aparecido dos Santos, David Remberto Sarzuri, Dulce Seconi, Daniel Evilacio da Silva, Helder Roger Cavalcanti Silva, Itaniel da Silva, Luis Goncalves Silva, Domingos Jose de Souza, Alberto R. Timm, Marly Lopes Timm, Antonio Oliveira Tostes, Hugo Valda, Ivo de Azevedo Vasconcelos, Gunther M. Wallauer, Gilmar Zahn, Udolcy Zukowski.

Departments:

Children's Ministries, Mirta Samojluk.

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

Education, Carlos A. Mesa.

Family Ministries, Edison F. Choque.

Health Ministries, Stewardship, 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, Ivan Samojluk, Jolive Rodrigues Chaves.

Women's Ministries, Wiliane Marroni.

Youth Ministries, Otimar dos Santos Goncalves.

Agency:

ADRA. Gunther M. Wallauer, Director.

Ministries and Services:

Adventist Retirement and Assistance Institute in Brazil: General Manager and Secretary, Marino F. Oliveira; 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; Marino F. Oliveira, Secretary.

Global Mission, Edson F. Choque.

Spirit of Prophecy, Alberto R. Timm.

Transportation Agents:

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