Seventh-day Adventists believe in inspiring those around us to experience a life of wholeness and hope for an eternal future with God.
With a population of 315 million, the South American Division (SAD) has more than 2 million members and 10,600 churches. The division includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, with adjacent islands in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Here are the names of the division presidents and their tenure in that role.
Name |
Tenure |
| O. Montgomery | 1915-1922 |
| Charles Thompson | 1922-1924 |
| P. E. Brodersen | 1924-1926 |
| C. B. Haynes | 1926-1930 |
| N. P. Neilsen | 1931-1941 |
| R. R. Figuhr | 1941-1950 |
| W. E. Murray | 1950-1958 |
| J. J. Aitken | 1958-1966 |
| R. A. Wilcox | 1966-1975 |
| Enoch Oliveira | 1975-1980 |
| Joao Wolff | 1980-1995 |
| Ruhy H. Nagel | 1995-2006 |
| Erton C. Kohler | 2006- |