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Benjamín Riffel served as a pastor, promoter of denominational publications, department director, and administrator in the South American and Inter-American Divisions.
Geörg [George] Heinrich Riffel was the first self-supporting Adventist missionary in Argentina and who made the first converts in the country. He formed the original nucleus of the first organized church in the current South American Division territory.
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Juan Riffel was a pastor, departmental director, and administrator noted for training and mobilizing lay members in the Austral Union Conference and South American Division.
Rio de Janeiro Conference is an administrative unit of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Brazil.
The Rio Fluminense Conference is an administrative unit of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and part of the Southeast Brazil Union.
Rio Grande do Sul Conference is an administrative unit of the Seventh-day Adventist Church located in the territory of South Brazil Union Conference.
Rio São Francisco Mission was a local field of the Seventh-day Adventist Church from 1945 to 1955. Its last address was at Rio Grande street, 514, 39270-000, in the city of Pirapora, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Rubens Pereira Rios was an illustrator for the Brazil Publishing House and a dedicated musician, serving as a singer, choir conductor, member of singing quartets, and composer of many musical arrangements.
Germano Guilherme Ritter was an administrator, mission director, conference president, canvasser, and pastor from Brasil.
Orlando Rubem Ritter was a pastor, teacher and administrator in Brazil.
River Plate Adventist University (Universidad Adventista del Plata or UAP) is a university educational institution of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church that operates in the territory of the Argentina Union Conference (UA). It is located on 25 de Mayo Street, no. 99, in the municipality of Libertador San Martín, Department of Diamante, province of Entre Ríos, in the Argentine Republic.
River Plate Sanitarium and Hospital is a medical missionary institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church located in the Argentina Union Conference. Its headquarters is located at 25 de Mayo 255, ZIP code: 3103, Libertador San Martín, in the Entre Ríos district, Argentina.
José Miranda Rocha was a pastor and teacher in Brazil.
Hermann August Rockel, pastor and missionary, was born on August 23, 1877 in the city of Woydehnen, Shatrovo, Russia, son of Ludwig Rockel and Wilhelmine Schulz.
Luiz Caleb Rodrigues was a canvasser and pioneer in northeastern part of Brazil helping develop the Adventist Church in this part of the world.
Luis Antonio Rojas Ayala was a pioneering pastor, public evangelist, and administrator in Argentina, Paraguay and Chile.
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Often called rolling clinics, mobile hospitals were a milestone for the development of Adventist work in Brazil. Whether sailing rivers, moving on wheels, or flying across the sky, they have accomplished the goal of helping thousands of people in “forgotten” places in South America.
Mário Roque was a pastor, teacher, administrator, and educator from Brazil.
Nabor Oliveira da Rosa was an Adventist pastor. His family was among the first Adventist converts in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
João Baptista Clayton Rossi was a federal attorney, president of the Bible Society of Brazil, lawyer, legal adviser to the Ministry of Education, and founding elder of the Central Church of Brasília.