Davi Paes Silva

Who is Davi Paes Silva?

Davi Paes Silva is the current President for the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement, a post to which he was elected in September 2011. He also holds the position of Editorial Committee Director. As a minister Davi Paes Silva currently helps as pastor for the Roanoke SDARM Church in Virginia, USA.

Born February 24, 1945, in Brazil, he was baptized as a member of the SDARM November 11, 1961 and entered the missionary training institution of the Brazilian Union of that denomination located in the city of [São Paulo] the same year. He married his wife, Alexandrina Bertelli, five years later on February 27, 1966. He has two children, Julio Cesar Bertelli Silva and Sandra Valquiria Bertelli Silva.

Ordained to the ministry February 27, 1977, Davi quickly rose through the denominational structure serving as a colporteur leader, then youth leader of the São Paulo Field, then youth leader of the Brazilian Union and eventually Corporate Secretary for the Brazilian Union. During the General Conference delegation session held in Bushkill, Pensilvannia, in 1979, he was recognized for his service by being elected to the position of worldwide youth director for the denomination.