In one of the world's most densely populated and diverse continents, the Seventh-day Adventist message of hope and healing is going forth in an integrated media fashion.

May 17 marked the opening of new offices and a new auditorium and museum for Rede Novo Tempo de Comuniçao, the South American Division's radio and television networks. New studios are also under construction and will be ready in about six months, division leaders noted.

After an introductory program in which Brazil's pioneer Adventist broadcasters, Robert Rebello of the "Voice of Prophecy" radio program and Alcides Campologo, who with his wife Neide, hosted "Faith for Today" television 50 years ago, Antonio Tostes, Novo Tempo president, noted the buildings may be new, but the work is not.

"We are only continuing a work that has begun in the past," Tostes told a gathering of friends and supporters in the new auditorium, which was named after the late Milton C. Souza, former Novo Tempo president, who passed away in 2007 at age 51. Souza implemented the move of Novo Tempo from a remote location in the state of Rio de Janiero to the current location near the city of São Paulo.

"Today we are going to dedicate this building, but last week we gathered the employees here with the South American Division leadership to dedicate our lives," Tostes said.

"Today we honored many people, so they may continue to inspire us," he continued. "This auditorium will carry the name of Pastor Milton Souza, and the museum will have name of Pastor Roberto Rebello, so that the people who come to visit us may witness the power of God is being realized through the preaching of the Gospel and communications."

Among those attending the dedication were the Campologos, the Souza family, and retired general vice president of the world church Leo Ranzolin and his wife, who is Roberto Rebello's daughter.

Erton Köhler, South American Division president, lauded the new surroundings, but reminded his hearers that the real work lay ahead.

Köhler quoted the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:6, "I planted, Apollo watered, but it was God who gave the increase," and said: "This place, my brothers, is a place of blessings. No one can explain how God has provided these blessings. Today, Novo Tempo is recognized as the best religious network in the country. God gave the growth."

He then urged his hearers to "complete the work," saying "it's not building, people, equipment -- the work is salvation. ... Progress, grow, keep the focus through the radio and the Internet; they're not here to entertain, they're here to save."

Adventist world church President Ted N.C. Wilson, who was joined by his wife Nancy for the dedication events, expressed appreciation for the spacious office and studio space, with areas dedicated for the online Bible School, a journalist's newsroom, Novo Tempo store, and studios for Spanish and Portuguese radio networks, as well as administrative offices.

"Today as we arrived, we saw the results of the last number of months of intensive activity, [of the] 336 people working here, including 43 bible school workers, and 12,000 bible studies monthly," Wilson said.

He also lauded the dedication of a small area to the life and work of Ellen G. White, a pioneering co-founder of the movement. "The Seventh-day Adventist Church would be nothing without the writings of this special lady," Wilson said.

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