Davi Paes Silva was the President of the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement (SDARM), a post to which he was elected in September 2011.
Born 24 February 1945, in Brazil, he was baptised as a member of the SDARM on 11 November 1961 and entered the missionary training institution of the Brazilian Union of that denomination located in the city of São Paulo that year.
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.
He also held a number of additional positions within the same organization, including Welfare Department Director and Secretary of the Doctrinal Working Committee.
In the beginning of 2012 two other books by the same author were published in Portuguese language: A Ciencia da Salvacao (The Science of Salvation) and Conflito e Vitoria (Conflict and Victory).