Raquel Arrais
Raquel Queiroz da Costa Arrais presently holds the position of Associate Director for Women's Ministries at the General Conference of SDA. Raquel Arrais is the wife of Pastor Jonas Arrais and the mother of two sons: Tiago, who is 21 years old and Andre, who is 18 years old.
Prior to coming to the General Conference she was Women's Ministries and Shepherdess associate director for the South American Division (2000-2003) and Children's Ministries director (2004 – 2005).
Raquel loves reading, walking, playing the piano and collecting pictures of women’s faces. She enjoys spending time with women, ministering to them, and learning from them.
She has a desire to see more women accepting God’s call and being involved with the mission of the church, reaching out to say, "What can I do to help you along?"
Her favorite word is courage and her favorite Bible text is Joshua 1:9.