Abstract Factors Related to the Brain Drain from the Middle East Union of the Afro Mideast Division Nakhle Najeeb W Doctor of Ministry Seventh day Adventist Theological Seminary Andrews University Malcolm B Russell Advisor Gottfried Oosterwal Advisor Steven P Vitrano Advisor The migration of the trained national Seventh day Adventist Church workers is one of the most critical problems facing present day church administrators in the Middle East Union of the Afro