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WORLD EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP AND SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
December 19, 2000 (Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061-0368, fbns@wayoflife.org) - The following is from Foundation magazine, Nov.-Dec. 2000 [Fundamental Evangelistic Association, P.O. Box 6278, Los Osos, CA 93412. 805-528-3534 (voice), 805-528-4971 (fax), http://www.FundamentalBibleChurch.org/ (web site)]: Leaders of the World Evangelical Fellowship (WEF) and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church are planning to hold joint meetings in order to dialogue and get to know one another better. A November 14, 2000, Adventist News Network press release cites Dr. Bert Beach, director of inter-church relations for the Adventist Church worldwide, as stating that the meetings ãwill aim to break down stereotypes and foster greater understanding between the two groups.ä The dialogues were proposed by Beach and Dr. James Stamoolis, executive director of the WEFâs theological commission, at the Adventist Church world headquarters on November 8, 2000. Beach said, ãWe want to move beyond false stereotypes, to see where we agree and disagree, and to explore areas where we could mutually benefit by working together, such as on religious liberty initiatives.ä Dr. George Reid, director of the Adventist Churchâs Biblical Research Institute, said neither party is interested in ecumenism. Rather, they are interested in understanding each other better and will ãreview areas of doctrinal agreement and disagreement and discuss biblical interpretationä [FOUNDATION Magazine Nov-Dec 2000, p. 47]. |
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