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The Seventh Day Baptist World Federation is an organization that represents Seventh Day Baptists all over the world. It attempts to establish better communication amongst the various churches and conferences associated with it, promotes practical projects and supports missions.

While the history of Seventh Day Baptists reaches back to the 1600's, the Federation wasn't established until 1964. The founding members were conferences from Brazil, Burma (now Myanmar), Germany, Guyana, Jamaica, Malawi, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States.

Description
The Seventh Day Baptist World Federation is a centralizing organization which represents the multiple smaller divisions of Seventh Day Baptist conferences that have some degree of internal autonomy. A convention is a fellowship of congregations, (churches), or other groups who work together toward common goals. . Seventh Day Baptists are Baptist in their theology, their congregational government, and their belief in the Bible, but they differ from other Baptists in observing the Sabbath on Saturday instead of observing Sunday as the Lord's Day. This is seen as a sign of obedience in a covenant relationship with God and not as a condition of salvation.

The Federation was established in 1964. The vision and motto of its founders was "Seventh Day Baptist union in Christ and a vigorous testimony throughout the world". It has a declaration of faith established in 1992 and a constitution that guides its actions.

As of 2022, the Federation brings together members from 20 countries: Australia, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States and Zambia.

Projects in 2022 include children's ministries, the TIME program which trains pastors and leaders, construction and maintenance of buildings, the church mentoring program, orphans, school fees, translation of SDB literature, aid for refugees, outreach ministries, technological innovations, farm and animal projects providing income to families, the building of a ministry center, government certification and the construction of a community well.

Through its international scope, the Federation has brought together individuals and conferences that have contributed to humanitarian aid in places with basic life needs and health risks. However, these community aids are small. Compared to other international Christian organizations such as the World Council of Churches and the National Baptist Alliance, the federation is small and its actions fail to achieve a greater impact for the international community.

History
In 1964, two seventh day baptists, Everett Harris of the United States and Gerben Zijlstra of the Netherlands envisaged an association between seventh day baptists around the world. They sent invitations to seven day baptist conferences from seven countries to meet in Salem, West Virginia - USA. At that meeting, missionary cooperation on a world scale was discussed and a constitution was drafted that would be submitted to national conferences interested in joining the new federation. Thus, at the end of 1965 national conferences signed the constitution and, therefore, the Seventh Day Baptist World Federation was established. The founding members were conferences from Brazil, Burma (now Myanmar), Germany, Guyana, Jamaica, Malawi, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States.

They sent invitations to Seventh Day Baptist conferences from seven countries to meet in Salem, West Virginia, USA. At that meeting, missionary cooperation on a world scale was discussed, and a constitution was drafted. It was decided that the constitution would be submitted to national conferences interested in joining the new Federation. At the end of 1965, those national conferences had signed the constitution, and the Seventh Day Baptist World Federation was established. The founding members were conferences from Brazil, Burma (now Myanmar), Germany, Guyana, Jamaica, Malawi, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States.

From that time onward, meetings have been held periodically to discuss projects, actions and other matters relevant to the Federation. By 2020, eight sessions had been held, each with its own agenda. The first session took place in Westerly, Rhode Island, in the United States, in 1971. The last one was held in Curitiba, Brazil, in 2017. A new meeting is scheduled for 2023 in the USA.