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===Ecumenical activity===
{{Main|Seventh-day Adventist interfaith relations}}
The Adventist Church generally opposes the [[ecumenism|ecumenical movement]], although it supports some of the other goals of [[ecumenism]]. The [[General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists|General Conference]] has released an official statement concerning the Adventist position with respect to the ecumenical movement, which contains the following paragraph:

: Should Adventists cooperate ecumenically? Adventists should cooperate insofar as the authentic gospel is proclaimed and crying human needs are being met. The Seventh-day Adventist Church wants no entangling memberships and refuses any compromising relationships that might tend to water down her distinct witness. However, Adventists wish to be "conscientious cooperators". The ecumenical movement as an agency of cooperation has acceptable aspects; as an agency for the organic unity of churches, it is much more suspect.<ref>{{cite web
| last=Beach
| first=Bert
| title=Seventh-day Adventists and the Ecumenical Movement
| publisher=[[General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists]]
| date=June 1985
| url=http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/other_documents/other_doc3.html
| access-date=January 10, 2007
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206202307/http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/other_documents/other_doc3.html
| archive-date=December 6, 2006
| url-status=dead
}}</ref>

While not being a member of the [[World Council of Churches]],<ref name=council/> the Adventist Church has participated in its assemblies in an observer capacity.<ref>{{cite news
| title=World Church: Adventists Observe World Council of Churches Assembly
| publisher=Adventist News Network
| date=March 7, 2006
| url=http://news.adventist.org/data/2006/02/1141762525/index.html.en
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013095659/http://news.adventist.org/data/2006/02/1141762525/index.html.en
| archive-date=October 13, 2007
| access-date=January 10, 2007
| url-status=dead
}}</ref>