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== Seventh Day Baptist World Federation ==
[[File:Seventh Day Baptist World Federation.jpg|thumb|Seventh Day Baptist World Federation logo]]
The idea of a worldwide Seventh Day Baptist Association was considered by Everett Harris of the United States and Gerben Zijlstra of the Netherlands. After the exposition of the idea by both at a meeting of representatives of Baptist conferences of the seventh day, the federation was founded in 1965, by Baptist conferences of the seventh day of 11 countries, later expanding to 20 countries.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thorngate |first=Janet |url=http://www.sdbwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/WF-Historical-Booklet-The-First-50-years.pdf |title=The First Fifty Years 1965–2015 |publisher=Seventh Day Baptist World Federation |year=2017 |location=Curitiba, PR, BR |page=17 |access-date=2021-02-18 |archive-date=2020-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209081515/http://www.sdbwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/WF-Historical-Booklet-The-First-50-years.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> 

The [https://sdbwf.org/ Seventh Day Baptist World Federation] is a federation that brings together Seventh Day Baptist associations around the world that cooperate with the federation's purpose of providing greater communication between Seventh Day Baptists; promote projects of mutual interest that benefit from international cooperation; and encourage fellowship among Seventh Day Baptist Christians; among other purposes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=May 2014|title=Pamphlet|url=http://www.sdbwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/WF-Tri-Fold-Brochure1.pdf|access-date=February 13, 2021|website=Seventh Day Baptist World Federation|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208095251/http://www.sdbwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/WF-Tri-Fold-Brochure1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> According to a Seventh Day Baptist Historical Library & Archives estimate published in 2017, it has 20 member denominations and 50,000 baptized members.<ref>Seventh Day Baptist Historical Library & Archives, [https://www.sdbhistory.org/resources/faqs/ FAQs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108182335/https://www.sdbhistory.org/resources/faqs/ |date=2022-11-08 }}, sdbhistory.org, USA, retrieved November 5, 2022</ref> It is conducted by elected officials who perform functions in accordance with their established constitution. Representatives meet to share unity and discuss topics relevant to Seventh Day Baptist churches.<ref name= ":2" />