Representatives of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church and the World Evangelical Alliance met in dialogue 8-11 August 2006 on the campus of the International Baptist Theological Seminary, located in Prague, Czech Republic. Although informal contacts had occurred during the past fifty years, this was the first official meeting of the two groups. The purposes of the dialogue were (1) to gain a clearer understanding of the theological positions of each body (2) to clarify matters of misunderstanding (3) to discuss areas of agreement and disagreement on a niblical basis and (4) to explore possible areas of cooperation. (Adventist Press Service APD)
