When was the world council of churches formed?
The Ecumenical Movement met with initial successes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Edinburgh Missionary Conference of 1910 (chaired by future WCC Honorary President John R. Mott). In 1920, the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Germanus V of Constantinople, wrote a letter "addressed 'To all the Churches of Christ, wherever they may be', urging closer co-operation among separated Christians, and suggesting a 'League of Churches', parallel to the newly founded League of Nations". Church leaders agreed in 1937 to establish a World Council of Churches, based on a merger of the "Faith and Order Movement" (under Charles Brent of the Episcopal Church of the United States) and "Life and Work Movement" (under Nathan Söderblom of the Lutheran Church of Sweden) organisations.
When did church leaders agree to establish the World Council of Churches?
1937
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When was the World Council of Churches officially formed?
August 23, 1948
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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism.
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Ecumenism (/ɪˈkjuːmənɪzəm/), also spelled oecumenism, is the concept and principle in which Christians who belong to different Christian denominations work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity.
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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded on August 23, 1948. It was established in 1937 to work for the cause of ecumenism or the concept and principle in which Christians who belong to different Christian denominations work together to promote Christian unity.