World Conference on Faith and Order

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The World Conference on Faith and Order was proposed by the Episcopal Church in 1911 in the name of ecumenical consensus and Christian unity. Years of planning were delayed by World War I and organizational challenges. The first conference was held in 1927 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where 108 churches were represented by 394 delegates. The conference launched the ecumenical "Faith and Order Movement" advocated by the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches.

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