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In 1910 , Mott, an American Methodist layperson, presided at the Edinburgh Missionary Conference , which launched both the modern Missions Movement and the modern Ecumenical Movement . For his labors in both missions and ecumenism, as well as for peace, some historians consider him to be "the most widely traveled and universally trusted Christian leader of his time" (Cracknell & White, 243). Intimately involved in the formation of the World Council Of Churches in 1948, that body elected him as a life-long honorary President. His best-known book, ''The Evangelization of the World in this Generation'', became a missionary slogan in the early 20th century (Cracknell & White, 233). He attended Upper Iowa University , where he studied history and was an award-winning student debater. He transferred to Cornell University , where he received his Bachelor's Degree in 1888 . Mott married Leila Ada White in 1891 and had two sons and two daughters. He also founded the P&S club at Columbia University- the group that houses all of the student organizations at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. External links Notes & References
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