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The Ecumenical ReviewVolume 50, Issue 3 p. 367-374 A Common Understanding and Vision … … but Precisely of What? Martin Conway, Martin Conway Martin Conway, a lay member of the Church of England, is now living in Oxford, in retirement after a professional career in the ecumenical movement that has spanned three distinct chapters. Called into the Student Christian Movement, not least by a sermon on his first Sunday at university by Martin Niemöller, reporting on the second assembly of the WCC, he served it in its British/Irish setting and then from Geneva at the international level, as study secretary of the World Student Christian Federation. He then served councils of churches, as publications secretary of the WCC from 1970–74 and through the British Council of Churches' Division of Ecumenical Affairs from 1974–83, before teaching at Ripon College, Oxford, and finally moving to Birmingham as president of the Selly Oak Colleges, the complex of adult training colleges responsible for the world mission training programmes of many of the British churches and their partners around the world.Search for more papers by this author Martin Conway, Martin Conway Martin Conway, a lay member of the Church of England, is now living in Oxford, in retirement after a professional career in the ecumenical movement that has spanned three distinct chapters. Called into the Student Christian Movement, not least by a sermon on his first Sunday at university by Martin Niemöller, reporting on the second assembly of the WCC, he served it in its British/Irish setting and then from Geneva at the international level, as study secretary of the World Student Christian Federation. He then served councils of churches, as publications secretary of the WCC from 1970–74 and through the British Council of Churches' Division of Ecumenical Affairs from 1974–83, before teaching at Ripon College, Oxford, and finally moving to Birmingham as president of the Selly Oak Colleges, the complex of adult training colleges responsible for the world mission training programmes of many of the British churches and their partners around the world.Search for more papers by this author First published: 26 March 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-6623.1998.tb00015.x AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume50, Issue3July 1998Pages 367-374 RelatedInformation