In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part III. Beginnings: Movements Become a Movement previous chapter 1 Brent: Missionary Bishop When, on June 14, 1910, at the age of 48, Charles Henry Brent set foot in the meeting room of the United Free Church of Scotland, where the wmc of Edinburgh was to take place, he already boasted of moderate international fame, nine years of experience as missionary bishop in the Philippines, and several articles in The New York Times recounting his successes in converting the peoples of Southeast Asia along with the war he was waging against the tr…