The principle or practice of promoting cooperation and unity among different Christian churches and denominations.
From Greek oikoumenikos (universal) plus -ism, formed as a modern movement term in the early 20th century to describe organized church-unity efforts.
Ecumenism is what allowed churches to partner on social issues like poverty and justice—they realized they could disagree about theology but agree on helping people!
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