Original sentence: He held that position until 1984.He participated in the World Assembly of the Faith and Order Commission at seven conventions:.Samuel played a major role in persuading the Indian Orthodox Church to abandon its old policy of isolation from other church traditions in India, and to join the Kerala Christian Council, the National Council of Churches, and the joint commission of Catholic and Orthodox Churches.Samuel's presence and contribution in the ecumenical movement in the international arena for three decades.Starting in 1964, Samuel took part in almost all the various meetings of the Unofficial Consultation of Theologians presenting papers, participated in the discussions, and drafting out for the agreed statements.The Church of Ethiopia and Haile Selassie University persuaded him to return to Ethiopia.The Uppsala Assembly elected him as a member of the Commission’s Working Committee and later in its Steering Committee.The period of Samuel’s association with the Faith and Order Commission coincided with two congresses where he made a contribution.The second was a series of four consultations organized by the Pro Oriente Foundation of Vienna, Austria in 1972.voted him as a member of the Council’s Faith and Order Commission
Edited sentence: Active participation in the World Assembly of the Faith and Order Commission:.His participation and contribution in Faith and Order Commission are remarkable.Indian Orthodox Church has given up its policy of isolation from other Church traditions in India to a certain extent and joined the Kerala Christian Council and the National Council of Churches, and the joint commission of Catholic and Orthodox Churches, the quite influence of Father Samuel’s theology of ecumenical Orthodoxy and local ecumenism have played big roll behind it.Meanwhile the Uppsala Assembly elected him as a member of the Commission’s Working Committee and later in its Steering Committee.Samuel's presence and contribution in the ecumenical movement in the international arena for three decades was in many ways a period of conciliation between the divided Churches.Since 1964, Samuel has taken part in almost all the various meetings of the Unofficial Consultation of Theologians presenting papers, participated in the discussions, and drafting out for the agreed statements.The Church of Ethiopia and Haile Selasi University persuaded him to return to Ethiopia.The period of Samuel’s association with the Faith and Order Commission coincided with two events in which he made a contribution.The second was a series of four consultations organized by the Pro Oriente Foundation of Vienna, Austria from 1972.voted him as a member of the Council’s Faith and Order Commission and he held the position until 1984