The denomination places high emphasis on participation in worldwide interfaith and ecumenical efforts. The New Apostolic Church is open toward the ecumenical movement. Formed in an act of ecumenical union, the URC is committed to ecumenism. It has also been the site for several ecumenical and interfaith services. Acceptance of councils as ecumenical and authoritative varies between different Christian denominations. Bishops from Lychnidos participated in multiple ecumenical councils. Dioceses and parishes are frequently members of local ecumenical councils as well. The contested councils mark the end of unity represented by the first seven Ecumenical Councils. There is obviously hierarchical organization both in the local and ecumenical church. Most dogmas have been promulgated at ecumenical councils. The Church returned once more under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. No infallible declarations by the Pope or an Ecumenical Council have been made. Others see the 1910 World Missionary Conference as the birthplace of the ecumenical movement. No infallible declarations by the Pope or an Ecumenical Council have ever been made. All-Holiness the Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch.