sentences:  However his zeal for the ecumenical movement led to his being appointed one of three professional staff members of the "East Asian Christian Conference" (now the Christian Conference of Asia) in 1957, and in 1964 he and his wife Eljean moved to Singapore to work full-time with the EACC.In this role he visited every country in Asia, apart from China, and did much to raise the profile of Asia within the church in New Zealand, and within the country generally, and for this he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1962 New Year Honours.In 1968, he moved to London where he was appointed Director of Christian Aid for the British Council of Churches.