A new convention, the North American Christian Convention, was organized by the more conservative congregations in 1927. An existing brotherhood journal, the "Christian Standard", also served as a source of cohesion for these congregations. From the 1960s on, newer unaffiliated missionary organizations like the Christian Missionary Fellowship (today, Christian Missionary Fellowship International) were working more on a national scale to rally Christian Church/Church of Christ congregations in international missions. By this time the division between liberals and conservatives was well established.