The father, in turn, wanted John to become a priest ... so Calvin decided to make a one-night detour to Geneva. But Calvin’s fame in Geneva preceded him. Farel, a local reformer, invited him to stay ...

A city of 182,000 and the birthplace of Jean Jacques Rousseau, as well as of the Red Cross, Geneva got into the conference business early. During the 16th century, under Reformer John Calvin ...