Ecumenism, County and National

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ECUMENISM: COUNTY, NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL

This page was last updated on 07 April 2008

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Conference of European Churches (All we provide is the address and website)

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI)

Churches Together in England (CTE)

Basis and Commitment
Member Churches of CTE
England-based Churches belonging to the Free Churches Group but not currently members of CTE
Bodies in Association with CTE
The Four Presidents of CTE

National Ecumenical Officers (denominational)

Neighbouring Churches Together (South London, Surrey, Sussex), and in the South East Region (Hampshire)

Within the inter-church process in Britain and Ireland, Churches Together in Kent (CTK) is an intermediate body: intermediate between the local (Councils of Churches, LEPs, Churches/Christians Together groups, etc.) and the national Churches Together in England: (Select here to see our link to CTE's main site).

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI)

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI), known until April 1999 as the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland (CCBI), is a fellowship of churches in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour and seek to fulfil their common calling to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
They commit themselves to seek a deepening of their communion with Christ and with one another in the Church which is his body, and to fulfil their mission to proclaim the Gospel by common witness and service in the world. One aspect of CTBI's work is to act as an umbrella linking together the work of four national bodies:

ACTS (Action of Churches Together in Scotland)
website

CTE (Churches Together in England)
website

CYTUN (Churches Together in Wales)
website

Irish ecumenical bodies
website

CTBI also co-ordinates involvement in international ecumenical bodies such as
the WCC (World Council of Churches) and CEC (Conference of European Churches).

Please scroll down (or select here) to see full addresses and telephone numbers for CTBI and CTE.

Basis and Commitment of
Churches Together in England

Churches Together in England unites in pilgrimage those churches in England which, acknowledging God’s revelation in Christ, confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the scriptures; and, in obedience to God’s will and in the power of the Holy Spirit commit themselves

to seek a deepening of their communion with Christ and with one another in the Church, which is his body, and

to fulfil their mission to proclaim the Gospel by common witness and service in the world,

to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Member Churches of Churches Together in England

Antiochian Orthodox Church
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Cherubim and Seraphim Council of Churches
Church of England
Church of God of Prophecy
Church of Scotland (in England)
Congregational Federation
Coptic Orthodox Church
Council of African & Afro-Caribbean Churches
Council of Oriental Orthodox Christian Churches
Ichthus Christian Fellowship
Independent Methodist Churches
International Ministerial Council of Great Britain
Joint Council for Anglo-Caribbean Churches
Lutheran Council of Great Britain
Methodist Church
Moravian Church
New Testament Assembly
New Testament Church of God
Oecumenical Patriarchate (Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain)
Redeemed Christian Church of God
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Roman Catholic Church
Russian Orthodox Church
Salvation Army
Trans-Atlantic and Pacific Alliance of Churches
United Reformed Church
Wesleyan Holiness Church

Observer: Seventh Day Adventist Church

England-based Churches belonging to the Free Churches Group but not currently members of CTE:

Assemblies of God
Churches in Community International
Church of the Nazarene
Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion
Fellowship of Churches of Christ
Free Church of England
Old Baptist Union
Wesleyan Reform Union

Bodies in Association with Churches Together in England

Action by Christian Against Torture
L'Arche
Association of Interchurch Families
Bible Society
CHASTE - sex trafficking
Christian Council on Ageing
Christian Education
Christians Aware
Church Action on Disability
Churches Action on Poverty
Churches Committee on Defence and Disarmament
College of Preachers
Community of Aidan and Hilda
Corrymeela
Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility
Faith in Europe
Feed the Minds
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius
Focolare Movement
Housing Justice
International Ecumenical Fellowship
International Mission Association
Iona Community
Irish School of Ecumenics
MODEM
Retreat Association
Society for Ecumenical Studies
Student Christian Movement
William Temple Foundation
Women's World Day of Prayer
Y-care International
Young Men’s Christian Association
Young Women’s Christian Association

The Four Presidents of Churches Together in England

Bishop Nathan Hovannisian
(Armenian Orthodox Church, representing churches not represented by the other three presidents)

Commissioner Elizabeth Matear
(Moderator of the Free Churches’ Council)

His Eminence, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor
(Archbishop of Westminster)

The Most Revd and Rt Hon Rowan Williams
(Archbishop of Canterbury)

"We meet regularly for prayer and discussion and have discovered respect and deep personal friendship for one another as fellow disciples of Jesus Christ. We have begun to face frankly the differences which still sadly divide us and our Churches, but we have found so much in common that we have strengthened our commitment to engage together in Christ’s mission - a mission of reconciliation to the world, and of shared witness to the Christian values which have shaped our nation."

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND

Bastille Court, 2 Paris Garden, London SE1 8ND
e-mail website

web-site

(020) 7654 7254
Fax: 7654 7222

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN ENGLAND

e-mail
web-site

London Office
27 Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9HH
General Secretary:
Revd Dr David Cornick email
Administration Officer:
Mrs Edith Steele email
Field Officer (South):
Revd John Bradley email
Field Officer (North and Midlands)
Miss Jenny Bond e-mail

(020) 7529 8131
Fax: (020) 7529 8134

Neighbouring Ecumenical County Bodies

Please select below for Neighbouring County Bodies adjacent to Churches Together in Kent
(Churches Together in South London, Surrey or Sussex)

Also for other Ecumenical County Bodies within the South East Region, e.g.
Churches Together in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

NATIONAL ECUMENICAL OFFICERS

Baptist Union of Great Britain: Ecumenical Officer, Faith and Unity Department Baptist House, 129 Broadway, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 8RT email	(01235) 517755
Church of England: Local Unity Secretary Council for Christian Unity, Church House, Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3NZ email	(020) 7898 1000 Fax: 7898 1483
International Ministerial Council of Great Britain: Ecumenical Officer PO Box 261, South Norwood, London, SE25 5AU	(020) 8771 8525
Methodist Church: Contact for Ecumenical Relations Methodist Connexional Offices, Manchester Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JQ	(0161) 236 5194
Roman Catholic Church: Secretary, Committee for Christian Unity Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, 39 Eccleston Square, London, SW1V 1BX	(0207) 901 4842 Fax: 020 7901 4821
Salvation Army: Territorial Ecumenical Officer Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters, 101 Newington Causeway, London, SE1 6BN email	(020) 7367 4618
United Reformed Church: Secretary for Ecumenical Relations United Reformed Church House, 86 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9RT email	(020) 7916 8652