Downloadable Texts

These are grouped as follows (select on the link to jump to the appropriate section):-

(a) For where there is only one church in a locality
(b) For local Churches Together (or Christians Together) Groups
(c) For Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEPs)
(d) Churches Together in Kent's Ecumenical Directory, or latest Minutes of Full Council
(e) Swanwick Declaration  
(f) Sharing Church Buildings, and the 1969 Act
(g) Appointments to Roles with an Ecumenical Dimension 
(h) NEW (August 2008) -   Partners and Community Together ("PACT")  
(i) NEW (August 2008) - Training (e.g. for those involved in an LEP)

BUT Please NOTE:-	Although Churches Together in Kent is pleased to provide  the following basic texts, before adopting any text locally, please consult your Denominational Ecumenical Officer, or the County Ecumenical Officer.
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For where there is only one church building in a locality

1. Baptist Union of Great Britain – Declaration of Ecumenical Welcome
2. Baptist Union of Great Britain – Suggested guidelines for Baptists who move to a area where there is no Baptist church
3. When the Anglican Church is the only church in a village – Suggestions and guidelines
4. Methodist Guidelines and Declaration
5. Roman Catholic Declaration of Ecumenical Welcome
6. Guidelines from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales for Catholics responding to Declarations of Ecumenical Welcome and Commitment from other Churches
7. When the United Reformed Church is the only church in an English village
8. When United Reformed Church people move to an English village where there is no United Reformed Church

For Local Churches Together, or local Christians Together Groups

1. The Role of a Church Representative to a local Churches Together
2. Representatives of Churches to a Churches Together - advice for use in meetings of their own church
3. Proforma for gathering local church information (RTF format)
4. Draft Constitutional Guidelines for a local Churches Together grouping (RTF format)
   This last document is a version of the guidelines prepared by a subgroup of Churches Together in England, but modified for use within Kent, Medway and the London Boroughs of Bexley and Bromley

For Local Ecumenical Partnerships

1. Specimen Declaration of Intent (as used for Five Oak Green, and Tudeley-cum-Capel LEP  (PDF)   
2. Specimen Constitution (ditto)  (PDF)
3. Appointments (where there is a significant ecumenical dimension)
4. Staffing Consultative Group Guidelines (approx 100kB, PDF)

Churches Together in Kent

Ecumenical Directory   (PDF, ca 500 kB) Minutes of most recent Meeting of Full Council (PDF) Accounts (separate PDF for each of 2007 - 2003)

Ecumenical Appointments

Appointments to Roles where there is an Ecumenical Dimension  (approx 150 kB, PDF) Staffing Consultative Group Guidelines (approx 100kB, PDF)

Partners and Community Together (2008)

Download of a "How to Guide"  about improving the local area by forming a PACT and getting things done.  The following instructions work with modern versions of Microsoft Windows - for other platforms (e.g. Linux or Apple Macintosh) please adapt to your usual practices! (a) Download this zip file (5.5MB) to your hard-drive; (b) Right-Click the downloaded file, and then choose "Extract all .." (c) In the resulting Extraction Wizard click "Next" and then (d) Confirm (or change) the location where you'd like files extracted to (e) Click "Next", then "Finish" to show extracted files (f) Double-click the file 1stAutorunExpressLauncher This file launches a PDF file with links to several of the other extracted files.

Training (e.g. for those involved in an LEP)

Training Day for those involved in or who have responsibility for an LEP (Booking Form, which includes details)