CTE Forum 2025 follow up

Catch up and share what happened at the CTE Forum 2025.

This page brings together videos and other resources from the CTE Forum 2025 which took place from 17 to 19 March. Please feel free to share these.

For more information about speakers, workshops, worship and the Marketplace visit the CTE Forum 2025 microsite.

CTE Forum 2025 in 3 minutes

Download a copy of the CTE Forum 2025 highlights video (very large file).

Poetess Jess on CTE Forum 2025

As the conference ended, Poetess Jess, the multi-award-winning Christian spoken word artist, was invited to sum up her experience of CTE Forum 2025

Poetess Jess also performed two other pieces at CTE Forum 2025

Watch ‘Racial injustice’

Watch ‘One Body’

Evaluation form

If you attended CTE Forum 2025, please fill in the evaluation form. It will close on Friday 11 April.

Catch up with keynote speeches from CTE Forum 2025

Videos of all the keynote sessions are available on the CTE Forum 2025 playlist on our YouTube Channel

Presentation on YouTube	Slides (where available)
Opening address ‘Cutting through the noise’ CTE General Secretary, Bishop Mike Royal	Download slides
A Call to Peace John Cooper	Download slides
Reflecting on Synodality Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop Nikitas and Elaine Green
Bible study: The Priesthood of All Believers Bishop Paulina Hlawiczka-Trotman with Fr Andreas Minic and Dolly Bamigbade
AI and the Church Rev Prof David Wilkinson Archbishop Doye Agama	Download slides (Prof Wilkinson’s)
Change in the church Bishop Claion Grandison	Download slides
Racial justice and Reparations Poetess Jess, Rev Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson with Bishop Desmond Greaves, Bejoy Pal and Bishop Paulina Hlawiczka-Trotman	Download slides
The First Ecumenical Council – 1700th anniversary of Nicaea Rev Dr Susan Durber	Download slides
Oikumene: Embodying Difference in the Household of God Rt Rev Prof Anderson Jeremiah
The Pursuit of Unity Rev Canon Helen Cameron

Ways of Seeing: Art and Difference with Dr Deborah Lewer

Dr Deborah Lewer is a Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Glasgow. She also works extensively as a speaker and writer for churches and cathedrals, ecumenical groups of clergy, ordinands, retreatants, festival-goers and others to explore visual art from faith perspectives.

Dr Deborah Lewer introduced sessions at Forum through a reflection on a piece of art. Download a list of the chosen works.

Here are recordings of her four reflections.

Prayer: One but not the same

A prayer written by Pastor Barry Hutchinson, Church of God of Prophecy for the Pentecostal service at CTE Forum 2025.

Photo gallery from CTE Forum 2025

Photos in this shared folder can be shared to illustrate what happened at CTE Forum 2025.

The photos are arranged by day. Each folder contains a copyright notice. Please read this and credit all images as requested.

Workshop information

The workshop leaders at CTE Forum 2025 were invited to share a one-pager of relevant resources from their sessions

• Money Matters: Acting justly and caring for creation through our finances JustMoney Movement and Operation Noah
• Accessible Church: Many Parts but One Body? Through the Roof.
• Exploring Forest Church. With Melanie Carroll and Rachel Summers.

For full information about CTE Forum 2025 visit the microsite.