Further resources

Reflections on Pentecostal, Charismatic and Black Majority churches in Britain:

• The Pentecostal and Charismatic Constituency within the British Church – an internal CTE explanatory briefing by Rev Dr Hugh Osgood
  
• Pentecostals and Charismatics in Britain – a book edited by former CTE staff member Bishop Joe Aldred, and published by SCM in 2019
  
• The Black Church in the 21^st Century – a book edited by former CTE staff member Bishop Joe Aldred, and published by DLT in 2010
  • this book provides an exciting and fresh look at the key issues facing the Black Church Movement in Britain today, representing a bold attempt for scope and analysis.
    
• “The More United We Are, the Stronger We Become” – Bishop Esme Beswick, a former CTE President, reflects on 50 Years of ministry and involvement in the ecumenical movement.
  
• A Pentecostal perspective on ‘Full visible unity’, shared by Bishop Joe Aldred at The Nikæan Club’s July 2015 pre-synod dinner at Bishopthorpe Palace in York
  
• ‘Coat of Many Colours’ by Babatunde Adedibu: a book review. David Goodhew reviews this ‘important work that synthesizes history and theology and offers a serious agenda for Black Majority Churches in the coming decades’
  
• Are Black Churches contributing to cohesion or polarising Christians and other faith groups? – Dr Joe Aldred addresses the University of Birmingham, June 2007’
  
• Stronger Together – Weaker Apart (2005) – a report from a national conference held in 2005 that considered challenges and opportunities for BME churches and communities in the UK. 
  
• Two papers discussed by the CTE Pentecostal constituency in February 2015:
  • (please note that these are not CTE or Pentecostal position papers, but resource materials)
  • The Spiritual State of the Nation by Rev Dr Clifford Hill
  • Theological Education in Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches by Dr R David Muir. 

• Being Built Together (2013) – research by the University of Roehampton into new black majority congregations in Southwark

Resources on specific themes:

Ecumenical dialogues

• Access reports on various ecumenical dialogues involving Pentecostal churches, meeting with Anglicans, Catholics and Orthodox churches.

The Spirit of Windrush

• Spirit of Windrush: a national service – reflections on the Windrush Service at Westminster Abbey on 22 June 2018, coordinated by CTE staff member Bishop Joe Aldred.
• Celebrating the Windrush spirit: Contributions to Multicultural Britain – as the 70th anniversary of the HMS Empire Windrush approached, CTE’s Joe Aldred reflected on the significant contributions of the Windrush generation and the black church.

They Also Served – remembering the contribution of African Caribbean soldiers in WW1 (2016-17)

• They Also Served – reflections and videos from this CTE project CTE of 2016-17, remembering the contribution of African Caribbean soldiers in WW1
• Download the project’s final evaluation report

Modern Slavery

• The 2017 report: Behind closed doors – voices against gender-based violence, human trafficking and modern-day slavery
• Press release ahead of the report’s launch

Inter-faith relations

• Approaches to Inter-faith Relations – sixteen leaders from a cross-section of Christian traditions (mostly Pentecostal), a Hindu and a Muslim met to discuss approaches to interfaith relations (October 2014).
• Plus an additional personal reflection from Revd Daniel Otieno-Ndale. 

Radicalisation

• A day conference in July 2013, bringing Christians together to consider ways to stem the flight of black British youths to Islam and radicalisation.

Gangs, drugs and gun and knife crime

• Who is my Neighbour? (2008) – a church response to social disorder linked to gangs, drugs, guns and knives (edited by Dr Joe Aldred, Dr Sophie Hebden and Dr Keith Hebden)