Stories

Hearing young voices

During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Churches Together in the Merseyside Region gathered representatives from across the Christian traditions to listen to the voices of young people.

Norfolk church leaders make an ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome

Leaders from Churches Together in Norfolk and Waveney have just returned from an ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome, which included an audience with Pope Francis.

“The richness of the body of Christ”

Ellmina Mckenzie shares how a last-minute course cancellation led to a transformative experience at Taizé.

“Called to be a family”

Snelson Fund awardee Dan Tarrant travelled from Sheffield to the 24-7 prayer annual international Gathering in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Ecumenical and becoming intercultural

CTE's Principal Officer for Mission and Evangelism, Rev Dr Ben Aldous, visits a Hampshire church which is being transformed by celebrating cultural difference.

“Good teaching paired with good food and even better people”

Tenny Antony a fifth year seminarian for the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham, went to Centro Pro Unione in Rome with help from The Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund.

The power of encounter

The New Housing Areas Group at CTE took a trip to the Netherlands to see what lessons could be learnt from churches in Europe who are in the process of planting or birthing new ecclesial communities.

‘Church in a State’

Rev Joseph Nelson, a recipient of a grant from the Snelson Fund, joined the Anglican-Lutheran Society Conference in Edinburgh for his ecumenical experience abroad.

The 1000 chaplain challenge

Assistant National Director for Sports Chaplaincy UK in England, Rev Christian Wienkamp, shares how this exciting mission field is growing fast.

Celebrating being lifelong learners

How one Lancashire parish church invited their whole community to join in Education Sunday 2024.

The flourishing of the church will only grow at the speed of friendship

Isaiah Morris, a recipient of a grant from Snelson Fund visits Rome and the Vatican and discovers the power of collaboration across traditions and the beauty that can emerge from it.

As churches, we remind people of the greatest act

Amid the trapeze straps and sawdust of a traditional English circus, an ecumenical service took place in Gloucestershire.