Stories
The latest church unity stories from across England – locally, at a county level and nationally
“Get planting…”
CTE President Rev Canon Helen Cameron visited the Methodist Church's award-winning garden at the Tatton Flower Show.
Spotlight on: Archbishop Dr Costakis Evangelou MBE, President of the Ixthus Church Council
CTE's Min Shermara Fletcher-Hoyte went to meet this inspiring Pentecostal leader at his boxing gym in north London.
Ecumenism is the way forward
Snelson Fund awardee Jack Woodruff, reflects on his time at the 2024 conference of the European branches of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Pentecost – praise, procession and psalms
The Ecumenical Officer for the Liverpool Archdiocese, Ultan Russell, shares the story of the pilgrimage down the city's Hope Street in 2024.
Reflections on ecumenism from Norfolk
Laurette Burton, the Catholic Denominational Ecumenical Officer for Norfolk and Waveney, reflects on eight years in the role as she steps down.
Praying over Withernsea
Secretary of Withernsea Churches Together, Josie Briggs shares how members lifted the people of their town in prayer.
‘Remaining present and engaged in a fragile world’
Recipient of The Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund, Sarah Crane, reflects on her time in the Czech Republic at a European healthcare chaplaincy conference.
Spotlight on: Rev David Whyte, District Superintendent of the Wesleyan Holiness Church
The first in an occasional series where CTE's Min Shermara Fletcher-Hoyte talks with inspiring church leaders from our Pentecostal and Charismatic national Member Churches.
Rothwell’s ecumenical welcome
Members of the Northamptonshire town's Methodist church invited neighbours from two recently closed churches to worship and work alongside them.
Communion, cakes and a holy cacophony of Christian voices
Sam Rigby, a recipient of a grant from The Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund, shares highlights from his visit to the World Council of Churches and the Hautecombe Discipleship School.
‘Poignant and timely’: reflections on the World Day of Prayer 2024
On Friday 1 March, ecumenical services were held across the country for the World Day of Prayer 2024. The worship resources were prepared by women in Palestine.
Local connection, international impact
A 'Hand to Hand' food packing event could be a unique opportunity to share the love of Jesus in your community
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