Stories

Life-affirming talks and lasting friendships

Assistant Curate at Wells Cathedral. Edward Day, used a Snelson Fund grant to join other young Anglicans at the ecumenical community of Taizé in Southern France.

The Jubilee of Prisoners

A re-arranged trip to Rome gave Melody Amadi, a Snelson Fund grant recipient from the Redeemed Christian Church of God, a chance to reflect on justice, mercy and prison ministry.

Christmas Around the World

Traditional carols, readings and prayers from many Christian diaspora communities were shared at this special event at Derby Cathedral.

Manifesto for Hope launched as Liverpool marks Faith in the City 40th anniversary

Churches Together in the Merseyside Region and their partners have renewed the call for justice, compassion and unity.

Fresh Expressions at 21: A movement coming of age

Resourcing Lead for Fresh Expressions, Rev. Simon Goddard, reflects on the past two decades and what might be next for Fresh Expressions.

Towards an ecumenism of repentance

CTE's Principal Officer for Mission and Evangelism, Rev Dr Ben Aldous, reflects on the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative meeting at the St Bishoy Monastery, Egypt.

Carlisle’s ecumenical Harvest

Local Churches Together Chair, Rev Lisa Moore Wilson, coordinated a unique harvest festival in north Cumbria.

A blueprint for ecumenical encounter

Theology student Alexander Hrabak, who is a member of the Oecumenical Patriarchate, received a Snelson Fund grant to go on retreat in Belgium.

Celebrating Tyndale500

Chair of Churches Together in Lymm and District, Simon Fawcett, reports on how the Cheshire town's churches organised a ten-day programme built around the public reading of scripture.

Faith, farming and fellowship

A grant from CTE's Snelson Fund helped Rev Laura Macfarlane, a curate in the Church of England, join an ecumenical community in America for Holy Week 2025.

Exploring Christian unity in Hebburn

Local Churches Together group Facilitator Bob Finch shares the story of the search for deeper unity amongst the town's Christians.

Indigenous eco-wisdom shaping ecumenical eco-theologies

A grant from CTE’s Snelson Fund enabled Rev Danny Pegg to travel to the United States to expand his ecumenical understanding of eco-theology.