Stories

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.

Churches collaborate for Halloween outreach

A new website provides the encouragement to set up Light Beacons in your community on 31 October.

Working together with nature

Snelson Fund awardee Rebecca Boardman, reflects on her time as a member of the community at the Asian Rural Institute in Japan.

Church growth, vibrant ecumenical relationships

Baptist Minister, David Evans, shares how local prayer walks were the start of closer ecumenical working with neighbouring Plymouth churches.

“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.