The Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund

The Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund has been set up to give young ecumenists - between the ages of 18 and 35 - the opportunity to experience ecumenism abroad. This experience can be study, pilgrimage, volunteering or any activity that...

The Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund Application Form

About Bill Snelson

Bill Snelson was an Anglican priest from a Methodist background, he had already served as secretary of the Leeds Metropolitan Council of Churches and as West Yorkshire County Ecumenical Officer. At CTE, he helped navigate the Churches through some historic...

How to apply

The Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund has been established by CTE and the Snelson family with the aim of giving young adults the possibility to experience and study ecumenism abroad. Download a short guide to The Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists...

Where could you go?

Grants from the Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund can be used to facilitate any ecumenical experience outside of England. These could be but are not confined to study, pilgrimage, work, prayer, retreat or reconciliation. To give applicants an idea of...

Young leaders’ stories

Rev Kirsty Borthwick was training for ordination in the Church of England when she studied for a Certificate in Advanced Studies in Ecumenical Studies at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey. Kirsty's ecumenical experience happened before the Snelson Fund was set...

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Together Locally  

Together Locally is a handbook for local churches seeking to work together. Originally written in 1998 for Churches Together in England by Jenny Carpenter who was then the CTE Field Officer for the North and Midlands, the book was reprinted in 2002...

What is this place?

This set of six Bible Studies explores the issue of violence against women, produced by Churches Together in England (CTE) and the Women's Co-ordinating Group in 2004.  Download What is this Place? Using these Bible Studies A woman experiencing domestic...

Missiology Group

This strand of the Post-Covid Theology Project is about the most important questions churches should be asking about mission and engagement with wider society in the Covid recovery phase – noting that this in an on going pandemic. It contains the...

Being Human (Theological Anthropology)

This strand of the Post-Covid Theology Project is focused on what it means to be human which theologians often refer to as theological anthropology. It explores what it means to be human, fragile and mortal, particularly at this specific point...

Worship and Church Life

This is the third and final strand of our Post-Covid Theology Project drawing together the work of church leaders, theologians and practitioners reflections on worship and church life. This final section combines reflections in both the life of the church...

This Growing Unity

From the inauguration of CTE it was clear that a priority was the support of local working together, particularly through Intermediate Bodies who do the real work of supporting and encouraging local congregations and Christians. The experience of the first years of Intermediate Bodies led...

Who is my neighbour?

Download the 2008 report PRESS RELEASE 17 July 2008 “CHURCHES ARE CRITICAL PARTNERS IN REDUCING KNIFE CRIME”, SAYS NEW REPORT  ‘Who is My Neighbour?’ report pleas for united action against gang-related crime:As knife crime becomes a heightened national concern, Churches...

Radicalisation day conference, June 2013

Christians and Muslims met in London on Wednesday 17 July 2013 and considered why a significant number of young black Britons are abandoning Christianity in favour of Islam; why some converts are being radicalised; and what Christian churches can do...