Search
Pages & Resources
298 results found in Pages & ResourcesJoint ventures – running projects together
Local groups of churches often end up running joint ventures together, be it a foodbank or winter night shelter, or an initiative such as Street Pastors/Angels. This page links you with content across our site which will be useful to groups of churches looking to run ventures together locally: Mission...
Safeguarding
It is important that Churches Together groups abide by safeguarding practices. While CTE cannot give specific advice in this area, we have signposted you to a range of web pages below. Thirtyone:eight (formerly the Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service, and one of our Bodies in...
Insurance for local groups
Many local groups undertake joint activities such as mission work, walks of witness and joint services. These are wonderful opportunities to connect and serve together, but it is important to note that you must have insurance in place for these...
The Churches Together logo
The Churches Together in England logo portrays the Church as a ship afloat on the sea of the world with the mast in the form of a cross, itself the key symbol of the Christian faith. The symbol of a boat is...
Northern EOs Conference 2019
Denominational and County Officers in the North of England gathered together on 29-30 April 2019. Following the most successful 2018 meeting of Denominational Ecumenical Officers in the north, and at its request, the northern County Ecumenical Officers arranged this further overnight meeting from Monday 29 April to...
All-EOs’ Conference 2021
Nourishing the roots: a chance to refresh our ecumenical vision Book your place now This is the long-awaited and once-cancelled-due-to-Covid conference for all Ecumenical Officers. Please note that it has shifted to The Hayes, Derbyshire, so you may need to...
Ecumenism Today 2019
As a way of supporting Intermediate ecumenism (churches working together at the county level), the National Ecumenical Officers decided to hold a 24-hour conference for all Ecumenical Officers (EOs) in 2019, called Ecumenism Today. It was a great success, and a further conference was planned for 2020 (later postponed...
Planning the CEO element of the All EOs’ conference
The 2016 Consultation (for CEOs and NEOs) agreed that CEOs in the regions would take it in turns to plan Consultations according to a rota. After 2019, it was agreed that separate Consultations will no longer take place but that...
The training process
The process of training for Ecumenical Officers includes: An induction session Visiting a local ecumenical situation A 24-hour training course, bringing Denominational Ecumenical Officers (DEOs), County Ecumenical Officers (CEOs) and other ecumenical facilitators together An annual residential conference for all Ecumenical Officers together Other occasional virtual or physical meetings An induction session ...
The next course
About the course This annual training course is for new Ecumenical Officers (CEOs and DEOs, as well as others working beyond the local to facilitate Christian unity). It is part of a wider training process. The course is led by National Ecumenical Officers, and is organised jointly by Churches...
Visiting an ecumenical situation
Before you attend the training course you must visit an ecumenical situation in which you are not involved and write a report on it. We need a short report, minimum 300 words though it can be longer. Just remember that those who will...
National Ecumenical Officers
National Ecumenical Officers (NEOs) are key to the support of local ecumenism (churches working together locally). They are appointed by a number of CTE’s national Member Churches to have responsibility for ecumenical relationships – helping their own church tradition to work ecumenically, and representing their...
County Ecumenical Officers
County Ecumenical Officers (CEOs) are appointed ecumenically to support and encourage local ecumenism (churches working together) across a particular county, metropolitan area or large city. A unique feature of church life in England, paralleled nowhere else in the world, has been the development of this network of Intermediate Bodies. These...
Denominational Ecumenical Officers
A number of CTE’s national Member Churches appoint Denominational Ecumenical Officers (DEOs) – through their Dioceses, Districts, Synods, Baptist Associations etc – to work as a team with the County Ecumenical Officer in their area. This team encourages local ecumenism (churches working together), offering advice and resources. DEOs also relate to the National Ecumenical Officer...
Training for Ecumenical Officers
Tutors on the course can access the tutors pages via the private NEO login area.