Local Ecumenical Partnerships (LEPs)

Local Ecumenical Partnerships (LEPs) come in all shapes and sizes. They are created when Christian denominations work together under a formal agreement. One kind of agreement is extremely noticeable – when denominations come into partnership by setting up a single congregation. Others...

Unity at a local level

Churches coming together at a local level is at the heart of Christian unity.  Throughout the country, from the largest of towns to the smallest of villages, the church is active. Because of their shared Christian faith, churches in local...

A Flexible Framework for Local Unity in Mission

A Flexible Framework for Local Unity in Mission is an easy-to-use framework which helps local churches to collaborate with confidence and flexibility – guiding them step-by-step to develop the right agreement for their venture. Who is it for? Our framework and toolkit are...

Re-imagining Churches Together groups

If you're wondering "Help! What do we do with our local Churches Together group?" then this new resource is aimed at you.It's been put together by three County Ecumenical Officers to help local groups as they come together and re-focus...

Local Ecumenical Enablers

This page contains information about a new role that is operating in certain parts of England, that of the Local Ecumenical Enabler. This role can, in some contexts, further support local ecumenical working as it is based in a local...

Churches Group for Evangelisation

The group brings together those in our Member Churches who take responsibility for portfolios of mission and evangelism in their denomination. It also draws on the expertise and giftings from our Charities and Networks in Association and other parachurch organisations...

Mission Research Network

This body is a CTE co-ordinating group being committed to ecumenical missiological reflection and sharing insights with the churches in England to enable them to make better-informed decisions regarding mission-shaped strategies. In August 2022 the Mission Research Network re-worked their...

Churches Group for New Housing Areas

Welcome to this web area about how the churches in England, local, regional and national, are responding to the new housing agenda. The CTE New Housing Areas (NHA) group exists to help churches in England understand and engage effectively with...

Churches Rural Group

This group is currently suspended and is not meeting. After a period of listening by members of the Rural Churches Group during 2022 the group was formally closed in a meeting on 21 October 2022 via Zoom. Some former members...

Urban Mission Alliance

The Urban Mission Alliance (UMA) is a group which revived some of its past work in March 2022. Revd Dr Ben Aldous from CTE and Dr Aimi King from the Estates Evangelism Task Force seek to gather, ecumenically, those folk who...

UK Christian Youth Work Consortium

The Christian Youth Work Consortium brings together denominations, Christian youth agencies and training providers. It gives a voice to Christian youth work on regional and national bodies and provides information about youth work training in the UK.Its aims are to: affirm, encourage...

Bible and Discipleship Working Group

The Bible and Discipleship Working Group is a new working group (formed late 2025) which convenes a number of Charities and Networks in Association (CNAs) and Member Church representatives to wrestle with the issues of discipleship in the 21st Century...

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Mission Research Library

If you have a thesis you'd like to suggest for this library, please contact CTE's Ben Aldous.

Coordinating groups (Mission)

For a wider list of all our CTE working groups, visit our working groups page.