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319 results found in Pages & ResourcesWhat is mission?
Across England, churches are working together in mission in surprising, creative and collaborative ways – sharing the love of God with their communities. You can find out more in our topical mission pages, ranging from food to sport, social action to unity movements, and elderly people to...
Delegates at the 2026 Missionary Disciples Conference
Delegates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Dr Benjamin Aldous is the Principal Officer for Mission and Evangelism at Churches Together in England. He helps bring together church leaders who reflect on mission and evangelism in urban and...
Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry – the ‘Lima’ text
This famous text, adopted by the World Council of Churches' Faith and Order Commission at its plenary meeting in Lima, Peru in 1982, explores the growing agreement – and remaining differences – in fundamental areas of the churches' faith and...
Remembering Not Strangers But Pilgrims
Cardinal Vincent Nichols became General Secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference in January 1984, just as the Churches were beginning to re-evaluate the British Council of Churches. Listen to his reminiscences below, and read more about what happened in our...
County Ecumenical Officer Directory (Intermediate Bodies)
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. These umbrella ecumenical Intermediate Bodies encourage and support churches of different traditions as they seek to work, worship and witness together. If you’re...
National Ecumenical Officer Directory
NEOs 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 church in national ecumenical settings. In smaller church denominations someone (often the General Secretary) will have ecumenical relations...
Member Church Directory
With more than 50 national churches drawn from the Anglican, Catholic, Pentecostal, Charismatic, Orthodox and Lutheran traditions, as well as Free Churches, Quakers and others, we unite one of the broadest range of churches in the whole of Europe. View...
Charities and Networks in Association Directory
The Charities and Networks in Association with Churches Together in England (CTE) include an extensive range of different organisations. View our full directory below. You can also read more about CTE’s Charities and Networks in Association here.
Staff Directory
CTE staff come from a wide variety of church traditions and backgrounds. They are based across the country and work in a very flexible manner, enabling a broad spectrum of work areas to be covered. Get in touch with the...
Our partners
Within England: Intermediate Bodies at the county level are working to connect with local expressions of church unity. There are three National Agencies of Churches Together in England: the Christian Enquiry Agency, Christian Aid and CAFOD. Our Charities and Networks in Association are organisations and networks drawing Christians...
Pentecostal Charismatic Forum
There has been a Pentecostal and Charismatic presence in Churches Together in England since its inception in the 1990s. This presence has grown significantly since that time, both numerically and ecclesiologically. Today the movement includes classical Pentecostals and Charismatics. These...
Presidents of CTE
There are six Presidents of Churches Together in England, who each sign a Covenant which describes their commitment to each other and to the churches in England. CTE’s Presidents meet regularly and liaise on a wide variety of issues of...
Trustees of CTE
Our Trustees are drawn from across CTE’s Member Churches and oversee legal and governance issues, including the submission of CTE’s Annual Reports and Accounts to the Charity Commission. Trustees also monitor our strategic plan and uphold the values and reputation of the organisation. CTE's Articles of Association govern its Trustees, and CTE’s...
National Agencies
CTE's three National Agencies are: CAFOD (Roman Catholic aid agency)Christian Aid (ecumenical aid agency)The Christian Enquiry Agency (creators of Christianity.org.uk – a web-based enquiry platform for the Christian faith) CAFOD and Christian Aid are organisations that have their origins in...
Working groups
These groups provide the opportunity to build relationships and coordinate work on common themes, and bring together representatives of CTE Member Churches, as well as those from associated Christian networks.