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

If you'd like some inspiration for where you could go with money from The Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund then please enjoy the stories which have been shared with CTE...

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The Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund – Reporting Form

Award recipients

The Snelson Fund grant recipients are listed by cohort, with the most recent first... Cohort 6 (Spring 2026) NameMember ChurchWhere was their ecumenical experience?Dr Peter ElliottChurch of EnglandWadi El-Natrun, EgyptRev Peter GreenfieldChurch of EnglandHamburg, GermanyGabriella MckenzieNew Testament Church of GodTaizé...

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...

Approaches to Inter-faith Relations, October 2014

Saturday 11 October 2014 at the Focolare Centre for Unity Sixteen of us from a cross-section of Christian traditions, mostly Pentecostal, a Hindu and a Muslim met to discuss approaches to interfaith relations.  There was a high degree of interfaith...

Behind Closed Doors – New report calls on Black Pentecostal Churches to do more to tackle the ‘hidden’ scourge of women blighted by human trafficking and modern slavery

Press release, Friday 23 June 2017 ‘Behind closed doors – voices against gender based violence, human trafficking and modern day slavery’ is a two-year research project that highlights the way domestic servitude and sexual exploitation are sometimes the presenting symptoms...