What is a Member Church?

Members of Churches Together in England (CTE) can be:  Churches and denominations with a national presence  Unions of churches  Association or Councils of churches with a national presence.  CTE currently has more than 50 national Member Churches. With churches drawn from the...

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Joining CTE as a Member Church

Member Churches of Churches Together in England (CTE) are denominations, networks or councils of churches at the national level. This page outlines the procedure for membership of Churches Together in England by a national church or association of churches. Before...

School admissions

We receive many queries about criteria for admission to Church schools. These notes are offered as guidance for criteria relating to church membership. Each School Governing Body is by law able to set its own admissions criteria. These have to be fair,...

Member Church information

Member Churches of Churches Together in England (CTE) are denominations, networks or councils of Churches at the national level in England.  With churches drawn from the Anglican, Catholic, Pentecostal, Charismatic, Orthodox and Lutheran traditions, as well as Free Churches, Quakers...

About the Churches Rural Group

Background As of 21st February 2022 The Churches Rural Group has suspended its activities after a period of sabbath listening to see what the Spirit was saying regarding the future. Some members of the group are helping to organise the...

The Arthur Rank Centre

The Arthur Rank Centre (ARC) is the recognised centre by the churches in England for Rural Issues. Based at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, the ARC staff produce a website of information and resources: http://www.arthurrankcentre.org.uk/ The Arthur Rank Centre is working with partners to...

Resources from Germinate! 2016 Conference

The Germinate conference in October 2016 was warmly received. We were especially encouraged by comment at the close which summed up the day: “I’m an ordinand, I’m studying and all I hear is how hard rural ministry is… and to come...

Country Way Magazine

Country Way magazine is about the best of Christian life and work in rural Britain. It contains ideas and information; inspiration and good news; it reveals who is providing resources and where to find them. It is all written by...

Rural Theology Association

The Rural Theology Association exists to resources the churches to engage with rural issues from a theological perspective and theological issues from a rural perspective. It can perhaps be best summed up as “Rural God Talk”.With a history going back...

‘Christian Unity in a Village’ Booklet

This is an archive publication from the British Council of Churches so predates Churches Together in England which was formed in 1990. This is an archive document, so provided for research and general interest. Christian_Unity_in_the_village_-_RussellDownload

Rural Contacts

This is a page that lists the key contact people resourcing mission and ministry in rural areas across the church traditions. Arthur Rank Centre, Claire Maxim: [email protected] Elizabeth Clark, National Rural officer for the Methodist and United Reformed Church: [email protected] Leslie Francis,...

Monthly Rural Bulletin

Collated and provided by the Arthy Rank Centre (ARC), “Out of the ARC” is a free monthly eNews with details of new resources for rural mission and ministrytraining eventsnew funding sourcesissues in rural life re the churchetc. To receive a...

Honey and Thistles Book Review

Jim Currin, former Evangelisation, Mission and Media at Churches Together in England, reviews the new book by Christopher Jones and John Martin, written as part of the Agriculture and Theology Project. I may be a staff link person for the Churches...

Resourcing Rural Ministry Book review

Practical Insights for Mission BRF 2015, Simon Martin with Caroline Hewlett,Rona Orme and Becky Payne. Edited by Jill Hopkinson This book is long overdue as it brings many of the resources for mission from the Arthur Rank Centre - which...