Churches Together in England

17/06/2026

Great opportunity here to work with the Student Christian Movement on their Faith in Action project.

Please share with young Christians you know

🚨 Closing date is THIS FRIDAY, 19 June

Full details at: https://www.movement.org.uk/vacancies/

17/06/2026

Refugee Week: "We need to challenge narratives that dehumanise" say The President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference

Continuing our series of sharing reflections from Member Church leaders read more from Rev Richard Andrew and Matthew Forsyth from The Methodist Church:

https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/refugee-week-our-story-our-song-of-welcome/

16/06/2026

The NCLF - National Church Leaders Forum has issued a powerful statement about community cohesion, race and belonging. "Our prayer is not simply for the absence of conflict, but for the presence of justice, understanding and genuine neighbourliness. At a time when many are asking, “Who belongs here?”, we believe the better question is, “How can we become better neighbours to one another?”

Read in full: https://nclf.org.uk/

16/06/2026

It's Windrush Sunday on 21 June.

Many of our member churches will be taking part in events to mark the occasion. Here are details about Birmingham, Luton and London events.

If your church or group is involved in anything please share in the comments below

16/06/2026

Refugee Week: The Salvation Army United Kingdom and Ireland Territory helps refugees flourish in their new communities.

Could your group help with this work?

15/06/2026

Refugee Week: Our friends at Churches Together in Britain and Ireland are also sharing a series of church leader perspectives on .

Here's former Churches Together in England President Archbishop Angaelos from the Coptic Orthodox Church 👇

Certain terms are politically charged but our Lord Jesus Christ dea...

15/06/2026

It's Refugee Week. How is your church or group marking it?

Over the week, we'll share some ideas and inspiration from our Member Churches and partner organisations.

From the Catholic Bishops' Conference (England and Wales), Bishop Paul Bishop McAleenan said: “To see the humanity and dignity of every person requires the courage to reach out and welcome refugees, resisting those voices which seek to sow fear or division in our communities. They are our brothers and sisters, made in the image of God.”

https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-mcaleenan-encourages-participation-in-refugee-week-2026/

Bishop Paul McAleenan has issued a statement encouraging Catholics to participate in Refugee Week, which will take place from 15-21 June.

15/06/2026

Congratulations to Bishop Dr Esme Beswick MBE, who received the Outstanding Ecumenical Leadership Award on behalf of Churches Together in England at the Ministers' Appreciation Ball on Saturday.

Bishop Esme was CTE President between 2002 and 2006.

In 2019, Bishop Esme looked back on her ecumenical service in an interview with us: https://cte.org.uk/bishopesmereflects/

Congratulations too to Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Director of Justice and Inclusion Dr Richard Reddie, who received the Pioneer's Award.

14/06/2026

"...years of caricature being wiped away." A reflection on how having conversations amongst traditions and church families, as well as our own families, is key to the calling all Christians have received as ministers of reconciliation

https://cte.org.uk/ecumenism-a-family-affair/

Thank you to Nathan Smith, PhD student at Durham University - Theology & Religion and Director of Ecumenism at Glenmary Home Missioners

13/06/2026

Places still available: 'Church and State: prophecy and dialogue – an ecumenical discussion' Tuesday 16 June at 7.30pm

https://cte.org.uk/sfes-church-and-state/

A webinar from The Society for Ecumenical Studies on how the contemporary church and the world of politics speak to each other.

Speakers:
Rev Dr Paul Avis School Of Divinity, New College, University of Edinburgh
Rev Dr Ruth Gouldbourne Bristol Baptist College
The Very Rev Dr John A. Jillions The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies - Cambridge