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Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
Churches Together in Britain & Ireland relates to other national groups and publishes a wide range of resources including those for The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
ctbi.org.uk
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Churches Together In England
churches-together.org.uk
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Why 'ecumenical' ?
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Churches work together in the Ecumenical movement because they are branches of the same ‘family tree’. ‘Ecumenical’ comes from a Greek word (in the early days it was spelt ‘Oecumenical’) meaning ‘the whole of the inhabited world’.
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What's the history?
The modern attempt to reconcile parts of the Christian family that had unhappily divided from each other, began in 1910. The Edinburgh Missionary Conference began work in two areas ‘Life & Work’ and ‘Faith & Order’ and in 193 gave birth to the World Council of Churches’. In post-war UK the British Council of Churches enabled the main Protestant denominations to work together with some churches, such as the Roman Catholic Church in ‘observer’ status. Local Councils of Churches worked together on projects and shared worship ministry and buildings in different degrees. ‘Christian Aid’ was perhaps the best known arm of the BCC. |
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When 'Churches Together' start ? In 1990 a long process of growing together resulted in a covenant between a wide variety of churches (now including the Roman Catholic Church) and Churches Together in England came into being.
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What about local groups ?
The 2000 or so local groups usually adapted their name to this change. The Churches Together groups (and the over 800 Local Ecumenical Partnerships) are supported by a County or City group sometimes known as ‘intermediate bodies’.
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