Churches across Europe have reached a milestone in #ChristianUnity The Conference of European Churches and the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences have signed the updated Charta Ecumenica, recommitting to shared mission and cooperation cte.org.uk/updated-char... #ChurchesTogether

Arrived into Frankfurt after a long Eurostar journey and delighted to be working with Revd Dr Kai Funkschmidt from the Institute for Ecumenical Studies and Research this weekend for the Many Cultures, One Body conference representing @churchesengland.bsky.social #intercultural #ecumenical

Rebooting #Ecumenism – New paradigms for the 21st century An in-person and online conference on 5 and 6 December hosted by @iocs-cambridge.bsky.social cte.org.uk/rebooting-ec... Speakers include: Rt Rev Rowan Williams, Prof Paul Murray and Prof John Milbank #ChristianUnity

Great to represent @churchesengland.bsky.social at a roundtable & reception at 10 Downing Street with the Prime Minister & Faith Minister. A chance to speak about the statements CTE Presidents recently put out calling people to come together in these divisive times. #InterFaithWeek #ChurchesTogether

Is your church ready for #SafeguardingSunday this weekend (16 November)? cte.org.uk/safeguarding... The independent #safeguarding charity @thirtyoneeight.bsky.social is working to help us make our communities safer for all #ChurchesTogether

#InterFaithWeek runs until 16 November 2025. CTBI's Dr Rev Peter Colwell provides an overview of interfaith dialogue and how it can enhance community cohesion.

📣 Job opportunity Part-time (0.5 FTE) Rural & Agricultural Chaplain for Greater Lincolnshire cte.org.uk/vacancies/pa... Are you an ordained minister (or equivalent recognised lay worker) with a strong pastoral heart and a genuine empathy for rural life? Applications close on 30 Nov #Chaplaincy

What are the #ecumenical implications of the Bible Society report 'The Quiet Revival'? Dr Rhiannon McAleer shares her thoughts with @churchesengland.bsky.social cte.org.uk/disciplin...#ecumenical Don't miss her presentation to our recent Enabling Group #ChurchesTogether

On the final day in Cairo our group for LOI were given the honour of an audience with his Holiness Pope Tawedros II at his papal residence. This week with Orthodox and Evangelicals from across the world has been deeply moving. Representing @churchesengland.bsky.social an honour. #ecumenical

"We have seen how Christians were united in mourning Pope Francis and in praying for Pope Leo: In doing so, they bore witness to a unity in the Gospel that transcends...differences" Fr @MartinBrowneOSB shares his reflection of the month for November cte.org.uk/divided-c... #ChurchesTogether

#InterFaithWeek starts tomorrow, until 16 November cte.org.uk/inter-fai...#InterFaithWeek It's a great time to explore how inter faith approaches can help bring people together in the face of division. Watch @peterecumenical.bsky.social speak about how journeying with those of other faiths can enrich our own

"There is a glimpse of the healing of division, amid the gloominess of the world, and of the flickering light of unity that we find in Christ..." #ChurchesTogether #Ecumenism

The @churchofengland.org Council for Christian Unity met today. We joined representatives from the Baptist Union, Catholic Church, @methodist.org.uk, @urc.org.uk and @ctbi.bsky.social Find out more about the CCU here: churchofengland.org/about/buildi... #ChurchesTogether

"When Jesus said love your neighbour, he did not make any exceptions. The two child limit pushes larger families into poverty and discriminates against children with more than one sibling..." General Secretary @churchesengland.bsky.social CTE Bishop @mikearoyal.bsky.social #ChurchesTogether

Ecumenical Remembrance Sunday resources are available from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland ctbi.org.uk/resources/re... #ChurchesTogether

Fabulous #ecumenical fellowship last evening amongst senior leaders from across our national Member Churches at the @churchesengland.bsky.social 2025 Presidents' Dinner. Thank you to the @archbishopofyork.org Stephen Cottrell for hosting us at Lambeth Palace. #ChurchesTogether 📷 Ball/CTE

Churches Together in Carlisle & District held a unique #ecumenical harvest festival this year - at the city's cattle mart cte.org.uk/ecumenical-h... Where's the most unusual place your #ChurchesTogether group has held worship?

To celebrate the 500th anniversary of William Tyndale's English New Testament, #ChurchesTogether in Lymm and District got together to organise a ten-day programme built around the public reading of scripture cte.org.uk/celebrati...#ChurchesTogether What a fabulous addition to the town's festival!

ICYMI: ‘Up and dancing’ – an ecumenical delight CTE General Secretary Bishop @mikearoyal.bsky.social joined the celebrations for the double anniversary of the Cherubim and Seraphim Churches cte.org.uk/up-and-da... #ChurchesTogether

Are you a Christian with a passion for addressing the climate and biodiversity crises? The charity @operationnoah.bsky.social is looking for new Trustees. Particularly people with an interest in Human Resources or Fundraising cte.org.uk/vacancies... Applications close 5pm on 28 November

"Let us aspire to live the unity for which Christ prayed, that the world may believe and experience God’s gifts of healing, justice and abundant life" From the 'Call to all Christians' Message of the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order oikoumene.org/news/sixth-w... #ChurchesTogether #WCC

THERE'S STILL TIME TO APPLY... Up to £6k available for young people from our Member Churches aged 18 to 35 years to experience #ecumenism abroad Be inspired and apply at: cte.org.uk/snelsonfund #ChristianUnity #ChurchesTogether #SnelsonFund

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"The church has an opportunity to speak prophetically to a fragmented society and model apostolic unity that embraces diversity." cte.org.uk/unity-is-... A reflection for Black History Month from Rev Dr Israel Olofinjana from the One People Commission #ChurchesTogether #BlackHistoryMonth

Do you need inspiration about where you might travel abroad to explore #ecumenism? Rev Laura visited a new monastic community in North Carolina cte.org.uk/faith-far...#ecumenism? Applications for the next round of #Snelson Fund grants close on 31 October. #ChurchesTogether #YoungEcumenists

Great to hear from Joshua, who is attending the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) at Wadi El Natrun, Egypt. He's been supported by CTE's Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund to attend this #WCC conference Applications for the next round close on 31 October cte.org.uk/snelsonfund#WCC

Job opportunity - Mission Director at Church Mission Society Are you a confident networker and highly skilled at working with Christians of different traditions, cultures and backgrounds? Permanent, full-time Hybrid - home/Oxford Salary £60k cte.org.uk/vacancies... Apply by Sun 26 Oct

“Something’s happening, it’s a fast moving moment. We’ve got to learn quickly and share ideas quickly” Great insights from author of #QuietRevival Bible Society report Rhiannon McAleer. As churches “We need to move the Bible from chore to challenge” #ChurchesTogether

📢 JUST OUT CTe-News October 2025 mailchi.mp/cte/ctene... Including: 🤝 CTE Presidents appeal for community cohesion ✉️ Historic joint letter from UK Eastern Christian Bishops ✊🏾 Black History Month 🌍 #SnelsonFund grant applications close on 31 October and much more! #ChurchesTogether

Thank you @jazzgoat.bsky.social for the reminder that many of our CNAs ‘exhibit lived ecumenism’ We ❤️ working alongside them

Our Enabling Group meeting today and tomorrow is focusing on how our Member Churches and our Charities and Networks in Association might work together even more effectively.

This Sunday, 19 October, is Church Action on Poverty Sunday Join @church-poverty.org.uk at their online service from 6 to 6.45pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk... Find out more about people living in hardship today and #PrayTogether for social justice in the UK. #ChurchesTogether

Still a few places left for 'Reconciliation in a Time of Conflict' – THIS SATURDAY, 18 October Explore balancing pathways to reconciliation alongside a commitment to justice cte.org.uk/reconcili... Organised by the British Trust for Tantur at @coventrycathedral.bsky.social #ChurchesTogether

TOMORROW - "The Creed as Lived Reality" webinar from the Society for Ecumenical Studies on Wednesday 15 October at 7.30 pm A conversation between @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social President Rev Dr Susan Durber and Rev Prof Paul Fiddes @ox.ac.uk cte.org.uk/sfes-cree... #Nicaea2025

If you are a young leader with an ecumenical heart, this grant fund could be for you… #ChurchesTogether

📣 Applications for The Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund close on 31 October. If you are a Christian aged 18 to 35 from one of our Member Churches, don't miss the opportunity to get a grant to experience #ecumenism abroad. Apply at cte.org.uk/snelsonfund #SnelsonFund #ChurchesTogether

Prisons Week 2025 starts today "Will you join us in this effort to approach God boldly that his unchained word might bring freedom to victims of crime, perpetrators, judges, prison officers, prisoners, you and me?" Faith Advisor to Prisons, Rev Bob Wilson, reflects: cte.org.uk/prisons-w...

ICYMI: 'Nicaea Now and Then', a conference hosted by #ChurchesTogether in Lancashire "...that First Ecumenical Council lays down the framework for the ecumenical work that is needed today. Catch up on the speeches, worship and seminar sessions: cte.org.uk/nicaea-no...#ChurchesTogether #Nicaea2025

A great meeting today with friends from many of our Charities and Networks in Association and @ctbi.bsky.social We gathered to start talking about how we can work better together to equip and inspire churches without overloading them with our individual messages. #ChurchesTogether

"We say it again – an attack against one religious community is an attack against us all" @churchesengland.bsky.social Presidents speak out against hate crime following the attack on the Peace Community Centre and Mosque. cte.org.uk/cte-presiden... #ChurchesTogether

Good to be at Lambeth Palace for the AtaLoss (one of @churchesengland.bsky.social Charities and Networks in Association) reception yesterday and to bump into Revd Lisa Coupland one of the Patrons and also from #Traitors season 3 #ecumenical

Great to gather with the Urban Mission Alliance and hear from Revd Alan Moss from Diocese of Chelmsford and Dr Sarah Holmes from Liverpool Hope University share on mission and children and young people in urban settings @churchesengland.bsky.social

Friends of the Holy Land invite you to join them in person or online for an evening with the Rector of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute, Jerusalem cte.org.uk/the-chris... Thursday 16 October, 7–8pm at Farm St Church, London or online How can churches in the UK support Christians in the Holy Land?

Introducing Fund for Human Need, which has recently joined Churches Together in England's charities and networks in association cte.org.uk/fund-for-human-need/ The charity, which is looking to expand its traditional base beyond @methodist.org.uk, gives small grants to people in crisis

Are you aged 18 to 35 and from one of our Member Churches? Or do you know a young person who would love to experience #ecumenism abroad? Applications for The Bill Snelson Young Ecumenists Fund are open until 31 October cte.org.uk/apply-sne...#ecumenism #YoungEcumenists #SnelsonFund

Catch up with this morning's @churchofengland.org national online service which features our friends from #HousingJustice on #HomelessnessSunday

#ChurchesTogether in Essex and East London are hosting a discussion on #RacialJustice Thursday 16 October, 10am to 3pm Key speakers include @churchesengland.bsky.social Min @shermarafh.bsky.social and @chelmsdio.bsky.social Rev Sharon Quliter Details on how to book 👇 #BlackHistoryMonth

TODAY is Homelessness Sunday Our friends at Housing Justice invite us to raise awareness, pray, and take action for a society where everyone has a home. 🏠💙 👉 housingjustice.org.u... #HomelessnessSunday #HousingJustice #EndHomelessness

There's still time to get ready for Prisons Week 2025 The 50th anniversary of this annual ecumenical event takes place between 12 to 19 October Free Churches Group Faith Advisor to Prisons, Rev Bob Wilson reflects on this year's theme “God’s Word is not Chained” cte.org.uk/prisons-w...