Churches Together in England
@churchesengland.bsky.social
Churches Together in England serves its Member Churches as they work for the unity and mission for which Christ prayed. #Ecumenism #ChurchesTogether
Early bird tickets are now available for the @churchworks.bsky.social summit on 27 February 2026.
cte.org.uk/churchwor...
Key themes:
- Faith in public life
- Addressing the mental health crisis
- Tackling poverty and supporting vulnerable children
- Equipping churches to partner effectively
cte.org.uk/churchwor...
Key themes:
- Faith in public life
- Addressing the mental health crisis
- Tackling poverty and supporting vulnerable children
- Equipping churches to partner effectively
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Early bird tickets are now available for the @churchworks.bsky.social summit on 27 February 2026.
cte.org.uk/churchwor...
Key themes:
- Faith in public life
- Addressing the mental health crisis
- Tackling poverty and supporting vulnerable children
- Equipping churches to partner effectively
cte.org.uk/churchwor...
Key themes:
- Faith in public life
- Addressing the mental health crisis
- Tackling poverty and supporting vulnerable children
- Equipping churches to partner effectively
"He has contributed significantly to the way that the Presidents personally model the commitment to unity, in faith and in action."
@churchesengland.bsky.social Trustee Bishop Paul Hendricks reflects on Cardinal Vincent Nichols' 16 years as a CTE President
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@churchesengland.bsky.social Trustee Bishop Paul Hendricks reflects on Cardinal Vincent Nichols' 16 years as a CTE President
cte.org.uk/cardinal-nic...
December 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"He has contributed significantly to the way that the Presidents personally model the commitment to unity, in faith and in action."
@churchesengland.bsky.social Trustee Bishop Paul Hendricks reflects on Cardinal Vincent Nichols' 16 years as a CTE President
cte.org.uk/cardinal-nic...
@churchesengland.bsky.social Trustee Bishop Paul Hendricks reflects on Cardinal Vincent Nichols' 16 years as a CTE President
cte.org.uk/cardinal-nic...
"Cardinal Vincent has been an ecumenical giant as a Churches Together in England President." - General Secretary of @churchesengland.bsky.social Bishop @mikearoyal.bsky.social
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December 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Cardinal Vincent has been an ecumenical giant as a Churches Together in England President." - General Secretary of @churchesengland.bsky.social Bishop @mikearoyal.bsky.social
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Prayers and blessings from all at @churchesengland.bsky.social for Archbishop-Elect Richard's appointment 🙏
#PrayTogether
#PrayTogether
Bishop Moth has been appointed by Pope Leo as the new Archbishop of Westminster.
As we enter this new chapter, our prayers are with the Archbishop-Elect, as he takes on this important role in the Church and society.
As we enter this new chapter, our prayers are with the Archbishop-Elect, as he takes on this important role in the Church and society.
December 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Prayers and blessings from all at @churchesengland.bsky.social for Archbishop-Elect Richard's appointment 🙏
#PrayTogether
#PrayTogether
"Together, we can build a society where everyone is valued and no one is left behind. Supporting those in need is not merely an act of kindness, but is central to our shared humanity" Rt Rev Ruth, Interim Bishop of Liverpool
Read more about Liverpool's Manifesto for Hope
cte.org.uk/manifesto...
Read more about Liverpool's Manifesto for Hope
cte.org.uk/manifesto...
December 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"Together, we can build a society where everyone is valued and no one is left behind. Supporting those in need is not merely an act of kindness, but is central to our shared humanity" Rt Rev Ruth, Interim Bishop of Liverpool
Read more about Liverpool's Manifesto for Hope
cte.org.uk/manifesto...
Read more about Liverpool's Manifesto for Hope
cte.org.uk/manifesto...
Is it too early to get ready for Thy Kingdom Come 2026?
Join the special #ChurchesTogether webinars on Tuesday 22 January to help you pray and plan for this ecumenical celebration of prayer in May 2026.
cte.org.uk/get-ready...
#PrayTogether #ThyKingdomCome
Join the special #ChurchesTogether webinars on Tuesday 22 January to help you pray and plan for this ecumenical celebration of prayer in May 2026.
cte.org.uk/get-ready...
#PrayTogether #ThyKingdomCome
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Is it too early to get ready for Thy Kingdom Come 2026?
Join the special #ChurchesTogether webinars on Tuesday 22 January to help you pray and plan for this ecumenical celebration of prayer in May 2026.
cte.org.uk/get-ready...
#PrayTogether #ThyKingdomCome
Join the special #ChurchesTogether webinars on Tuesday 22 January to help you pray and plan for this ecumenical celebration of prayer in May 2026.
cte.org.uk/get-ready...
#PrayTogether #ThyKingdomCome
"...this Christmas season, we remember the wondrous gift of your transforming love, born among us in humility and hope."
@ChurchesEngland invites you to join us in an #ecumenical prayer this #Christmas 🙏🏾🙏🙏🏿
cte.org.uk/cte-christma...
#ChurchesTogether #PrayTogether
@ChurchesEngland invites you to join us in an #ecumenical prayer this #Christmas 🙏🏾🙏🙏🏿
cte.org.uk/cte-christma...
#ChurchesTogether #PrayTogether
December 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"...this Christmas season, we remember the wondrous gift of your transforming love, born among us in humility and hope."
@ChurchesEngland invites you to join us in an #ecumenical prayer this #Christmas 🙏🏾🙏🙏🏿
cte.org.uk/cte-christma...
#ChurchesTogether #PrayTogether
@ChurchesEngland invites you to join us in an #ecumenical prayer this #Christmas 🙏🏾🙏🙏🏿
cte.org.uk/cte-christma...
#ChurchesTogether #PrayTogether
#PrayTogether 🙏🏽🙏🙏🏿
Member churches of CTBI have issued statements and prayers following the attack on Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025, which targeted the Jewish community.
ctbi.org.uk/news-and-eve...
ctbi.org.uk/news-and-eve...
December 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
#PrayTogether 🙏🏽🙏🙏🏿
What is the future of Bible study and discipleship?
Friends from Roots for Churches, BRF Ministries, @lifewords.bsky.social, Faith in Later Life, GOLD Project and Bible Society have been discussing how to further discipleship and increase Bible confidence across England
cte.org.uk/what-is-t...
Friends from Roots for Churches, BRF Ministries, @lifewords.bsky.social, Faith in Later Life, GOLD Project and Bible Society have been discussing how to further discipleship and increase Bible confidence across England
cte.org.uk/what-is-t...
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
What is the future of Bible study and discipleship?
Friends from Roots for Churches, BRF Ministries, @lifewords.bsky.social, Faith in Later Life, GOLD Project and Bible Society have been discussing how to further discipleship and increase Bible confidence across England
cte.org.uk/what-is-t...
Friends from Roots for Churches, BRF Ministries, @lifewords.bsky.social, Faith in Later Life, GOLD Project and Bible Society have been discussing how to further discipleship and increase Bible confidence across England
cte.org.uk/what-is-t...
"In truth, many of us in #ecumenical encounter hold all sorts of caricatures and misunderstandings about the other..."
Returning from the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative CTE's Rev Dr Ben Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social reflects on his commitment to an "ecumenism of repentance"
cte.org.uk/towards-a...
Returning from the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative CTE's Rev Dr Ben Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social reflects on his commitment to an "ecumenism of repentance"
cte.org.uk/towards-a...
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"In truth, many of us in #ecumenical encounter hold all sorts of caricatures and misunderstandings about the other..."
Returning from the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative CTE's Rev Dr Ben Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social reflects on his commitment to an "ecumenism of repentance"
cte.org.uk/towards-a...
Returning from the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative CTE's Rev Dr Ben Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social reflects on his commitment to an "ecumenism of repentance"
cte.org.uk/towards-a...
ICYMI: #Christmas resources from a wide breadth of traditions in response to Christian nationalism
bit.ly/4a3619Q
'Good news of great joy…for all' contains a message of love for all our neighbours, resisting agendas of division and hostility.
#JoyForAll #ChurchesTogether
bit.ly/4a3619Q
'Good news of great joy…for all' contains a message of love for all our neighbours, resisting agendas of division and hostility.
#JoyForAll #ChurchesTogether
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
ICYMI: #Christmas resources from a wide breadth of traditions in response to Christian nationalism
bit.ly/4a3619Q
'Good news of great joy…for all' contains a message of love for all our neighbours, resisting agendas of division and hostility.
#JoyForAll #ChurchesTogether
bit.ly/4a3619Q
'Good news of great joy…for all' contains a message of love for all our neighbours, resisting agendas of division and hostility.
#JoyForAll #ChurchesTogether
"In this original “kin-dom” of God, our family is all humanity, wherever love incarnates; our home is wherever fidelity to God leads us; our neighbour is whoever needs us."
An ecumenical #Christmas message from @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social
www.oikoumene.org/resources/ch...
#ChristianUnity
An ecumenical #Christmas message from @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social
www.oikoumene.org/resources/ch...
#ChristianUnity
Christmas 2025
2025 Christmas message of the World Council of Churches
www.oikoumene.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"In this original “kin-dom” of God, our family is all humanity, wherever love incarnates; our home is wherever fidelity to God leads us; our neighbour is whoever needs us."
An ecumenical #Christmas message from @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social
www.oikoumene.org/resources/ch...
#ChristianUnity
An ecumenical #Christmas message from @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social
www.oikoumene.org/resources/ch...
#ChristianUnity
Thank you to @westminsterabbey.bsky.social for hosting this #ecumenical #Advent service in the presence of His Majesty King Charles III.
Wonderful to see many of our friends from our
national Member Churches represented
#ChurchesTogether
(📸 Chris Jackson / Arron Chown and Westminster Abbey)
Wonderful to see many of our friends from our
national Member Churches represented
#ChurchesTogether
(📸 Chris Jackson / Arron Chown and Westminster Abbey)
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Thank you to @westminsterabbey.bsky.social for hosting this #ecumenical #Advent service in the presence of His Majesty King Charles III.
Wonderful to see many of our friends from our
national Member Churches represented
#ChurchesTogether
(📸 Chris Jackson / Arron Chown and Westminster Abbey)
Wonderful to see many of our friends from our
national Member Churches represented
#ChurchesTogether
(📸 Chris Jackson / Arron Chown and Westminster Abbey)
We've got our #LivingWage Employer accreditation 🎉
@churchesengland.bsky.social Head of Operations Ben Cross explains how our Trustees wanted to support social justice and promote fairness in the workplace
cte.org.uk/cte-achieves...
Could your organisation explore this in 2026?
@churchesengland.bsky.social Head of Operations Ben Cross explains how our Trustees wanted to support social justice and promote fairness in the workplace
cte.org.uk/cte-achieves...
Could your organisation explore this in 2026?
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We've got our #LivingWage Employer accreditation 🎉
@churchesengland.bsky.social Head of Operations Ben Cross explains how our Trustees wanted to support social justice and promote fairness in the workplace
cte.org.uk/cte-achieves...
Could your organisation explore this in 2026?
@churchesengland.bsky.social Head of Operations Ben Cross explains how our Trustees wanted to support social justice and promote fairness in the workplace
cte.org.uk/cte-achieves...
Could your organisation explore this in 2026?
Help us restore hope and honour the worth of every neighbour..."
Churches Together in England invites our friends and partners to join us in an #ecumenical prayer this #Christmas 🙏🏾🙏🙏🏿
cte.org.uk/cte-christma...
#ChurchesTogether #PrayTogether
Churches Together in England invites our friends and partners to join us in an #ecumenical prayer this #Christmas 🙏🏾🙏🙏🏿
cte.org.uk/cte-christma...
#ChurchesTogether #PrayTogether
December 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Help us restore hope and honour the worth of every neighbour..."
Churches Together in England invites our friends and partners to join us in an #ecumenical prayer this #Christmas 🙏🏾🙏🙏🏿
cte.org.uk/cte-christma...
#ChurchesTogether #PrayTogether
Churches Together in England invites our friends and partners to join us in an #ecumenical prayer this #Christmas 🙏🏾🙏🙏🏿
cte.org.uk/cte-christma...
#ChurchesTogether #PrayTogether
Good news of great joy for all
Christmas resources from a wide breadth of traditions in response to Christian nationalism.
A clear message of love for all our neighbours, resisting agendas of division and hostility
bit.ly/4a3619Q
#JoyForAll #ChurchesTogether
Thank you @al-barrett.bsky.social 🙏
Christmas resources from a wide breadth of traditions in response to Christian nationalism.
A clear message of love for all our neighbours, resisting agendas of division and hostility
bit.ly/4a3619Q
#JoyForAll #ChurchesTogether
Thank you @al-barrett.bsky.social 🙏
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Good news of great joy for all
Christmas resources from a wide breadth of traditions in response to Christian nationalism.
A clear message of love for all our neighbours, resisting agendas of division and hostility
bit.ly/4a3619Q
#JoyForAll #ChurchesTogether
Thank you @al-barrett.bsky.social 🙏
Christmas resources from a wide breadth of traditions in response to Christian nationalism.
A clear message of love for all our neighbours, resisting agendas of division and hostility
bit.ly/4a3619Q
#JoyForAll #ChurchesTogether
Thank you @al-barrett.bsky.social 🙏
"As we journey through Advent...we can see how this witness can help us to remain encouraged in our own ecumenical work"
Fr Marc Homsey from the Catholic Bishops' Conference reflects on the ecumenical promise of Pope Leo's recent Apostolic Letter and Visit
cte.org.uk/pope-leo-...
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Fr Marc Homsey from the Catholic Bishops' Conference reflects on the ecumenical promise of Pope Leo's recent Apostolic Letter and Visit
cte.org.uk/pope-leo-...
📷N.Papachristou
December 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"As we journey through Advent...we can see how this witness can help us to remain encouraged in our own ecumenical work"
Fr Marc Homsey from the Catholic Bishops' Conference reflects on the ecumenical promise of Pope Leo's recent Apostolic Letter and Visit
cte.org.uk/pope-leo-...
📷N.Papachristou
Fr Marc Homsey from the Catholic Bishops' Conference reflects on the ecumenical promise of Pope Leo's recent Apostolic Letter and Visit
cte.org.uk/pope-leo-...
📷N.Papachristou
"At 21, @freshexpressions.bsky.social stands as a sign of hope: proof that the church can be both ancient and new, faithful and flexible, rooted and responsive."
A movement comes of age...
cte.org.uk/fresh-exp...
#ChurchesTogether #FreshExpressions #MissionShaped
A movement comes of age...
cte.org.uk/fresh-exp...
#ChurchesTogether #FreshExpressions #MissionShaped
December 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"At 21, @freshexpressions.bsky.social stands as a sign of hope: proof that the church can be both ancient and new, faithful and flexible, rooted and responsive."
A movement comes of age...
cte.org.uk/fresh-exp...
#ChurchesTogether #FreshExpressions #MissionShaped
A movement comes of age...
cte.org.uk/fresh-exp...
#ChurchesTogether #FreshExpressions #MissionShaped
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Tonight our friends at Pax Christi will lead us in an Advent Reflection.
It'll be a good time to gather and pray deeply for #peace in a world so full of #war. All welcome 7.30pm UK time / 8.30pm CET https://loom.ly/rhL3MEI
It'll be a good time to gather and pray deeply for #peace in a world so full of #war. All welcome 7.30pm UK time / 8.30pm CET https://loom.ly/rhL3MEI
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Tonight our friends at Pax Christi will lead us in an Advent Reflection.
It'll be a good time to gather and pray deeply for #peace in a world so full of #war. All welcome 7.30pm UK time / 8.30pm CET https://loom.ly/rhL3MEI
It'll be a good time to gather and pray deeply for #peace in a world so full of #war. All welcome 7.30pm UK time / 8.30pm CET https://loom.ly/rhL3MEI
"That small group that met in the activities room has grown and grown to become an ecumenical group sharing in prayer and care for each other..."
This Sunday, our national online service will broadcast from a care home for the first time.
Read more at https://cofe.io/CareHome.
This Sunday, our national online service will broadcast from a care home for the first time.
Read more at https://cofe.io/CareHome.
National online service broadcast for the first time from a care home | The Church of England
A care home resident who founded a worshipping community during the pandemic is to lead the welcome to viewers this weekend for the Church of England national online service.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Is Tommy Robinson the person to put Christ back into Christmas?
"Love came down at Christmas, in the form of Christ – in vulnerable defiance to the divisions of a world ruled by oppression, violence and fear"
A blog from @publicissues.bsky.social jpit.uk/is-this-love
#ChurchesTogether #JoyForAll
"Love came down at Christmas, in the form of Christ – in vulnerable defiance to the divisions of a world ruled by oppression, violence and fear"
A blog from @publicissues.bsky.social jpit.uk/is-this-love
#ChurchesTogether #JoyForAll
December 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Is Tommy Robinson the person to put Christ back into Christmas?
"Love came down at Christmas, in the form of Christ – in vulnerable defiance to the divisions of a world ruled by oppression, violence and fear"
A blog from @publicissues.bsky.social jpit.uk/is-this-love
#ChurchesTogether #JoyForAll
"Love came down at Christmas, in the form of Christ – in vulnerable defiance to the divisions of a world ruled by oppression, violence and fear"
A blog from @publicissues.bsky.social jpit.uk/is-this-love
#ChurchesTogether #JoyForAll
Where now for visible unity?
Rev Gale Richards reports from the recent @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social Faith and Order World Conference , and encourages British Baptists to pursue a deeper #ecumenical formation.
www.baptist.org.uk/Articles/727...
#ChurchesTogether #ChristianUnity
Rev Gale Richards reports from the recent @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social Faith and Order World Conference , and encourages British Baptists to pursue a deeper #ecumenical formation.
www.baptist.org.uk/Articles/727...
#ChurchesTogether #ChristianUnity
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Where now for visible unity?
Rev Gale Richards reports from the recent @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social Faith and Order World Conference , and encourages British Baptists to pursue a deeper #ecumenical formation.
www.baptist.org.uk/Articles/727...
#ChurchesTogether #ChristianUnity
Rev Gale Richards reports from the recent @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social Faith and Order World Conference , and encourages British Baptists to pursue a deeper #ecumenical formation.
www.baptist.org.uk/Articles/727...
#ChurchesTogether #ChristianUnity
Shine Your Light 2025 – 12 to 14 December
Could your #ChurchesTogether group or church join in?
Convenor of the National Day of Prayer and Worship Dr Jonathan Oloyede invites unity groups to register their Christmas events under the #ShineYourLight banner
cte.org.uk/shine-you...
#Christmas
Could your #ChurchesTogether group or church join in?
Convenor of the National Day of Prayer and Worship Dr Jonathan Oloyede invites unity groups to register their Christmas events under the #ShineYourLight banner
cte.org.uk/shine-you...
#Christmas
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Shine Your Light 2025 – 12 to 14 December
Could your #ChurchesTogether group or church join in?
Convenor of the National Day of Prayer and Worship Dr Jonathan Oloyede invites unity groups to register their Christmas events under the #ShineYourLight banner
cte.org.uk/shine-you...
#Christmas
Could your #ChurchesTogether group or church join in?
Convenor of the National Day of Prayer and Worship Dr Jonathan Oloyede invites unity groups to register their Christmas events under the #ShineYourLight banner
cte.org.uk/shine-you...
#Christmas
🚨 still time to book!
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...
Speakers include: Rt Rev Rowan Williams, Prof Paul Murray and Prof John Milbank
#ChristianUnity
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...
Speakers include: Rt Rev Rowan Williams, Prof Paul Murray and Prof John Milbank
#ChristianUnity
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🚨 still time to book!
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...
Speakers include: Rt Rev Rowan Williams, Prof Paul Murray and Prof John Milbank
#ChristianUnity
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...
Speakers include: Rt Rev Rowan Williams, Prof Paul Murray and Prof John Milbank
#ChristianUnity
Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic letter and #ecumenical prayers on the Nicaea anniversary
cte.org.uk/pope-leo-...
CTE President Cardinal Vincent Nichols reflects on the Papal encouragement to "rediscover the one universal community of Christ’s disciples throughout the world"
📷 Vatican media
cte.org.uk/pope-leo-...
CTE President Cardinal Vincent Nichols reflects on the Papal encouragement to "rediscover the one universal community of Christ’s disciples throughout the world"
📷 Vatican media
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic letter and #ecumenical prayers on the Nicaea anniversary
cte.org.uk/pope-leo-...
CTE President Cardinal Vincent Nichols reflects on the Papal encouragement to "rediscover the one universal community of Christ’s disciples throughout the world"
📷 Vatican media
cte.org.uk/pope-leo-...
CTE President Cardinal Vincent Nichols reflects on the Papal encouragement to "rediscover the one universal community of Christ’s disciples throughout the world"
📷 Vatican media