Furthering Ecumenical Cooperation within Leicester and Leicestershire
Churches Together in England (CTE) is the national ecumenical instrument supporting and encouraging churches from a wide range of traditions to work together in unity.
CTE brings together 52 national Member Churches. With churches drawn from the Anglican, Catholic, Pentecostal, Charismatic, Orthodox and Lutheran traditions, as well as Free Churches, Quakers and others. CTE unites one of the broadest range of churches in the whole of Europe.
Read more about CTE. CTE Forum takes place every three years. It was postponed from 2021 due the Coronavirus pandemic.
To all County and National Ecumenical Officers/contact people and CTE staff
The Revd Tim Norwood has been appointed National Officer for Local Ecumenism for the Church of England.
In this role Tim will advise on local ecumenical arrangements in which the Church of England is involved, including local ecumenical partnerships (LEPs), liaison with partner churches, and cooperation with local, regional and national ecumenical bodies such as Churches Together in England. He will work closely with the Revd Canon Dr Jeremy Morris, National Ecumenical Adviser for the Church of England, who said of Tim’s appointment that “this appointment is a tremendous opportunity for the national Church to encourage and inspire the plethora of local ecumenical activity in which we are involved”.
Tim has been Area Dean of Milton Keynes, a post which he has held for sixteen years, and in which he helped to develop with CTE the constitution under which churches there associate ecumenically. He has also been co-chair of the UK Council for Citizens UK, and has been a member of General Synod.
The Revd Canon Dr Malcolm Brown, Director of Faith and Public Life, said, “It is a great pleasure to welcome Tim into the Faith and Public Life Team. His experience of ecumenical relations in the UK will be invaluable across all the staff portfolios in the team and it is good that the ecumenical work of the Church of England will benefit from the energy and insight he brings”.
Tim started his new role on 1 May and can be contacted via email: tim.norwood@churchofengland.org and Tel number: 020 7898 1483
Kind regards,
Lorraine
Lorraine Shannon
Operations Manager
Churches Together in England
27 Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9HH
Tel: 020 7529 8131 / 07342 997394
Website: www.cte.org.uk
Dear all,
As you may be aware, Colin Bloom’s Independent Faith Engagement Review: ‘Does government do God?’ has been published today. You can find a link to the review here, and the press notice issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities here.
The review considers government’s engagement with faith, people of faith and places of worship across a broad range of themes including faith literacy across public services, faith in education, prisons and the probation service, the UK Armed Forces, faith-based extremism, financial and social exploitation, and forced marriage.
More than 21,000 people responded to the public consultation and today Colin Bloom has set 22 recommendations for government to consider. The key messages are that faith is an ‘overriding force for good’ and government needs to improve its engagement with these groups, and that a better understanding of faith will help government tackle systematic issues including forced marriages, child safeguarding and extremism.
It is important to note that this review is independent and does not represent UK government policy. Government will consider the findings and will respond in due course.
Please do communicate this more widely to your networks.
Kind regards,
Lorraine
Lorraine Shannon
Operations Manager
Churches Together in England
27 Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9HH
Tel: 020 7529 8131 / 07342 997394
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