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.
The videos from the All Ecumenical Representatives Conference 2024 are now available to watch here on the CTE website along with a piece from Ian Watson, County Ecumenical Officer for Norfolk and Waveney about the event. Thank you again for your company and contributions to the conference.
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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