Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) is an ecumenical organisation. The members include most of the major churches in England, Scotland, Wales and the island of Ireland. CTBI is refistered at Companies House with number 05661787. Its office is in Central London; As of 2015 the General Secretary was Canon Bob Fyffe (of the Scottish Episcopal Church).
It was formed on 1 September 1990, as the successor to the British Council of Churches, and was formerly known as the Council of Churches of Britain and Ireland.
Its stated aims are to "serve the churches of the four nations on their shared journey towards full visible unity in Christ" and works in areas of Faith and Order, Mission, Inter Faith, Church and Society, Racial Justice, International Affairs and International Students. It also produces material for the "Week of Prayer for Christian Unity" and "Racial Justice Sunday".
CTBI works closely with Action of Churches Together in Scotland, Churches Together in England, Cytûn (Churches Together in Wales), and the Irish Council of Churches.
[1] CFBI, unlike its predecessor the British Council of Churches, includes the Catholic Church as full members, and includes the island of Ireland.
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The members of CTBI
- Antiochian Orthodox Deanery of UK and Ireland
- Apostolic Pastoral Congress
- Baptist Union of Great Britain
- Cherubim and Seraphim Council of Churches
- Church in Wales
- Church of England
- Church of God of Prophecy
- Church of Ireland
- Church of Scotland
- Christians Abroad
- Congregational Federation
- Coptic Orthodox Church
- Council of African and Caribbean Churches UK
- Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches
- Evangelische Synode Deutscher Sprache in Grossbritannien
- Independent Methodist Churches
- International Ministerial Council of Great Britain
- Joint Council for Anglo-Caribbean Churches
- The Lutheran Council of Great Britain
- The Mar Thoma Church
- Methodist Church in Britain
- Methodist Church in Ireland
- Moravian Church
- New Testament Assembly
- New Testament Church of God
- Oecumenical Patriarchate (Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain)
- Presbyterian Church of Wales
- Catholic Church in England and Wales
- Catholic Church in Scotland
- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Russian Orthodox Church
- Salvation Army
- Scottish Episcopal Church
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Trans Atlantic and Pacific Alliance of Churches
- Undeb Yr Annibynwyr Cymraeg
- United Free Church of Scotland
- United Reformed Church
- Wesleyan Holiness Church
plus Associate Members:
See also
- Conference of European Churches
- World Council of Churches
- Christian Aid
- The Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ)
- Churches' Mutual Credit Union
References
- ↑ The Independent, 2005. Oct 21, 2005 "OBITUARY: THE REV PHILIP MORGAN" by Noel A. Davies. Retrieved from FindArticles on August 25, 2006.