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 Ireland. It was formerly known as the Council of Churches of Britain and Ireland. The CTBI office is located in Central London; the General Secretary is Canon Bob Fyffe (of the Scottish Episcopal Church).

It was formed on 1 September 1990, as the successor to the British Council of Churches.

It aims 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 for Churches Together in Scotland, Churches Together in England, CYTUN (Churches Together in Wales) and the Irish Council of Churches.

^[1] The new body, unlike its predecessor, included the Catholic Church as full members, and extended its geographic coverage to the island of Ireland.

Christian denominations in the UK v · UK Interchurch Affinity (formerly British Evangelical Council) Churches Together in Britain & Ireland Evangelical Alliance, UK Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches Churches Together in England Action of Churches Together, Scotland (ACTS) Associating Evangelical Churches of Wales  • site Churches Together in Wales Evangelical Movement of Wales Anglican Church of England Free Church of England Church of Ireland Scottish Episcopal Church Church in Wales Baptist Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland Baptist Union of Great Britain Baptist Union of Scotland Baptist Union of Wales Grace Baptist Assembly Old Baptist Union Catholic Roman Catholicism England & Wales Ireland Scotland Old Catholicism British Old Catholic Church  • site Old Catholic Church in Europe Old Catholic Mariavite Church Old Catholic Church of Great Britain Holiness & Pietist Christian Outreach Centre Church of the Nazarene British Moravian Church Salvation Army Seventh-day Adventist Church Wesleyan Holiness Church Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church of England Lutheran Church in Great Britain Methodist & Wesleyan Free Methodist of the UK Methodist Church in Ireland Methodist Church of Great Britain Wesleyan Reform Union New Church Movement Vineyard Churches UK Ichthus Christian Fellowship Newfrontiers Pioneer Church  • site Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of G.B. Russian Orthodox Diocese, G.B. & Ire. Russian Tradition Vicariate, G.B. & Ire. Oriental Orthodox Church British Orthodox Church Celtic Orthodox Church Pentecostal Assemblies of God Church of God in Christ Elim Pentecostal Church Foursquare Gospel Church Worldwide Church of God Presbyterian & Reformed Asso. Presbyterian Churches, Scotland Church of Scotland Congregational Federation Evangelical Presbyterian Church Free Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster Non-subscribing Presbyterian, Ireland Presbyterian Church in Ireland Presbyterian Church of Wales Reformed Presbyterian Church United Free Church of Scotland United Reformed Church Other Brethren in Christ Churches of Christ Fellowship of Ind. Evangelical Churches LDS Church Quakers/ Britain Yearly Meeting Quakers/ Ireland Yearly Meeting

The members of CTBI

• Antiochian Orthodox Deanery of UK and Ireland
• 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
• Lutheran Council of Great Britain
• The Mar Thoma Church
• Methodist Church in Great 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
• 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:

• Catholic Church in Ireland
• Seventh-day Adventist Church

See also

• Churches Together in England
• Cytûn (Churches Together in Wales)
• Action of Churches Together in Scotland
• Conference of European Churches
• World Council of Churches
• Christian Aid
• The Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ)

References

1. ^ The Independent, 2005. Oct 21, 2005 "OBITUARY: THE REV PHILIP MORGAN" by Noel A. Davies. Retrieved from FindArticles on August 25, 2006.

External links

• Churches Together in Britain and Ireland