Churches Together in Cambridgeshire
Recent News
First Service at Marleigh
On Sunday 28th April 2024 the first service of worship took place in the new Marleigh estate in Cambridge with over 90 people attending. Local Anglican and Baptist churches supported the local residents as they seek to establish a worshipping Christian community on the site.
Mark Burleigh, our Ecumenical Officer, attended and said, "It was great to see local Christians working so well together for the sake of all the residents in the new homes. The Spirit of God is moving!"
International Stories
Over 40 people gathered from around Cambridgeshire, on 29th February 2024, at our International Stories event.
They met to hear stories of how local Christians from different denominations are learning about ministry, mission, and ecumenism through relating to Christians in India, Germany, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, Thailand as well as hearing about the work of Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide.
The event was held at Bar Hill, an LEP church building, and was organised by Churches Together in Cambridgeshire.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
18th-25th January 2024
This year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024 – You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbour as yourself. Reflections on the story of the Good Samaritan have been prepared by an ecumenical team in Burkina Faso in Africa.
Here are some events taking place in Cambridgeshire:
Ely Christians Together United service at Ely Methodist Church
Sunday 21st 6:00pm Preacher: Revd Catherine Dixon
Churches together in Soham at Soham Methodist Church
Sunday 21st 10:00am Preacher: Revd Andrew Maguire
Churches Together in Burwell at Trinity Church Burwell
Sunday 21st 10:00am Preacher: Revd SangWoo Seo
Ely Cathedral sung Eucharist
Sunday 21st 10:30am Preacher: Canon Jeremy Morris, National Advisor for Ecumenical Relations for the Church of England
Updated web domain
As we continue to move to our new name of Churches Together in Cambridgeshire we now have a new home - www.ctcambs.org.uk
Our New County Ecumenical Officer has started
Revd Mark Burleigh is a Baptist Minister who has served churches in Sussex and Leicester. In each setting he was an enthusiastic supporter of ecumenical working with neighbouring churches, especially in mission. He sees ecumenical work as an answer to the prayer of Jesus in John 17, that the unity of Jesus' disciples will mean "the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."
He also has experience in working with fellow Christians in ecumenical chaplaincies in university and healthcare, having served as a healthcare chaplain for 30 years. He currently also works part-time as a chaplain at a Sue Ryder hospice.
Promoting Church Unity
Churches Together in Cambridgeshire promotes the visible unity of God’s Church within the Cambridgeshire.
Local Churches
Supporting Local Ecumenical Partnerships (LEPs) and Emerging Partnerships
We support local churches with ecumenical partnerships. Some of these are formal agreements, called Local Ecumenical Partnerships (LEPs).
Others utilise a newer framework called 'A Flexible Framework for Local Unity.'
We are especially excited to support emerging partnerships in new housing areas, like Northstowe Church Network.
Learn about all of these partnerships --- and how you can start your own! --- at the link below.
Churches Together
Celebrating Local Unity Movements
Churches Together in Cambridgeshire is a bridge. We link the national ecumenical movement to the local ecumenical movement. The national link brings expertise. The local link keeps national ecumenism real.
A number of local Churches Together groups meet in the area that we cover. We celebrate, support, and encourage these groups as part of their ecumenical journey.
Global Partnership
Mission and Unity are two sides of the same coin.
Churches Together in Cambridgeshire celebrates 30+ years of mutual learning and friendship with the Vellore Diocese in the Church of South India.
