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Welcome to the website for Churches Together in Hertfordshire. We are a registered charity, No. 1117022.
Who are we?
Churches Together in Hertfordshire are Christians who seek to fulfil the vision of Jesus for his followers at regional level in Hertfordshire. We work across the county, supporting every kind of activity that aims to achieve the goal of Christian unity. Prayer is central to all we do as Christians and click here to download our Prayer Calendar for 2022.
Why are we here?
Our aim is to do all we can to bring about the unity Jesus prayed for the night before he died, when he asked his Father that his followers should be one (Jn 17:11, 21-23).
Everybody is called to follow him, so all are called to be one.
We support local Churches Together groups, Local Ecumenical Partnerships and other types of Local Co-operative Working where unity in mission strives to transform villages, towns or communities with the love of Christ. We are open to any who wish to work to fulfil Jesus’ vision.
We also help to signpost people to events happening around the county, please click here to see the current calendar of events.
The unity of Christians is a key part of fulfilling Jesus vision for the church, a unity, which Jesus died for us to have with God the Father and with one another, unity is God’s plan for the whole human race.
Below are our official aims as well as some ideas that have been useful and that have encouraged the growth of Christian unity. There is also a description of some aspects of our work setting out some of the structures that have proved useful. We also hope also to reach out to any who do not necessarily wish to join in with these structures in a direct fashion but who wish to work for Jesus’ vision of unity.
Please join us to pray and work for unity in Hertfordshire.
Churches Together in Hertfordshire’s official objects and aims are:
- To advance the Christian religion through;
- facilitating common witness to the Christian Religion by member churches; and
- working for Christian unity; and
- offering advice and guidance to those running schools connected with member churches.
- To relieve financial hardship anywhere in the world by making grants from funds raised either directly by the group or by co-ordinated fundraising efforts by member churches.
We carry out these aims through our relationships with:
- Churches Together in England (CTE) as an intermediate body
- Local Ecumenical Partnerships (LEPs)
- Local Churches Together (CT) groups.
- Other ecumenical organisations across Hertfordshire.
The denominations of the Christian Church that are members of CTHerts are:
- The Central Baptist Association
- The Church of England (Diocese of St Albans)
- The Methodist Church – (Bedfordshire., Essex and Hertfordshire District)
- The United Reformed Church – (North Thames and East Midlands Provinces)
- The Roman Catholic Church (Archdiocese of Westminster)
- The Salvation Army (Central South and London North East Divisions)
- The Religious Society of Friends
- The Coptic Orthodox Church
Our work is based on the following fundamental ecumenical principles:
Should not our Churches ask themselves … whether they should not act together in all matters except those in which deep differences of conviction compel them to act separately? – the Lund Question
Churches should not do on their own what they can do with the community – the Corby Principle
There is no virtue in churches doing things together which they ought not to be doing anyway – the Nottingham Challenge
This means that instead of doing ecumenical things, Christians and churches should try to do things ecumenically, in particular, to try to do things together which are already a part of their normal life, to share a common life, both in church and in community.
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