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Our Partners: Designated
Churches for various
Purposes
B: Member Churches of Churches
Together in Britain and Ireland
A full list is provided in Section Five of the
Church of England Year Book
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Churches and Provinces of the Anglican
Communion - including
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The Church of England formally relates to
other churches as follows:
A: Churches with whom the Church of
England is in Communion
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The Ethiopian Episcopal Church
The Anglican Church in Bermuda
The Church of Ceylon
The Episcopal Church of Cuba
The Lusitanian Church
The Spanish Episcopal Reformed Church
United Churches in full Communion
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The Church of Bangladesh
The Church of North India
The Church of Pakistan
The Church of South India
Other Churches in Communion with the
Church of England
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Old Catholic Churches of the Union of
Utrecht
Philippine Independent Church
Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar
The Communion of Porvoo Churches
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The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland
The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Iceland
The Church of Norway
The Church of Sweden
The Estonian Evangelical-Lutheran Church
The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of
Lithuania
The Lutheran Church in Great Britain
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad
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Our Partners
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Antiochian Orthodox Church
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Cherubim & Seraphim Council of Churches
Church in Wales
Church of England
Church of Ireland
Church of God of Prophecy
Church of Scotland
Congregational Federation
Coptic Orthodox Church
Council of African and Afro-Caribbean
Churches
Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches
Greek Orthodox Church (Oecumenical
Patriarchate)
Icthus Christian Fellowship
Independent Methodist Church
International Ministerial Council of Great
Britain
Joint Council for Anglo-Caribbean Churches
Lutheran Council of Great Britain
Methodist Church
Methodist Church in Ireland
Moravian Church
New Testament Assembly
New Testament Church of God
Presbyterian Church of Wales
Religious Society of Friends
Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales
Roman Catholic Church in Scotland
Russian Orthodox Church
Salvation Army
Scottish Episcopal Church
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Serbian Orthodox Church
Transatlantic Pacific Alliance of Churches
Undeb yr Annibynwyr Cymraeg
United Free Church of Scotland
United Reformed Church
Wesleyan Holiness Church
Revd Dr Roger Paul, National Ecumenical Officer, Council for Christian Unity,
Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3AZ Telephone: 020 7898 1479
Email: roger.paul@churchofengland.org Website: www.churchofengland.org
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Churches (Europe Chapter)
United Reformed Church
Wesleyan Holiness Church
C: Members Churches of Churches
Together in England
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D: Churches designated by the
Archbishops under the Church of England
(Ecumenical Relations Measure) 1987
section 5
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Antiochian Orthodox Church
Assemblies of God
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Catholic Church
Cherubim and Seraphim Council of Churches
Church of England
Church of God of Prophecy
Church of Scotland (Presbytery of England)
Churches in Communities International
Congregational Federation
Coptic Orthodox Church
Council of African and Caribbean Churches
UK
Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches
Elim Pentecostal Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church of England
Evangelische Synode Deutscher Sprache in
Großbritannien
Exarchate of Orthodox Parishes of the Russian
Tradition (Ecumenical Patriarchate)
Free Church of England
Ground Level
Ichthus Christian Fellowship
Independent Methodist Churches
International Ministerial Council of Great
Britain
Joint Council for Anglo-Caribbean Churches
Lutheran Council of Great Britain
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Indian
Orthodox Church)
Mar Thoma Church
Methodist Church
Moravian Church
New Testament Assembly
New Testament Church of God
Oecumenical Patriarchate
Pioneer
Redeemed Christian Church of God
Religious Society of Friends
Ruach Network of Churches
Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow
Patriarchate)
Salvation Army
Seventh-day Adventist Church (observer)
Transatlantic Pacific Alliance of Churches
Unification Council of Cherubim + Seraphim
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These are churches with which the Church of
England may relate in accordance with
Canons B43 and B44
14 March 1989
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The Baptist Union
The Methodist Church
The Moravian Church
The Roman Catholic Church in England and
Wales
The United Reformed Church
17 September 1990
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The Congregational Federation
The International Ministerial Council of Great
Britain
16 January 1991
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The Lutheran Council of Great Britain
28 January 1992
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The Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great
Britain (Greek Orthodox)
The Council of African and Afro-Caribbean
Churches
The Free Church of England
The Southam Road Evangelical Church,
Banbury
8 October 1992
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The member churches of the Evangelical
Church in Germany (EKD) *
10 November 1993
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The Assemblies of God in Great Britain and
Ireland
30 August 1994
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The New Testament Church of God
Revd Dr Roger Paul, National Ecumenical Officer, Council for Christian Unity,
Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3AZ Telephone: 020 7898 1479
Email: roger.paul@churchofengland.org Website: www.churchofengland.org
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2 January 1996
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The Russian Orthodox Church (Diocese of
Sourozh)
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1979
7 June 2000
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The Independent Methodist Churches
6 July 2001 (Date of motion in General
Synod)
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The Church of the Augsburg Confession of
Alsace and Lorraine **
The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of France
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The Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine
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The Reformed Church of France **
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As a result of the Meissen Agreement
As a result of the Reuilly Agreement
1982
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1984
1985
1989
1989
1st January 2012
 The Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches in
the United Kingdom and the Republic of
Ireland
1989
1990
1991
1991
1991
25th July 2014
 The Church of the Nazarene (British Isles
South District)
1991
1991
30th July 2014
 The Church of Scotland
1991
1991
1992
E: Churches gazetted under the Sharing of
Church Buildings Act
1992
For any changes and updates to this listing,
contact Churches together in Britain and
Ireland (See CCU resource sheet B-1-1)
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1995
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Any Church of the Baptist Denomination
Any Church of the Congregational
Denomination
Church of England
Methodist Church
Roman Catholic Church in England and
Wales
Church in Wales
United Reformed Church
Congregational Federation
Moravian Church
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1998
1998
1999
2000
2001
2006
2007
2007
2008
Our Partners
The Calvanistic Methodist or Prebyterian
Church of Wales
Any Churches of Elim Foursquare Gospel
Alliance
Presbyterian Church of Wales
Any Congregation of the Fellowship of
Churches of Christ in Great Britain and
Ireland
The British Conference of the Pentecostal
Holiness Church
The Assemblies of God in Great Britain
and Ireland
Shiloh United Church of Christ Apostolic
(Worldwide)
International Ministerial Council of Great
Britain
Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great
Britain (Greek Orthodox Church)
The Salvation Army
Council of Oriental Orthodox Christian
Churches
Chinese Church in London
Lutheran Council of Great Britain
The Free Church of England
New Testament Assembly
Council of African & Afro-Caribbean
Churches
The Oakes Christian Fellowship Sheffield
Southam Road Evangelical Fellowship,
Banbury
New Testament Church of God
Old Baptist Union
Joint Council of Anglo-Caribbean
Churches
Cherubim and Seraphim Council of
Churches
Independent Methodist Churches
North Bank Christian Fellowship
New Life Church, Woodall Spa,
Linconshire
Diocese of Sourozh (Russian Orthodox
Church)
The Vine Christian Centre, Bridgend
The Oxford Community Church
The Abingdon Community Church
The Church of God of Prophecy
Pentecostal Evangelistic Outreach (UK)
Chafford Hundred Community Church
The Straits Church
Heworth Christian Fellowship
Aylesbury Vale Community Church
Wesleyan Reform Union of Churches
Revd Dr Roger Paul, National Ecumenical Officer, Council for Christian Unity,
Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3AZ Telephone: 020 7898 1479
Email: roger.paul@churchofengland.org Website: www.churchofengland.org
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2010
2011
2011
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2012
Our Partners
The Archdiocese of Orthodox Parishes of
Russion Tradition in Western Europe,
Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate,
Deanery of Great Britain and Ireland
The Mar Thoma Church
Calvary Chapel Woolacombe Ltd
The Council of the Oriental Orthodox
Churches in the United Kingdom and the
Republic of Ireland
Church of the Nazarene (British Isles
South district)
The Religious Society of Friends in
Britain (Quakers)
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Revd Dr Roger Paul, National Ecumenical Officer, Council for Christian Unity,
Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3AZ Telephone: 020 7898 1479
Email: roger.paul@churchofengland.org Website: www.churchofengland.org