The story
Churches Together in England is part of the ecumenical structure introduced in 1990 when the British Council of Churches was replaced by the Council of Churches in Britain and Ireland (later renamed Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) and four national bodies:
Churches Together in England
Irish Council of Churches
Action of Churches Together in Scotland, and
Cytun (for Wales).
The British Council of Churches had been formed in 1942.
A National Free Church Council had come into being during the 1890s. A Federal Council of the Evangelical Free Churches was formed in 1916 as a more authoritative and representative body. These two merged in 1939 as the Free Church Federal Council.
A significant landmark was the 1910 World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh.
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