BuildingBridges

[63.1] WELSH ECUMENICAL BODY BUILDS MORE BRIDGES

The major ecumenical body for the churches in Wales, CYTUN (‘together’ in Welsh) has agreed to become a Building Bridges of Hope pilot as it seeks to move forward the collaboration of its denominational members.

CYTUN – inaugurated 1990 – is the creation of the Anglican, Free and Roman Catholic Churches in Wales. Its purpose is to enable them to deepen their communion with Christ and with one another and to fulfil their mission to proclaim the Gospel by common witness and service in the world.

CYTUN will focus on four of the seven BBH indicators: Focusing vision, building local partnerships, developing shared (in this case, national) leadership, and becoming a learning community (in this case, organisation).

The aims and priorities identified for the period of accompaniment through to mid 2006 are:

* To enable CYTÛN to provide a context for Church Leaders in Wales to relate to each other more effectively.

* To adapt to the requirements of the Churches and Denominations for a change to the ‘ecumenical architecture’ of the four nations from 2006.

* To ensure that the covenanted churches of Wales (formerly known as ENFYS) maintain their distinctive relationship and that the added value of covenanting is sustained within the wider family of CYTUN.

* To clarify the particular role of the Free Churches alongside their commitment to the aims and objects of CYTUN.

The group principally involved in monitoring the process and its outcomes will be the General Secretary of CYTUN, Y Llywyddiaeth, the CYTUN Council, national church leaders and general ssecretaries, and key personnel in the Welsh Covenant and the Free Church Council.

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