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Glossary

To help you through the minefield of ecumenical acronyms, here is a list of all the ones we could think of:

ACTS - Action of Churches Together in Scotland
AEG - Associated Ecumenical Group

BBH - Building Bridges of Hope - CTBI Mission Project

CAIRS - Churches’ Agency for Inter-faith Relations in Scotland
CCIFR - Churches’ Commission for Interfaith Relations
CCOM - Churches’ Commission on Mission
CCRJ - Churches’ Commission for Racial Justice
CEC - Conference of European Churches
CTBI - Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
CTE - Churches Together in England
Cytun - Churches Together in Wales. Cytun is the Welsh word for ‘Together’

Enfys - Covenanted Churches in Wales. ‘Enfys’ is Welsh for Rainbow

ICC - Irish Council of Churches
IICM - Irish Inter-Church Meeting

LEP - Local Ecumenical Partnership
LWF - Lutheran World Fellowship

NEWS - Network of Ecumenical Women in Scotland
NSB - Scottish Churches’ National Sponsoring Body for Local Ecumenical Partnerships

SCEG - Scottish Churches’ Education Group
SCEN - Scottish Churches’ European Network
SCHA - Scottish Churches Housing Action
SCIM - Scottish Churches’ Industrial Mission
SCPO - Scottish Churches’ Parliamentary Office
SCRE - Scottish Christian Resources Exhibition
SCRJRG - Scottish Churches’ Racial Justice Reference Group
SCSIN - Scottish Churches’ Social Inclusion Network
SinS - Spirituality in Scotland
SIFC - Scottish Interfaith Council
SRT - Science, Religion and Technology Project

WARC - World Alliance of Reformed Churches
WCC - World Council of Churches