On Saturday 1st May, the first joint meeting between Minority Ethnic Churches Together in Scotland (MECTIS) and ACTS took place. The meeting was a first step in building relationships between MECTIS and ACTS and included a question and answer session with Rev. Lindsey Sanderson, ACTS Assistant General Secretary.
During the session the aims of ACTS were offered as providing a way forward for building relationships: recognising that unity is a gift of God to the churches, growth of understanding as a vital element in enabling trusting relationships to develop, and common action as the way in which we serve the communities in which we are set.
MECTIS has recently been established to network the growing number of minority ethnic churches in Scotland and develop relationships between minority ethnic churches and the traditional churches in Scotland. This work has emerged from relationships made during 2007 in marking the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. Further information about MECTIS is available from Rev. Francis Alao, Scottish Churches Racial Justice Officer. Francis can be contacted through the ACTS Office or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
