Independent ecumenical organisations can join as Bodies in Association with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
Bodies in Association:
- Have aims and basis consistent with those of the ecumenical instruments.
- Have a broad presence, not confined to one locality or region, within at least one of the four nations of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
- Have an inclusive membership, welcoming people from all denominations and traditions represented among the churches.
- Have proper constitutional arrangements and accountable leadership.
- Are among the leading organisations in their field.
The Bodies in Association at present are (external links):
- Action by Christians Against Torture
- Association of Interchurch Families
- Bible Society
- BRF
- Christian Education
- Christians Abroad
- Christians Aware
- Christians on Ageing
- Church Action on Poverty
- College of Preachers
- Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Embrace the Middle East
- Faith in Europe
- Faith in Later Life
- Feed the Minds
- Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius
- Focolare Movement
- Friends of the Holy Land
- Guild of Health and St Raphael
- International Ecumenical Fellowship
- Iona Community
- Irish School of Ecumenics
- JustMoney Movement
- L’Arche
- The Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust
- MODEM
- National Day of Prayer and Worship
- Operation Noah
- Pais Movement
- Prison Fellowship of England and Wales
- Sports Chaplaincy UK
- ROC Angels
- Rural Missions
- Society for Ecumenical Studies
- Student Christian Movement
- Together for the Common Good
- YMCA
- Womens World Day of Prayer Movement
