Under the Same Roof (PDF)

Under the Same Roof (PDF)

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Publication Year: 1994

Since the Sharing of Church Buildings Act became law in England and Wales in 1969 many local churches have taken advantage of its provisions by operating together 'under the same roo f. Circulars and Guidelines to assist those who wish to share resources in this way have been issued from time to time; but a new edition has now been called for, not least because of recent ecumenical developments and experience nationally, regionally and locally. Under the Same Roof gathers together practical, sensitive and technical guidance about how to take steps towards sharing buildings. It is offered to those in positions of leadership in the churches who are considering negotiating a Sharing Agreement, and to their legal advisers, church officers with special responsibility for buildings, ecumenical officers and members of ecumenical sponsoring bodies. It includes the full text of the Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 as well as a schedule of the churches to which the Act applies, a Glossary of terms used and examples of Sharing Agreements. These revised Guidelines offer clear advice for developing imaginative inter-church relationships within the 1969 Act. They are commended to the churches by the General Secretaries of Churches Together in England and CYTUN (Churches Together in Wales) in association with which bodies they have been published by CCB1.

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