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WEST YORKSHIRE CHURCHES TOGETHER “WYCT”  celebrated its first year of operation on 1st January.

It succeeded the West Yorkshire Ecumenical Council. 

CHURCHES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF WYCT Forum with their local leaders are:

ANGLICAN
Rt Revd Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds
Rt Revd Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield and Convenor of WYCT
BAPTIST
Revd Graham Ensor, Regional Minister for Ministry, Yorkshire Baptist Association
CATHOLIC
Rt Rev Marcus Stock, Bishop of Leeds
LUTHERAN
Rt Revd Walter Jagucki, Bishop Emeritus of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain
METHODIST
Revd Dr Roger Walton, Chair of Yorkshire West District
MORAVIAN
Revd Kenneth Evans, Chair of Yorkshire District
NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OF GOD
Rt Revd Tony Parry Deputy Convenor of WYCT
QUAKER (FRIENDS)
Rachel Muers, Representative of Quakers in Yorkshire
SALVATION ARMY
Lieut.Colonel Michael Highton, Divisional Commander for Yorkshire,
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
Revd Kevin Watson, Moderator of Yorkshire Synod
WESLEYAN HOLINESS CHURCH
Pastor Gloria Hanley

The Map shows the area of West Yorkshire, but WYCT extends a little further to take in Dioceses and Districts based in West Yorkshire but whose boundaries go beyond.

DENOMINATIONAL ECUMENICAL OFFICERS (“DEOs”).…represent their own church within  WYCT and represent WYCT in this area.They encourage people within their own denominations to be outward- looking and to work with the other churches in their locality. The DEOs also do a great deal of the nuts-and-bolts work of ecumenism, helping too with the smooth running of Local Ecumenical Partnerships (LEPs). Underpinning all they do is their shared worship, friendship and regular meeting together. At present, these are the DEOs in WYCT:

ANGLICAN Revd Glenn Coggins, Diocese of Leeds (Convenor)
BAPTIST
  Revd Terry Hepworth, Yorkshire Baptist Association
CATHOLIC
  Revd David Bulmer, Diocese of Leeds
METHODIST
  Revd Mark Cheetham and
Revd Mike Jones Yorkshire West District
MORAVIAN
  Revd Michael Newman
NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OF GOD  Revd Edward Sterling
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
  Terasa Raddings
WESLEYAN HOLINESS CHURCH Pastor Gloria Hanley

These eleven churches together in West Yorkshire work for the unity for which Christ prayed.

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