Black Country Churches Engaged

the sub-region’s ecumenical intermediate body

The Sponsoring Body

The Black Country Churches Engaged Sponsoring Body takes corporate responsiblity for Local Ecumencal Partnerships within the sub-region¹.

Membership of the Sponsoring Body includes all the members of the Church Leaders' Meeting, but realistically its business most concerns:

The Rev Bill Anderson

The Rev Adrian Argile

The Rt Rev Clive Gregory

The Rev John Howard

The Rev Roy Lowes

The Rt Rev Mgr Canon Patrick McKinney

The Rt Rev David Walker

 The Secretary is:                     The Rev Philip Webb

Denominational Ecumenical Officers:

The Rev Barry Gilbert

The Rev Simon Mansfield

(The Rev David James)²

Mr Patrick Kelly³

The Rev Robert Readshaw

The Rev Stuart Scott³

The Rev Phil Thomas

Befrienders of the Partnerships:

Mr Donald Anderson

Mrs Ann Bayley

Miss Jean Tuck

 

¹ Additionally, this Sponsoring Body looks after The Church at Perton, which technically is in Staffordshire, and also takes an interested in the Tettenhall Covenant which crosses the secular boundaries.

² but there are no LEPs in the BCCE's part of the Birmingham Diocese.

³ DEOs who also act as LEP Befrienders