Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS)

Welcome to the ACTS Website

Formed in 1990, as Scotland’s national ecumenical instrument, Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS) brings together nine denominations in Scotland who share a desire for:

Greater oneness between churches, as Jesus prayed, ’that they all may be one’ (John 17.21)
A growth of understanding and common life between churches
Unified action in proclaiming and responding to the gospel in the whole of life.

In its work ACTS seeks to enable the Scottish churches in their common life.

It encourages and resources encounters between them in which each participant learns from the other, where difference is explored and respected and where division is healed.

ACTS - enabling and resourcing churches in Scotland in their pilgrimage together

Acts

Leighton House

An Extraordinary Members' Meeting of ACTS was held on 26th January 2012 to make a decision concerning the future use of Leighton House, Dunblane. Following the meeting the ACTS trustees released a statement which is available to download.
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Project News

Ecumenical "Changing Church" Conference

On Saturday 29th October between 50 and 60 people, who work with primary age children in their congregations, came together in the International Christian College in Glasgow to consider how change could be brought about in churches.

Unity with a Purpose.

Scotland’s national service to mark Racial Justice Sunday was held on Sunday 11th September at Wellington Church of Scotland, Glasgow. This was the second year Minority Ethnic Christians Together in Scotland (MECTIS) and Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS) had planned and led the service jointly which was a celebration of the growing relationship between the two bodies. Bishop Joe Aldred from Minority Ethnic Christian Affairs at Churches Together in England preached on the theme of Unity with a Purpose.

Scotland’s Churches Launch Anti-Human Trafficking Group

Through ACTS, Scotland’s churches have launched a new working group against human trafficking. The remit of the group is to share information between the churches about their activity against trafficking and in support of trafficking victims; work towards the formation of draft common policies against trafficking and in support of victims; to encourage the churches to campaign and lobby governments on the issues and identify joint action and shared resources for work against trafficking.

Prayer for Today

A prayer for the journey.

Spirit of unity, reconcile your people.
Give us the wisdom to hold on to what we need to be your church.
Give us the grace to lay down those things we can do without.
Give us a vision of your breadth and length and height which will challenge our smallness of heart and bring us humbly together. Amen.

Source: World Council of Churches 1985