Local Ecumenical Partnerships

LEPs come in a variety of forms, but each is a situation where more than one Christian denomination is working together under a formal agreement.
These agreements are 'sponsored' by a County or City Ecumenical Body which has the responsibility for supporting, encouraging and monitoring them.

In the list of LEPs, you will find local churches who share their congregational life, local shared buildings, covenant partnerships within chaplaincies and other situations.  To find LEPs in your locality, click here and enter your own postcode.

Many LEPs begin with making a Declaration of Intent, a brief statement of what the partner Churches are intending to do together and why.  For a simple guide to forming a new LEP, see the free leaflet Growing in Partnership.

Further information can be had from:

The national Field Officers for the North & Midlands or South of England

Intermediate Ecumenical Officers

Denominational Ecumenical Officers