Cytûn

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CYTÛN is the ecumenical Christian organisation of Churches Together in Wales. It was formed in 1990 and is the successor of the former Council of Churches for Wales.

The full members of CYTÛN are: Baptist Union of Wales, Church in Wales, Congregational Federation, Covenanted Baptist Churches (BUGB), German-speaking Lutheran Church in South Wales, Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church of Wales, Religious Society of Friends, Roman Catholic Church, Salvation Army, Union of Welsh Independents and the United Reformed Church.

The observers are: Black Majority Churches in Wales, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, Free Church Council of Wales, Lutheran Council of Great Britain, Orthodox Churches and Seventh-day Adventists.

The new Chief Executive of CYTÛN is Revd Aled Edwards. Previously he was the CYTÛN National Assembly for Wales Liaison Officer. He was ordained in the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor in 1979. For eight years (1985-93) he served as rector of a joint Anglican/Presbyterian Local Ecumenical Project on the Llyn Peninsula in Gwynedd before becoming Vicar of the key Welsh language parish of Eglwys Dewi Sant in the centre of Cardiff. He also chairs a number of voluntary bodies including the Welsh Refugee Council and Displaced People in Action. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Welsh Affairs. The Revd Aled Edwards succeeds the Revd Gethin Abraham-Williams.

[edit] See also

• Action of Churches Together in Scotland
• Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
• Churches Together in England
• Conference of European Churches

[edit] External link

• CYTÛN website
• Cytûn Llandudno Churches Together