WE ARE A PROJECT: Christians Abroad has been a project of the registered charity, (no 1113299), 'Churches Together in Britain and Ireland' since November 2010. You can find more infomation about our new parent body at www.ctbi.org.uk. 

WE HAVE A HISTORY: Prior to this date and since 1970, Christians Abroad (Limited)  had been a registered charity in its own right (no. 265867) and a company limited by guarantee  (no. 1110421). At its strongest in the 1980s, Christians Abroad, as an ecumenical agency, was funded by the Department for International Development, the Christian mission agencies, CAFOD and Christian Aid, and many of the larger denominational mission agencies. It was an agency of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. It recruited almost 30 people a year to work as teachers, doctors, nurses and other development workers and managed projects on behalf of other agencies. In the 1990s,the enthusiasm for ecumenical work among the churches waned largely because of internal pressures in these organisations which shifted their priorities for funding ecumenical agencies . DfID's priorities and terms of reference also changed which meant that Christians Abroad was no longer a necessary partner.

WORLD SERVICE ENQUIRY: In the 1980s Christians Abroad had developed a service that became known as World Service Enquiry which was providing information, advice and counsel to people of any faith or none who wanted to work for international development or mission. It was a powerful tool providing much valued professional advice particularly in times of crises in our small global world. In July 2010, this has become an independent agency and can be found at www.wse.org.uk 

WHAT WE ARE TODAY: Christians Abroad today still undertakes much of the same responsibility on behalf of the churches and their mission agencies. It specialises today in short term appointments for volunteers who wish to work alongside projects in the Christian community worldwide and provides a wide range of services in support of individuals working for mission and development. These include insurance provision, preparation and debriefing and also undertakes management of work that the churches would prefer to manage ecumenically within its core concern of people, mission and development.

Contact Us

TELEPHONE: Contacting us by telephone is not the best way of communicating as we are not always at our desks. If you wish to leave a message, use the telephone number provided and we will respond to you as soon as possible and normally within forty eight hours.You may be lucky and find one us at our desks but the freephone number for all calls and  messages is

0300 012 1201

E-MAIL: The best way of contacting us is by e-mail;

RECRUITMENT MATTERS  at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION MATTERS at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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BY POST: for all matters related to recruitment and international partner relationships

David Brett

CTBI Christians Abroad (Recruitment)
14 Millbridge Road
WITHAM
Essex
CM8 1HB

For all matters related to finance, support and consultancy, our address for correspondence is

Colin South
CTBI Christians Abroad (Admin and Support)
22 Ebenezer Close,
WITHAM
Essex
CM8 2HX