HISTORY

ACTS was the successor to the former Scottish Council of Churches. It was one of the four national ecumenical bodies in the UK, with equivalent bodies being Churches Together in England, Cytûn in Wales and the Irish Council of Churches, plus Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. The ACTS office was originally located at Scottish Churches House, Dunblane, then in Alloa and finally in Stirling. From 2019 onwards the member churches of ACTS have been engaged in a process of reformation which has resulted in the creation of the Scottish Christian Forum, and this became the national ecumenical instrument for Scotland in 2024.  It was decided not to establish the SCF as a charity. ACTS therefore continues in existence as a charity, its sole activity being to provide grant funding to new local or national ecumenical initiatives in Scotland.