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CHASTE is an ecumenically based charity, which is connected through the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and the Churches Together in England with over fifty different denominations within the United Kingdom alone.
In Europe CHASTE has been developing its own European network of European Churches responding to the increasing trade in trafficking for sexual exploitation.. Alongside this CHASTE works within a network co-ordinated through the Churches Commission on Migration in Europe, an EU funded project connecting churches and church agencies involved in anti trafficking initiatives and survivor support.
CHASTE has built on this experience of ecumenical co-operation in Europe and is actively developing a network which includes the World Evangelical Alliance through the Asha forum, the Russian Orthodox Church through the Sourozh diocese, Lutheran churches in Scandinavia, the European network of Baptist churches, the Anglican Communion, the Roman Catholic churches particularly as realised through their Religious Congregations and the historical and new Independent churches of Africa.
Patrons of CHASTE
We are delighted to have as two of our Patrons:
The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Reverend and Rt Hon Rowan Williams,
and Professor Ann Loades CBE.
Other patronage from across the denominations is currently being sought as a sign of ecclesial leadership and commitment to resist the evils of this contemporary form of slavery.
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