A good question: What is the United Reformed Church for?

03/10/2022 | Reform

One question, four answers

David Cornick‘A community of tenth lepers’

Luke tells us that one day when Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he passed through the borderlands of Samaria and Galilee. Ten lepers, keeping a safe Covid distance, … Read More

I remember it well 2

03/10/2022 | Reform

Geoffrey Roper recalls 1972

For years we had been issued pamphlets in blue (Presbyterian colour) or brown (Congregational) setting out principles, proposals, drafts and finally the Scheme of Union and parliamentary bill. These were discussed and debated (sometimes heatedly, sometimes … Read More

The view from Wales

03/10/2022 | Reform

Leaving the URC to join a Wales-wide body remains a possibility, says Robert Pope

It is sometimes claimed that the United Reformed Church, having 13 synods, has at least 13 ways of doing things. That said, there appears on the … Read More

Open the doors

03/10/2022 | Reform

John Danso looks back at the obstacles people from ethnic minorities have faced in the Church

Let me take this opportunity to wish the United Reformed Church a happy 50th anniversary celebration. It is nice to celebrate a journey of … Read More

Proclaim Jubilee!

03/10/2022 | Reform

Meg Warner investigates the Bible’s idea of the 50th year

Happy Birthday United Reformed Church! Fifty years is a grand age, and Jubilee is a superb model to have chosen for the celebrations. I’ve been fortunate enough to have been … Read More

News Comment: Queen Elizabeth II

03/10/2022 | Reform

Stephen Tomkins reflects on the end of the Elizabethen era

Queen Elizabeth II lived to celebrate the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne – and for the country to celebrate it, which it certainly did.

Nicholas Witchell, the … Read More