Church Life Review: Mission Statement

09/06/2025 | Reform

The Church Life Review Steering Group has agreed a vision, mission and strategy statement for the programme

Vision– that is, the desired future state, our tomorrow.A flourishing Church, less burdened and better enabled.

Mission– that is, what we … Read More

The Road to Patagonia

09/06/2025 | Reform

Directed by Matty HannonCertificate 1590 minutesReleased 27 June

In his mid-20s, former ecology student and keen surfer Matty Hannon returns to Melbourne, Australia. For five years, from age 21 to 26, he has lived alongside one of Indonesia’s … Read More

A good question: What difference did Pope Francis make?

09/06/2025 | Reform

One question, four answers

Dominic Robinson‘He was a true builder of bridges’

We are not living an era of change but a change of era.’ Francis’s comment in 2015 became a mantra for his papal ministry in a … Read More

Scottish Connections: Twenty-five years of the National Synod of Scotland

09/06/2025 | Reform

On 14 June, the URC’s National Synod of Scotland celebrates 25 years since the formation of the United Reformed Church as we now experience it – when the URC in the UK and the Congregational Union of Scotland united. Lindsey … Read More

Justice and Unity

09/06/2025 | Reform

Bishop Paul Hendricks introduces Pope Leo XIV

On the day that Pope Leo XIV was elected I was at home, having returned from a conference that finished early. When white smoke appeared above St Peter’s Square to say a … Read More

Editorial: Catholicism

09/06/2025 | Reform

There’s a lot of Catholicism in this issue of Reform. The old Pope, the new Pope, a bishop, a priest, a visit to Rome, the Sistine Chapel. Not as much RC as URC, but getting there.

Where, if … Read More