Airstrikes and dancing

29/08/2023 | Reform

Pek Muan Cuang reports on the trials and joys of the Church in Myanmar

The Presbyterian Church of Myanmar (PCM) started in 1956, not with missionaries from the West, but with local church elders who were not happy with the … Read More

When asylum seekers are found

29/08/2023 | Reform

It’s not just the asylum seekers whose lives are changed by one of the latest projects to win a URC Community Project Award. Laurence Wareing reports

The thing about DARE, says Negan, is that ‘you don’t have to go to … Read More

Colours of worship

29/08/2023 | Reform

Kim Wood celebrates the Meeting House at the University of Sussex

The University of Sussex was built in 1961 and is one of the seven ‘plate glass’ universities established in the 1960s. On the campus, in the midst of typical … Read More

Unmoderated exchange

26/06/2023 | Reform

Two Scottish Moderators, of the URC and the Church of Scotland, meet up to talk. Rachel Fitzgerald reports

Two female Moderators of national Church Assemblies, both based in Edinburgh – an opportunity too good to miss! The Revd Fiona Bennett … Read More

Demerara: A Christian revolt

26/06/2023 | Reform

On its bicentenary, Stephen Tomkins tells the story of the Demerara revolt of July 1823

Bethel Chapel in Demerara, modern Guyana, was in a complicated position 200 years ago. It was an Independent or Congregational church, supplied with ministers by … Read More

Welcome strangers

26/06/2023 | Reform

Emily Shepherd introduces the Welcome Network

Refugees and people seeking asylum have been right at the top of the news agenda recently. With church leaders and football pundits alike wading into debates over national policy, sometimes it can feel like … Read More