The World Council of Churches at 75

29/08/2023 | Reform

Susan Durber celebrates 75 years of the WCC

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and our National Health Service have things in common. They are each marking a 75th anniversary, had William Temple among their architects, were formed in the … Read More

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

Jesus and… Church

26/06/2023 | Reform

A series about what we have to learn from Jesus on a range of subjects. This month, Lawrence Heath-Moore looks at Jesus’ attitude to the Church

‘The Church? What’s that?’ – Jesus

Here’s the thing: Jesus never spoke about the … Read More

Plant gardens

26/06/2023 | Reform

Lindsey Sanderson reports on possible new directions in the life of the URC

‘Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give … 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