Transforming our communitites: Fixers or empowerers?

28/11/2022 | Reform

Concluding a two-part series, Simon Hawking asks what makes our communities change

It feels like each day brings another daunting headline in the news. Wars and rumours of wars, the plight of refugees, rising costs, ecological disasters and disease. … Read More

Remembering God’s smuggler

01/11/2022 | Reform

The adventures of Brother Andrew were an inspiration to young Christians, says Laurence Wareing

For many who grew up in the 1970s, the story of ‘God’s smuggler’ made being a young Christian cool. In the bestselling biography of that … Read More

What I saw in Hebron

01/11/2022 | Reform

Maggie Hindley reports on a month in Palestine

The last thing I did before retiring as a minister in 2017 was take a sabbatical trip to South Africa. There, after I’d spent time with people who had been involved … Read More

The churches that make us: Oakshaw Trinity

01/11/2022 | Reform

A series covering the breadth of church life in the United Reformed Church. This month, Reform visits Paisley

Climb the tower of Oakshaw Trinity Church in Paisley and you find yourself at the highest point of the entire town. … Read More

Transforming our communities: The pale blue dot

01/11/2022 | Reform

Simon Hawking looks at what it takes to change our communities

One of my earliest memories is playing with my toy spaceships in the living room at our family home. It was a bright Saturday morning though it was … Read More

A day to dance

03/10/2022 | Reform

Stephen Tomkins revisits the day the URC was born

The sun shone on London for 5 October 1972. Three thousand people, Congregationalists and Presbyterians, gathered to become the United Reformed Church, celebrating the fruition of nine years’ work and … Read More