The bigger Mersey Miracle

21/02/2020 | Reform

Ecumenical collaboration in 1980s Liverpool has been justly celebrated, but there was more to the story than often reported. Andrew Bradstock fills in the gaps

Think of Liverpool in the 1980s and several images come to mind. Unrest in Toxteth. … Read More

Voices from the Holy Land: Part two

21/02/2020 | Reform

Last autumn, representatives of the United Reformed Church visited Israel and Palestine, with an aim to promote awareness, prayer and solidarity. Charissa King shares stories from some of the people they met

Nael Abu Rahmoun Nazareth

I have four … Read More

The Church of the Pilgrims

24/01/2020 | Reform

This year is the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower Pilgrims to North America. The present minister of their home church, Gillian Poucher, tells their story

Leaving Plymouth for North America in autumn 1620, the Mayflower Pilgrims risked … Read More

Moving on from the manse

24/01/2020 | Reform 1

Anne Bedford looks at the issues facing ministers who retire after a career in the manse

Moving house can be fraught with delays, abortive offers and poor surveys. Even if all has gone smoothly, there comes the packing and clearing … Read More

HeartEdge

24/01/2020 | Reform

When commerce, culture, compassion and congregational life work together, they enrich a church’s mission. That, says Samuel Wells, is the combination behind the HeartEdge movement

In many ways, St Martin-in-the-Fields would like to be a ‘normal’ church, focused on congregational … Read More

Bring down the walls

24/01/2020 | Reform

In 1957, the Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz (EKP), a German Church, and what is now the United Reformed Church came together in a covenant of fellowship. And more than 60 years later, on the 30th anniversary of the fall of … Read More