Chapter & verse: Exodus 1:17

26/06/2023 | Reform

Phil Wall on the defiance of the Hebrew midwives

I was just six years old when my part in our church’s production of Moses and the Burning Bush gave me a lifelong love for the theatre. I played the … Read More

All are welcome? Dementia care

26/06/2023 | Reform

Do churches welcome those with dementia?

I wonder what feeling genuinely welcome means to you. This month, I have been speaking with a churchgoer whose wife lives with Alzheimer’s and experiences the dementia group of symptoms. He attends a … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Read More