I remember it well 2

03/10/2022 | Reform

Geoffrey Roper recalls 1972

For years we had been issued pamphlets in blue (Presbyterian colour) or brown (Congregational) setting out principles, proposals, drafts and finally the Scheme of Union and parliamentary bill. These were discussed and debated (sometimes heatedly, sometimes … Read More

I remember it well: Memories of 1972

03/10/2022 | Reform

Stephen Tomkins interviewed scores of people for his book That They All May Be One: The story of the United Reformed Church. These are some of the memories they shared of the founding of the URC in 1972

It was … Read More

Proclaim Jubilee!

03/10/2022 | Reform

Meg Warner investigates the Bible’s idea of the 50th year

Happy Birthday United Reformed Church! Fifty years is a grand age, and Jubilee is a superb model to have chosen for the celebrations. I’ve been fortunate enough to have been … Read More

A good question: What is the United Reformed Church for?

03/10/2022 | Reform

One question, four answers

David Cornick‘A community of tenth lepers’

Luke tells us that one day when Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he passed through the borderlands of Samaria and Galilee. Ten lepers, keeping a safe Covid distance, … Read More

The cost of giving

03/10/2022 | Reform

Patrick Watt, Chief Executive of Christian Aid since May, talks to Stephen Tomkins

We’re in what we’re calling a cost of living crisis. Do you think it’s fair that, if people are finding times hard in the UK, we worry … Read More

News Comment: Queen Elizabeth II

03/10/2022 | Reform

Stephen Tomkins reflects on the end of the Elizabethen era

Queen Elizabeth II lived to celebrate the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne – and for the country to celebrate it, which it certainly did.

Nicholas Witchell, the … Read More