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The Revd Philip Brooks, the United Reformed Church’s (URC) Secretary for Ecumenical & Interfaith Relations, has been appointed to serve as its Deputy General Secretary (Mission) for two years.   Philip takes up the role after Francis Brienen announced last year that she will be moving back to her home country of the Netherlands after […]

With a long history of supporting local people in need, Lea Road Community Church’s latest venture comes as no surprise. A lottery grant of more than £200,000 has enabled the church to establish Together In Penn Fields, a project designed to develop its existing work and meet the needs of new and emerging communities in […]

Maidenhead United Reformed Church has played a central role in sending a lorry packed with emergency supplies to Ukraine. In total, 590 boxes of all sizes packed full of medical supplies, medicines, first aid kits, sanitary products, toiletries, food, sleeping bags, blankets and cutlery, along with more than 1,000 packs of nappies were driven to […]

Simeon Mitchell, Secretary for Church and Society for the United Reformed Church, reports on the call for global vaccine equity as we reach the second anniversary of the start of the pandemic:  Two years ago, on 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation officially declared that the Covid-19 outbreak had become a pandemic, meaning the […]

The Racial Justice Advocacy Forum (RJAF) calls for coverage, prayer and action for Black and Brown peoples facing racial discrimination amidst the invasion of Ukraine. The RJAF, of which the United Reformed Church (URC) is a part, condemns the invasion of Ukraine, and is deeply saddened by the loss of life, the destruction of homes […]

A complaint about how young people’s views are often dismissed by churches has led to the publication of an important book. Each chapter of Young, Woke, and Christian: Words From a Missing Generation, edited by United Reformed Church Youth member Victoria Turner, is written by a different young Christian from a different tradition. It covers […]