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Simeon Mitchell, the URC’s Secretary for Church and Society, is to become Team Leader of the ecumenical Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT). JPIT is a ground-breaking ecumenical enterprise, drawing together the Baptist Union of Great Britain, Methodist Church, United Reformed Church and Church of Scotland. The Team supports churches and Christians in working for justice […]

Constance – Pioneer, Pastor, Preacher – edited by the Revd Dr Janet Wootton – is a celebration of pioneers – of one in particular: the Revd Constance Coltman, but also many wonderful pioneers in our own day, women and men.  The book is published by the United Reformed Church (URC) on behalf of the Council […]

The coronavirus lockdown was no obstacle for a Fenstanton United Reformed Church member determined to raise money for charity. Due to lockdown restrictions, Jean Ding decided to move her stall from the church to outside her home, in Cambridgeshire, and raised £3,200 in the process. She never expected her stall to take off the way […]

The spring meeting of Mission Council, the executive body of United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly, was held from 15-17 March. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the meeting was held digitally. Opening worship After a welcome from Peter Pay, one of the Moderators of the URC General Assembly, Mission Council began with worship. “God says come […]

Day three of Mission Council opened on 17 March with worship led by the Revd Helen Everard, Chaplain to the Moderators of the United Reformed Church General Assembly. Session five Paper A2: General Assembly 2021 The Assembly Officers shared their thinking about the decision to hold a virtual General Assembly in 2021 instead of a […]

Church leaders across seven denominations, including the Revd Clare Downing, Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly, have made the following statement following the publication of the government’s integrated review of foreign and defence policies: “The government’s decision in the integrated review of defence, security and foreign policy to increase the number of Trident […]