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The Revd Lythan Nevard, Moderator of the United Reformed Church Eastern Synod, has been appointed to a new role: Ecumenical Canon of Ely Cathedral.  Sixteen other clergy, a mix of honorary, lay, emeritus canons, will join Lythan in being collated and installed at a service at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity […]

Catriona Wheeler, Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly, has welcomed the progress in talks between Palestinians and the government of the State of Israel. The General Assembly of the United Reformed Church has consistently called for peace in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory based on our belief that all people are created […]

The United Reformed Church joined some of the UK’s biggest charities in writing to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to express deep concern at the government’s direction on immigration, urging her to change course.  The open letter, signed by  Catriona Wheeler, URC General Assembly Moderator, and published by The Guardian last week, was coordinated by […]

The Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly, the General Secretary and Head of Ecumenical Relations and Evangelism offer their congratulations to the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Sarah Mullally. Catriona Wheeler, General Assembly Moderator 2025-2026, said: “I offer my best wishes and congratulations on your appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury. May God’s strength, […]

The United Reformed Church (URC) has welcomed the appointment of Dr Susanne Schenk as the next General Secretary of The Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE). The CPCE is a global communion of protestant churches, with 96 Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed and United Churches from more than 30 countries in Europe and South America, representing […]

The Revd Clare Downing, Moderator of the United Reformed Church North Western Synod, has joined the Greater Manchester Faith Community Leaders in standing in solidarity with the local Jewish community following the heinous attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, on 2 October. In the statement, the community faith leaders said: […]