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URC churches have been encouraged to consider how their buildings, relationships and existing activities can become places where communities come together and encounter the Christian faith. The call came during a recent Public Issues webinar exploring how churches can connect community engagement with worship and faith. Mike Hart, Transformation Director for North Western Synod, highlighted […]

The United Reformed Church (URC) is deeply saddened by the death of Professor Jason Arday, who was found unresponsive at an address in London yesterday (14 August). Professor Arday, 41, became the University of Cambridge’s youngest Black professor in 2023 before resigning from his position as Professor of Sociology of Education last week following unrelenting […]

The West Midlands Synod offers this prayer after blazes took place across the West Midlands on the hottest day of the year, so far. It is reported that in Stourbridge, 19 homes have been completely destroyed, while West Midlands firefighters continue to tackle hotspots across open grassland in seven areas. There have been 54 casualties […]

The United Reformed Church is marking International Youth Day by launching its first ever Youth Moderator’s Blog. The URC’s Youth Moderator, Kacie Hodgson, and Youth Moderator Elect, Alex Clements, have teamed up to write a monthly blog for the URC website. They say, “we want to take you along on our journey – sharing our […]

The United Reformed Church’s (URC) Racial Justice Advocates (RJAs) are calling on the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to honour promises made to the Windrush generation. The RJAs are also backing an open letter signed by 70 public figures supporting the Windrush Justice Community Collective (WJCC) campaign for a radical overhaul of the Windrush Compensation […]

A Bible that tells the story of a special Anglo-German relationship has been presented to the URC’s Offices of the General Assembly in London. The striking, illustrated Bible was brought to London by Catriona Wheeler, the immediate past Moderator of the General Assembly, from Trinity URC in Lincoln, which closed in January this year. The […]