The Revd Kevin Jones, a United Reformed Church minister currently serving as an army chaplain in Afghanistan, is pictured reading REFORM – the URC’s flagship monthly magazine.

Mr Jones is the chaplain to 1st Battalion Welsh Guards who are leading the Police Advisory and Mentoring Group on Operation Herrick 16.

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The General Assembly of the United Reformed Church meets in Scarborough from 6 July to 9 July 2012.

Key events and debates include:

Friday 6 July

• The induction and inaugural address of the Revd Dr Michael Jagessar, moderator of General Assembly 2012-2014. Dr Jagessar will be serving alongside Mrs Val Morrison, moderator of General Assembly 2010-2013

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The governing bodies of three partners in the Cambridge Theological Federation – Westminster College, the Henry Martyn Centre and the Woolf Institute – have reached an understanding about working to create a common future and are moving – subject to formal legal contracts – towards sharing the Westminster site.

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Three major British Churches have voiced their disappointment that the Rio+20 Earth Summit has not made progress on the environmental challenges that face the global community.

The Methodist Church, United Reformed Church and Baptist Union of Great Britain say that world leaders have largely repeated previous climate pledges, rather than pressing forward. They stress that the pledges in the summit document “The Future We Want” are an inadequate response to the risks posed by climate change.

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