At the URC's Assembly Executive in February 2025, a session was dedicated to the ongoing work after the confession and apology in 2022 for the role of the church's antecedents in transatlantic slavery, and its continuing complicity in the legacies of the trade today.
Introduced by Sarah Lane Cawte, Convenor of the URC's Mission Committee, the meeting was shown the film of the URC-led ecumenical trip in 2023, when its apology was delivered by the Revd Tessa Henry-Robinson. The film shares some of the atrocities of slavery, its impact past and present, and how the apology from the URC was received.
After the film, Reform magazine editor Steve Tomkins interviewed the Revd Geoff Felton, Moderator of the URC Mersey Synod, about his sabbatical which focused on Legacies of Slavery. Steve also read answers from Tessa, who was unable to be at the meeting.
You can read about Geoff's sabbatical on the Reform magazine website, www.reform-magazine.co.uk
Photo: Social History Archive/Unsplash

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The United Reformed Church in support of Ukrainian refugees...

After the devastation of the Second World War bombing raids across the UK, communities belonging to the Reformed Church in Transcarpathia collected funds and sent them over to the Reformed churches that now makes up the United Reformed Church: family looking after family.

It is only right at this time of war in Ukraine, that the URC helps out its family in Transcarpathia in wester Ukraine. Thousands of refugees now live in that region as Internally Displaced Persons. Many more are living in Hungary as refugees.

The United Reformed Church wants to help. We have set up a donations appeal to support both the Reformed Churches in Transcarpathia and in Hungary. Both are helping refugees.

You could help them by supporting this URC appeal (GoFundMe) on behalf of Ukrainian refugees.

https://gofund.me/d99524e8

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Members of the United Reformed Church travelled to Jamaica in April 2024 as part of an ecumenical pilgrimage to learn about the legacies of slavery.
Those on the trip included the Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson, URC General Assembly Moderator 2023-2024, who talks about the URC’s apology and the impact of slavery today, along with contributions by Karen Campbell, the URC's Secretary for Global & Intercultural Ministries.
Read more about our work and watch more videos on the URC website https://urc.org.uk/legacies-of-slavery/

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