The latest lecture from the URC History Society, 'To Seek out the Sense: William Tyndale and the translation of scripture in early modern England', is from Dr Colin Donnelly, Associate Professor in Reformation & Early Modern Christianities at Keble College, Oxford. This marks the 500th anniversary of the publication of the complete New Testament by William Tyndale. :
Colin completed a BA and MPhil at the University of Oxford before going on to a PhD at Durham University, completed in 2023. In 2023-4, he did a Postdoctoral Researcher in Early Modern History at the University of Limerick, working on the social history of deviance at early modern German universities.
In 2024, Colin became Assistant Professor of Church History at Virginia Theological Seminary in the United States. Not content with two international moves in two years, in 2025, he made a third, returning to Oxford to take up his current role.

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Christian Nationalism has arisen in the UK as a profoundly challenging question for Christians of all denominations both theologically and pastorally.

Revd Dr Helen Paynter, at the invitation of the United Reformed Church's online congregation yourchurch, guides us over some difficult and uncomfortable terrain, yet does so with great dexterity and skill.

Please use this video freely in your church group/s as befitting to your local context.

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URC Youth participants from a recent pilgrimage to Taizé share their reflections on the trip.

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The moderator of General Assembly (United Reformed Church) has asked the church what brings us joy.

Samantha Sheehan invites us to think about what in our congregations brings us joy, and to depict that on a square of fabric that in turn will be sewn into a quilted banner.

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The Revd Dr John P Bradbury, General Secretary of The United Reformed Church, explores the shared covenant of ministry. "Money is something," he begins, "that in Britain we just don't particularly like to talk about. It's just not good form. And yet money is something that the Bible and Jesus have more to say about than almost anything else."

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Elizabeth Hall, Nicola Furley-Smith and Myles Dunnett reminds us why the Ministry and Mission Fund exists and how resources are shared across the denomination.

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How do you create a vibrant oasis the whole community can appreciate?
Peter Musgrave, an Elder at Vine URC, Ilford, East London, shares how his church joined with members of the local community to transform not only their own church grounds but to inspire greening elsewhere in this built-up urban landscape.

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Can the church be the hub of the community? How can our spaces become a vibrant, life-giving and life-changing environment for the whole neighbourhood? What support and funding is there to help? How can we grow our volunteer base?

Featuring Alice Gilbert (Church-Related Community Worker) and Nigel Adams (Christian Community Hub), with additional input from Mike Hart (Transformation Director for the URC's North West Synod) and Helen Snashall (United Respect Connect project, URC 4 Huddersfield).

Recorded 10 August 2026. Find out more at https://urc.org.uk/margins

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Newbigin Pioneering Hub Kim's Testimonial 2026

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