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Ahead of the government’s Spring Statement and energy security strategy, more than 500 church leaders wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and  Chancellor Rishi Sunak urging them to tackle the climate emergency, address the cost of living crisis and stop all new fossil fuel developments, as the International Energy Agency says we must do in […]

Known to Commitment for Life through its global partner work, the Soarta Community Association and a team of volunteers have supported tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Moldova. On 12 March, the Association welcomed refugees on the border with Ukraine to offer packages of food, 150 mobile sim cards preloaded with 15 minutes […]

The Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE) has condemned the Russian Federation’s attack on Ukraine as a “breach of international law and a violation of human rights”, as well as expressing its support for all suffering because of the conflict. The statement, issued on March 18, comes from the communion of 94 Lutheran, Methodist, […]

In this season of Lent, the Revd Dr John Bradbury, General Secretary of the United Reformed Church (URC), the Revd Clare Downing, Moderator of the URC General Assembly, along with 18 other URC representatives join 300 delegates at the Churches Together in England (CTE) Forum in calling for an immediate end to the war in […]

The Revd Philip Brooks, the United Reformed Church’s (URC) Secretary for Ecumenical & Interfaith Relations, has been appointed to serve as its Deputy General Secretary (Mission) for two years.   Philip takes up the role after Francis Brienen announced last year that she will be moving back to her home country of the Netherlands after […]

With a long history of supporting local people in need, Lea Road Community Church’s latest venture comes as no surprise. A lottery grant of more than £200,000 has enabled the church to establish Together In Penn Fields, a project designed to develop its existing work and meet the needs of new and emerging communities in […]