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Thorsten Latzel, President of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, made an official four-day trip to the UK in August to visit the United Reformed Church and partner organisations. The purpose of the trip was to visit innovative local churches and learn more about their contexts. First on the ecumenical trip for Mr Latzel and representatives […]

The September edition of Reform magazine is out on 27 August.  You can play ‘Top Trumps’ with the September issue of the magazine as A Good Question asks: ‘Who is your favourite disciple?’ Our four contributors come up with a surprising group of personal favourites. Who is yours? Elsewhere, Editor Steve Tomkins talks to therapist […]

yoURChurch, a United Reformed Church (URC) congregation which meets exclusively online, recently received its first members at a Communion service. At the service led by the Revd Clare Downing, Moderator of the North Western Synod, 11 people were received. Lawrence Heath-Moore, Central Area Mission Mentor for North Western Synod, said the event “wasn’t without its […]

United Reformed Church Youth Moderator, Philippa Osei, recently joined a group of young leaders aged 18-35 from around the world at a conference in Jerusalem. Organised by Sabeel, the annual young adults conference held from 18-27 July was the first to take place since being postponed due to the pandemic and was entitled “Time to […]

A unique alliance between a church and its community that has been ongoing for more than 120 years has established a thriving partnership fit for the future. In 2020, the Uniting Church in Garden Lane, a local ecumenical partnership between the Methodist and United Reformed Churches in Mersey Synod, set about evaluating its current role […]

A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church in seven days, 14-21 August 2023. Thames North Synod A celebration of togetherness was held in July for the creation of a new church that will serve two ecumenical communities in Luton and Dunstable. Newland Church, a local ecumenical partnership, describes itself as a […]