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Rafael (Raff) Chaves has lived with violence, drug addiction, gang culture and complete brokenness. Then, someone asked him a question that changed everything. Ordained a priest in 2022 to the Stepney area of Hackney, Islington and Tower Hamlets, Raff, from Rio De Janerio in Brazil, speaks to Ann-Marie Nye and Stephen Tomkins in the latest […]

A series of proactive changes have been made within the Mission and Discipleship teams at Church House to broaden the United Reformed Church’s commitment to evangelism, ecumenism and social and community action. In recognition of the close working relationship of the two departments, the changes follow the departure of Simeon Mitchell to the Methodist Church […]

A round up of news from around the United Reformed Church over the past seven days, 28 May-4 June 2024. Wessex Synod Congratulations to the Cllr Revd Julian Macro, a retired º£½ÇÖ±²¥ minister, who was elected Mayor of Verwood in Dorset on earlier this month. Julian’s term in office will run until 2025 and he […]

Does the Church have a problem with class? That’s the big question Reform magazine is asking in June. Four experienced contributors from across the Church spectrum offer thought-provoking responses and challenge us to think about our own. Angela Rigby asks another difficult question when she explores the world of autism and asks if Jesus’ disciple […]

The United Reformed Church (º£½ÇÖ±²¥) is encouraging all voters to engage in the upcoming General Election, to take place on 4 July 2024, and to use it as an opportunity to urge political leaders to end poverty in the UK. At its 2023 General Assembly, the º£½ÇÖ±²¥ made a resolution that “calls upon political leaders […]

Swifts have a new home at Shanklin United Reformed Church (º£½ÇÖ±²¥â€™s) thanks to two cousins. Robin Harley, Countryside Officer for Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Council, contacted his cousin the Revd Brian Harley, Minister of Shanklin º£½ÇÖ±²¥, when he spotted that the church’s clock tower and bell chamber would be a perfect nesting site for the […]