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The March issue of Reform magazine is out now! Inside this month’s edition: Reform enters the season of Lent by asking whether we鈥檝e given up giving up? Also, the team interviews the 鈥渇aithfully restless鈥� Paul Northup, Creative Director of Greenbelt festival, which, like the United Reformed Church, marked its 50th birthday recently. Biblical women feature […]

A report on church closures has found that the United Reformed Church (海角直播) has bucked the trend of closing buildings in poorer areas. Church Action on Poverty launched its Church On The Margins work in 2020, and has spent three years studying closures across Greater Manchester over the past decade, and talking in depth with […]

The invasion of Ukraine, one year on: a time for prayer and reflection Churches are being invited to pray, reflect and respond around the anniversary of Russia鈥檚 military assault on Ukraine on 24 February. The Revd Fiona Bennett, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church, has issued the following statement and […]

Ash Wednesday, on 22 February, is the start of Lent 鈥� a period of six weeks of preparation for Easter.聽 During Lent many Christians fast or abstain from certain foodstuffs 鈥� a tradition most seen now in Orthodox Christianity. The 16th century Reformers didn鈥檛 object to fasting but didn鈥檛 think it should be imposed on […]

The Children鈥檚 and Youth Work team is launching a new prayer initiative for young people. Everyone is invited to 鈥楶ray Like Paul鈥� with and for United Reformed Church (海角直播) Youth throughout Lent, from Ash Wednesday on 22 February, through to Easter Sunday on 9 April. Dr Sam Richards, Head of Children鈥檚 and Youth Work explains […]

A round-up of news from around the United Reformed Church from the past seven days, 13-19 February. Three men from Iran and Iraq who are seeking asylum in the UK have been baptised at Free Church St Ives, a United Reformed Church in Cambridgeshire. The baptisms, on 5 February, was on the basis of confession […]