General Assembly papers 2026
General Assembly papers, 3 – 6 July, 2026
- GA 2026 Second Mailing Letter (PDF)
- GA 2026 Outline Agenda (Word | 347kb)
- GA 2026 Book of Reports (PDF | 13mb)
- GA 2026 First Mailing Letter (PDF | 614kb)
Minutes
- Minutes URC Extraordinary General Assembly, November 2025 (PDF | 266kb)
- Minutes of General Assembly 2025聽(Word | 111kb)
Papers
- Synod Moderators Report (PDF | 69kb)
- Senior Leadership Team Report (PDF | 119kb)
Business Committee
- A1 – Business Committee Report (PDF | 116kb)
- A2 – Toward a Fitness to Practice Process (PDF | 76kb)
- A3 – Resource Centres of Learning – Education for Ministry Phase 1 (EM1) Review (PDF | 372kb)
Business and Faith in Action Committees
- AB1 – Methodist/URC Liaison Group (PDF | 53kb)
Business and Resources Committees
- AD1 – Church Life Fund Implementation Progress Update (PDF | 714kb)
Faith in Action Committee
- B1 – Faith in Action Report (PDF | 13mb)
- B2 – The Five Marks of the Faith in Action Team (PDF | 584kb)
- B3 – Inter Faith Report (PDF | 361kb)
- B4 – Future of URC presence at Greenbelt (PDF | 2mb)
- B5 – Net Zero Task Group (PDF | 327kb)
- B6 – Net Zero Task Group Terms of Reference (PDF | 62kb)
- B7 – Legacies of Slavery: Affirming the Will & Finding the Way(s) (PDF | 121kb)
Ministries Committee
- C1 – Ministries Committee Report (PDF | 221kb)
- C2 – Sustainability of Stipendiary Ministry in the United Reformed Church (PDF | 81kb)
- C3 – A Three-Year Review and Strategic Framework for Ministry [2026鈥�2029] (PDF | 71kb)
- C4 – Revised Active Ministers Policy 鈥� Fitness to Practise (PDF | 85kb)
- C5 – Inactive Ministers Policy (PDF | 70kb)
- C6 – Review of the Minister鈥檚 Retirement Policy (PDF | 163kb)
- C7 – Process for the Ill-Health Retirement of Office Holders (PDF | 141kb)
- C8 – The Competencies and Expected Standards of Conduct and Behaviour for Ministers of the Word and Sacraments (PDF | 212kb)
- C9 – URC Reasonable Adjustments Policy for Ministers of the Word and Sacraments, Church Related Community Workers, and those in training (PDF | 113kb)
- C10 – URC Sickness and Ill Health Policy (PDF | 103kb)
- C11 – Revised Terms of Reference for the Accreditations sub-committee of the Ministries Committee (PDF | 48kb)
Resources and Ministries Committee
- CD1 – Ministry and Mission Review Task Group Update (PDF | 148kb)
Pastoral and Reference Welfare Committee and the Maintenance of the Ministry sub-committee of the Ministries Committee
- CH1 – URC Ministers Support and Wellbeing Committee (PDF | 94kb)
Resources Committee
- D1 – Update from Resources Committee (PDF | 4mb)
- D2 – Future of the Investment Committee (PDF | 71kb)
Nominations Committee
- G1 – Report to General Assembly 2026 (PDF | 145kb)
Pastoral Reference and Welfare Committee
- H1 – General Report (PDF | 53kb)
Safeguarding Committee
- I1 – Annual Report (PDF | 227kb)
- I1a – Annual Report Infographic (PDF | 157kb)
- I2 – Synod Safeguarding Reviews (PDF | 209kb)
Worship, Faith, & Order Committee
- J1 – Worship, Faith & Order Report (PDF | 62kb)
- J2 – Celebration of Creationtide (PDF | 43kb)
- J3 – Providing a 3rd Version of the Statement Concerning the Nature, Faith, and Order of the URC (PDF | 45kb)
- J3a – Proposed changes table (PDF | 115kb)
- J4 – Assisted Dying (PDF | 112kb)
- J5 – Granting the Worship, Faith, and Order Committee Permission to Coopt Members (PDF | 45kb)
URC Youth Assembly
- K1 – Gendered language in the Basis of Union (PDF | 48kb)
- K2 – Place of URC Youth (PDF | 77kb)
- K3 – Involvement with the Welcome Directory (PDF | 64kb)
Synod Papers
- P1 – Name of Wessex Synod (PDF | 98kb)
- P2 – Keeping Trans people safe (PDF | 95kb)
- P4 – Recognition of Mission Projects in Thames North Synod (PDF | 56kb)
- P5 – Clarifying the term 鈥減astoral necessity鈥� for lay presidency at the Sacraments (PDF | 57kb)
- P6 – Emphasising Evangelism in the life of the United Reformed Church (PDF | 103kb)
Other Information
- GA 2026 Frequently Asked Questions (PDF | 1mb)
- The Hayes Travel Directions (PDF | 826kb)
General Assembly archive
The Book of Reports and Record of Assembly since the formation of the United Reformed Church in 1972 are available at General Assembly archive