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‘It should feel costly.’ This month, Reform is asking the question facing the United Reformed Church at General Assembly: how should the Church respond to the legacies of slavery? Our interviewee, Cole Arthur Riley, creator of ‘Black Liturgies’, says that we should give dear enough reparations that ‘it should feel like a loss.’ Others have […]

A Harwich-based Church Related Community Work project is set to receive £100,000 in increased funding. The Lounge in Esplanade Hall, which provides a shared space for local people who are particularly isolated or vulnerable is led by Mark Tubby, Project Community Worker for Dovercourt Central Church, who works alongside the Salvation Army and Church of […]

Greenbelt Festival is set for a jubilant return this year with a long weekend of artistry, activism and belief right here in the East Midlands in the beautiful grounds of Boughton House. Musicians Brian Eno, Martyn Joseph and The Magic Numbers and speakers Simon Armitage, John Bell, Caroline Lucas, Renni Eddo-Lodge and Rowan Williams are […]

The Revd Kirsty Thorpe, Minister of Wilmslow United Reformed Church, with the support of the Revd Mike Walsh, Special Category Minister for Chorlton and Whalley Contemporary Spirituality, offers this prayer to mark the fifth anniversary of the Manchester Arena Bombing where 22 people died and 1,017 injured as a result of a suicide bombing: Five […]

Ministers have ensured that their support for Ukraine was conveyed loudly and clearly last week. At the United Reformed Church (URC) 2022 Minister’s Gathering, hundreds of ministers and Church Related Community Workers (CRCWs) signed the back of a poster version of the cover of Reform’s April edition. The moving cover reminds us to keep Ukraine […]

A new venture between the United Reformed Church (URC), the Congregational Federation, Church Mission Society, and the Seedbeds organisation has led to the creation of the Newbigin Pioneering Hub. The hub is named in honour of the inspirational URC minister and mission theologian, Lesslie Newbigin and aims to offer a space for Pioneers to connect […]