‘Bonkers but beautiful’

29/04/2019 | Reform

Caroline Andrews on being the minister of a tourist attraction

The building of Saltaire United Reformed Church is like a folly – bonkers but beautiful. Saltaire is a Unesco World Heritage site, an industrial village built by the mill owner … Read More

Tell your church building’s story

29/04/2019 | Reform

It’s time for churches to tell their story, says Valerie Jenkins

In 2020, we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers, when Congregational Christians escaped persecution in England by sailing to the New World. It would … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: My new confidence

29/04/2019 | Reform

I have found new confidence in leading worship

As I have lamented countless times, I do not play an instrument or read music, which is a regular source of anxiety when it comes to worship leading. I have allowed it … Read More

I am… a survivor of sexual abuse in church

29/04/2019 | Reform

A survivor of sexual abuse in church tells his story

I met my abuser for the first time when I was 12. He was student minister in my church. When my parents divorced, I moved in with my mum and … Read More

A letter from… the Church in Ghana

29/04/2019 | Reform

William Asiama Bekoe reports from the Church in Ghana

The Church in Ghana is in a perilous and challenging time. People are looking up to the Church in the face of increasing social and moral decay. The entire nation is … Read More

Chapter & verse: Acts 1:1-11

29/04/2019 | Reform

Nigel Uden on the ascension

Artists and musicians are interpreters. They take an idea and depict it in images or sounds, offering drama, excitement and intensity. They can heighten emotion, exaggerate spectacle and develop simplicity, which so often is instructive … Read More