Churches and COP26

05/10/2021 | Reform

With less than a month until COP26, what can churches best do to address the climate crisis? Asks Andy Atkins of A Rocha UK

In less than one month’s time, the UK plays host and chair to one of the … Read More

My childhood as an alien

24/09/2021 | Reform

Alex Clare-Young’s childhood in a body that felt like an enemy

‘Here comes the minister’s daughter’ to the tune of ‘Here comes the bride’ greeted me every morning for years as I tentatively entered my primary school classroom, dreading the … Read More

Celebrating 50 together

24/09/2021 | Reform

The United Reformed Church celebrates its 50th anniversary next year. Francis Brienen and Andy Jackson, Convenors of the anniversary planning group, look ahead

No one thought in 1972 that the URC would reach its silver jubilee, let alone golden. It … Read More

Chapter & verse: Matthew 16:13-20

24/09/2021 | Reform

Emmanuel Frimpong hears Jesus’s call

Who is Jesus Christ? For some people, Jesus Christ was just a human being, the son of a carpenter and a woman who was not a virgin. For such people, it is unthinkable for Jesus … Read More

Sarah Moore: Single fair

24/09/2021 | Reform

We should be aware of our assumptions about the single life, says Sarah Moore, and make churches welcoming to all

Did you know that 40% (and rising) of adults in the UK are single? That includes people who have never … Read More

I am… a survivor of conversion therapy

24/09/2021 | Reform

A survivor of conversion therapy looks back

I grew up in a small village west of Edinburgh during the 80s and 90s. Knowing from a very early age that I was lesbian meant that I harboured a constant, painful secret. … Read More