The United Reformed Church

The officers of the General Assembly convened Mission Council, the executive body of the URC, for business in March 2021. This meeting was open to Synod representatives and their Moderators to attend online.

Mission Council papers

We make these papers available to the wider URC membership asking that people be aware that they are discussion documents and that many changes may be made as a result of Mission Council decisions.  

• Full Mission Council papers (PDF | 5.5mb)

• Paper A1 - Future of the URC (PDF | 30kb)
• Paper A2 - General Assembly 2021 (PDF | 20kb)
• Paper C1 - Communications Committee update (PDF | 1.7mb)
• Paper C2 - Digital Charter (PDF | 45kb)
• Paper C3 - Social media guidelines (PDF | 30kb)
• Paper D1 - Education and Learning update (PDF | 30kb)
• Paper D2 - What is the right size for the Education and Learning Committee? (PDF | 107kb)
• Paper D3 - Discipleship Development Fund (PDF | 66kb)
• Paper D4 - Integration consultation update (PDF | 78kb)
• Paper DH1 - Marks of Ministry of worship leading and lay preaching (PDF | 47kb)
• Paper DH2 - Worship leading and lay preaching (PDF | 73kb)
• Paper F1 - Faith and Order update (PDF | 32kb)
• Paper G1 - Pensions update (PDF | 30kb)
• Paper G2 - Future pensions (PDF | 195kb)
• Paper H1 - Capability Policy (PDF | 23kb)
• Paper I1 - Mission Committee update (PDF | 38kb)
• Paper I2- Anti-Racism update (PDF | 32kb)
• Paper I3 - Jubilee update (PDF | 30kb)
• Paper I4 - Walking the Way update (PDF | 34kb)
• Paper J1 - Nominations (PDF | 32kb)
• Paper J2 - Supplementary nominations report 1 (PDF | 35kb)
• Paper J3 - Supplementary nominations report 2 (PDF | 19kb)
• Paper M1 - Daily Devotions (PDF | 30kb)
• Paper O1 - HRAG update (PDF | 30kb)
• Paper P1 - LPAG - Appeals changes (PDF | 74kb)
• Paper T1 - Safeguarding Advisory Group update (PDF | 105kb)
• Website presentation (PDF | 8mb)
• Mission Council agenda (PDF | 30kb)
• Mission Council groups (PDF | 55kb)
• Members and representatives (PDF | 63kb)
• Mission Council group work (PDF | 67kb)

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This section contains information to assist you in your day to day safeguarding responsibilities. You will be able to find safeguarding guidance and supplementary information as well as information related to webinars and safeguarding events.

• They've asked me to be ... Safeguarding Coordinator (pdf)
  Information for those who are considering taking up, or have recently taken up, the role of safeguarding coordinator, or deputy, in their local United Reformed Church (URC)
  
  
• Link to Church Safeguarding Coordinator Declaration Form (CSC7) (Word doc)
  
  

• Link to DBS/PVG Verifier Declaration Form (99SG) (pdf)
  Please download the form before filling and submitting it

• Safeguarding Symposium
  
  
• Please find a link here to the URC’s five-year Safeguarding Strategic Plan

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