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Church leaders from the United Reformed Church, Church of Scotland, the Quakers in Britain, the Methodist Church, Church of England and Catholic Church have called on the UK government to help deter annexation of the West Bank, which could begin from 1 July:
“We stand alongside the Holy Land’s Christian leaders, who have warned that the Israeli government’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank after 1 July “would bring about the loss of any remaining hope for the success of the peace process.”
In response to the global Black Lives Matter movement, the United Reformed Church (URC) Youth Executive has released the following statement:
Jesus has called us to love our neighbours, and we choose to do this by standing in solidarity with them when they face injustice and persecution.
The URC Youth Executive stands with the current movement dedicated to ending the systemic oppression of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) individuals both in the UK and across the world.
The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT), a partner of the United Reformed Church (URC), has provided financial support and resources to care homes in the UK that have been affected by Covid-19.
The support was arranged by the URC’s mission team in May, backed by the Church’s general secretariat.
The Revd John Proctor, General Secretary of the United Reformed Church (URC), makes the following statement after Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, announced the easing of an array of lockdown restrictions.
The Revd Clare Downing, Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) Wessex Synod, has expressed her deepest sympathy after three men died in an attack at a park in Reading on 21 June.
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