{"id":26,"date":"2025-11-22T18:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meltonmowbraywithfreebyurc.org.uk\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-11-22T18:30:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:30:59","slug":"about-the-united-reformed-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.meltonmowbraywithfreebyurc.org.uk\/index.php\/about-the-united-reformed-church\/","title":{"rendered":"About the United Reformed Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meltonmowbraywithfreebyurc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/URC-LOGO-blue-500x348-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\" style=\"width:342px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meltonmowbraywithfreebyurc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/URC-LOGO-blue-500x348-1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.meltonmowbraywithfreebyurc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/URC-LOGO-blue-500x348-1-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>What is the United Reformed Church? We are a family of Christians, worshipping in the name of Jesus in about 1500 local churches from Orkney to Cornwall.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tutorial3urc.org.uk\/about\/abouttheurc\/#reformed\">\u2018Reformed\u2019<\/a>\u00a0means that we delight in the Bible, we do not fear change, and we try to run our churches in ways that take everyone\u2019s insight and contribution seriously.<\/li>\n<li>\u2018United\u2019 is an important part of our story. We started when English Presbyterians merged with English and Welsh Congregationalists in 1972. Churches of Christ joined in 1981 and Scottish Congregationalists in 2000. We still work as closely as we can with Christians of all traditions and styles.<\/li>\n<li>And we are one \u2018Church\u2019. We aim to grow through supporting one another and taking decisions together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All our tasks and posts are open to women as fully as to men. We are an intercultural church, where people with varied ethnic roots enrich each other\u2019s Christian living. Our people hold a range of opinions about theology and church life.\u00a0In the words of the denomination\u2019s\u00a0<em>Statement of Nature, Faith and Order<\/em>\u00a0(1990)\u00a0together we are firmly committed to \u2018God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The living God, the only God, ever to be praised.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Find out more by exploring this website, or (even better) by coming to meet us and worshipping with us.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the United Reformed Church? We are a family of Christians, worshipping in the name of Jesus in about 1500 local churches from Orkney to Cornwall. \u2018Reformed\u2019\u00a0means that we delight in the Bible, we do not fear change, and we try to run our churches in ways that take everyone\u2019s insight and contribution seriously. 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