Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum paid his visit to the United Reformed Church (URC)’s Church House as the Council for World Mission (CWM) General Secretary on 4 October, where he was warmly welcomed and received by [...]
Every year, prisoners in the Netherlands and Dutch people imprisoned abroad are sent an encouraging Easter greeting card, as part of PKN’s Easter greetings campaign. During Lent, PKN and Kerk in Actie organise for tens [...]
Is Christian non-conformity a thing of the past? Congregational Federation (CF)’s launch of its first Spring School next March will address this question, especially with many people in society surprised that there still is an [...]
The United Reformed Church (URC) launched a new podcast series on the denomination’s focus on Christian discipleship and mission earlier this year. With new episodes uploaded fortnightly, it explores what it means to be Walking [...]
A few months ago, The Presbyterian Church of Wales (PCW) launched the COVID-19 India Appeal to assist two hospitals in the Khasi Hills in North East India - Dr H. Gordon Roberts Hospital in Shillong, [...]
Union of Welsh Independents (UWI) is currently raising funds for UK-based charity Money for Madagascar (MfM)’s emergency appeal, as a developing food crisis in Southern Madagascar which is facing its worst drought in 40 years, [...]
Ministers and workers of the Presbyterian Church in Wales (PCW) will be revealing their experiences and lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic in a series of short video clips over the next few months. In [...]
During the Reformation in the 16th century, some English Protestants motivated by desire for a change in worship, became Separatists who sailed in the Mayflower to New England. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the [...]
Following the rapid spread of a new strain of COVID-19, the United Reformed Church (URC) has issued updated advice to its churches to cease in-person worship and shift to digital worship, sermons and Bible studies. [...]
Several projects in Madagascar have been undertaken and continued to progress through the generosity of churches and individuals in Union of Welsh Independents (UWI), which had partnered Money for Madagascar, a charity experienced in humanitarian [...]
Union of Welsh Independents (UWI) Churches, which represents Christians meeting in 400 chapels, has welcomed the rejection of the controversial UK Internal Market Bill by the House of Lords. Prior to the vote, the UWI [...]
eDARE 2020 is your opportunity to hear discerning voices from around the world! This week, we present to you our panelists from Africa & Europe, as well as Caribbean & Americas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tywefSHVGYM&f For more information [...]
Earlier this year, Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) partnered with other churches and local aid organisations to collaborate on #nietalleen, an online platform where those in need can seek help with day-to-day tasks, and [...]
Union of Welsh Independents (UWI) will be observing the ninth “Recovery Sunday” on 25 Oct, a day set aside to encourage churches to think about those suffering from various addictions, to learn more about their [...]
United Reformed Church (URC) has launched a dedicated webpage exploring the legacies of slavery during Black History Month, which is in October. This was partly in response to the Legacies of Slavery Project that Council [...]
St Andrew’s Church - a local ecumenical project including the United Reformed Church (URC) in Skipton, North Yorkshire – installed a six-foot-high, rainbow-coloured artwork outside its building over summer. The wood installation spells out the [...]
Research has shown that when the U.K was in crisis, faith groups often stepped up to serve urgent needs in the community. To this end, United Reformed Church has created “Crisis Communications Plan for Local [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cast a dark cloud over several countries battling the second wave of COVID-19 infections – a threat lurking around the corner for others. Compounding this problem are issues of inequality [...]
Maarten Atsma of the Protestant Church of the Netherlands (PKN) recently spearheaded a research project “Pioneering: State of Affairs”, focusing on the impact of pioneering on social cohesion and religious development. Shortly after PKN was [...]
The Welsh government and Cytun (Churches Together in Wales) jointly chaired an online Question and Answer session for faith communities in mid-July, to provide them with the opportunity to raise questions about the process of [...]
Individuals and Church families are often shaped by their inherited theology, location and local distribution, and the responsibility to carry the baton to continue their forefathers’ work, and holding it in trust for future generations. [...]
Congregational Federation (CF) and United Reformed Church (URC) are members of Churches Together in England (CTE), whose presidents have issued a statement exhorting churches to embark on the journey of racial justice, with self-reflection and [...]
What does being and doing church look like in our “new normal”? United Reformed Church (URC) has produced and shared a “Roadmap to Digital Discipleship” booklet to help churches consider their shared journey of discipleship [...]
The Welsh government and Cytun (Churches Together in Wales) jointly chaired an online Question and Answer session for faith communities on 16 July, to provide them with the opportunity to raise questions about the process [...]
Church leaders from the United Reformed Church, and several other major Christian denominations have called on the UK government to help deter annexation of the West Bank, which could begin from 1 July. In the [...]
As the lockdown measures in the UK are slowly being eased, United Reformed Church (URC) has released “Ready for the new ‘normal’: A discussion paper for a pandemic recovery and resumption plan”, a booklet that [...]
A new year breaks with fresh opportunities and possibilities for those who are prepared to imagine a future, transformed by the grace of God, which compels us to acknowledge and repent of our wrong and [...]
On INSiGHT’s first birthday this October, we rejoice and celebrate the generosity of our writers and readers across the world who have made this publication possible with their contributions. As with every issue of INSiGHT, [...]
My journey as Partner in Mission (PIM) started in April 2003. It was such an exciting time for me to take this new big step. I worked in Madagascar for eight years at Akany Avoko [...]
The Union of Welsh Independents (UWI) is a voluntary Union of over 400 churches mainly located in Wales within the United Kingdom. Though the overwhelming majority worship and communicate through the medium of Welsh, there [...]
Who we are The Protestant Church in the Netherlands is the largest protestant church in the Netherlands in terms of membership. It is the continuation of three former churches, the Netherlands Reformed Church, the Reformed [...]
On the 12th to 15th March, the European member churches met for their Regional Assembly at the Hayes Conference Centre in Derbyshire, UK. It was a small contingency of 25 people from all European member [...]
Introduction We are the United Reformed Church. We are based in Britain, with over a thousand congregations across Scotland, England and Wales, and a few in the outlying islands of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle [...]
Introduction Our name is the Congregational Federation (CF). We are known nationally for bringing together many independent churches for their mutual support and the advancement of the Christian faith. This year we celebrate the centenary [...]
The church where I grew up had annual missionary evenings. The first one I attended sticks in the memory not just for the excitement of being allowed to stay up late but because in the [...]
Nine participants from within the CWM community of churches, colleges and ecumenical partners explored migration and human trafficking issues in the 2017 Face to Face Programme held from 5 June to 16 July 2017. With [...]
Hello, I’m Ian Rowe. I’m 22 and from the United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom (UK). When my last exam for my history degree ended back in May after I finished partying I started [...]
By CWM Europe office The European and Caribbean regions of CWM met in Reading UK last week for the second NIFEA colloquium to share and develop ideas for actions in the next phase of the [...]
The Council for World Mission is pleased to invite expressions of interest to join the staff team for the position of Programme Associate – Europe. Based out of its London office, the Programme Associate works [...]
Council for World Mission (CWM)’s Europe and Caribbean representatives met at the Colloquium for a New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA) - the first in a series of three, on the Economy of Life, [...]
The MMF for the Europe region was held at Hothorpe Hall in Leicestershire. Set in beautiful countryside, the gathered representatives of the European member churches were challenged to engage with the contemporary context and explore [...]
The Worship and Discipleship workshop, ‘Beyond Ourselves’ sought to provide a space for the exploration of the inter-relationships between worship practice and discipleship formation. The workshop was for those involved with developing creative worship resources [...]
In 2015, as many as 21 million men, women, and children around the world are victims of “human trafficking”[1] and there are as many as 244 million[2] international migrants worldwide. “Trafficking in persons” and “human [...]
Face to Face participants meeting in Utrecht have been working in centres and churches supporting people who experience migration. They visited a detention centre where they were shown around the facility and met with some [...]
“This is an opportunity for me to explore new context of mission in the midst of challenges of Migration and Human Trafficking in Netherland”, expressed by Mary-Anne Nthobya, a Theology Student from South Africa attending [...]
Today the Mission in Secularised Contexts programme came to a close with a lively debate about what the mission documents Together Towards Life (WCC 2013), The Cape Town Commitment (WCRC 2010) and Evangelii Gaudium (Pope [...]
On Tuesday 23rd February we began our ambitious programme to consider the nature of mission in secularised contexts. This programme has been put together with cooperation between the WCC, WCRC, EMW and CWM. Participants are [...]
Face to Face Netherlands 2016 The Face to Face: Mission in the Context of Empire through the Lens of Migration and Human Trafficking (Face to Face Netherlands) is now accepting applications for 2016 intake. The Programme will [...]
General Secretary’s Greetings at the Council Meeting of the Union of Welsh Independents Rev Dr Collin Cowan, Council for World Mission 25 September 2015 It is with immense delight and great joy that I greet [...]
16th -30th August 2015 For two weeks in August young people from the European and Caribbean Region took part in the Exploration Programme in the Netherlands. The theme of the 2015 Exploration Programme was church [...]
We have been experiencing the pioneer church of Kerk Op De Kop. By leading the monthly celebration with the church we met the group and by talking to the wider community at a local bbq [...]
