Christian church organisation in the United Kingdom
For other uses, see United Reformed Church (disambiguation).
United Reformed Church
Classification
Protestant
Orientation
Reformed
Polity
Presbyterian Congregationalist
Moderator
(2023–2024) The Revd Dr. Tessa Henry-Robinson[1]
Associations
World Council of Churches, World Communion of Reformed Churches, Council for World Mission, Conference of European Churches, Community of Protestant Churches in Europe, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, Churches Together in England, Action of Churches Together in Scotland, Cytûn, Christian Aid, World Development Movement
Region
Great Britain
Origin
1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Merger of
Presbyterian Church of England, Congregational Church in England and Wales, Re-formed Association of Churches of Christ, Congregational Union of Scotland
Congregations
1,284
Members
36,986[2]
Official website
https://urc.org.uk/
The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Protestant Christian church in the United Kingdom. As of 2022 it had approximately 37,000 members in 1,284 congregations with 334 stipendiary ministers.[2]
The URC is a trinitarian church whose theological roots are distinctly Reformed and whose historical and organisational roots are in the Presbyterian (Calvinism) and Congregational traditions. Its Basis of Union contains a statement concerning the nature, faith and order of the United Reformed Church which sets out its beliefs in a condensed form.[3]
^"Assembly Officers". URC.
^ ab"Summary of Statistics". The United Reformed Church. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^"The Manual". United Reformed Church. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
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