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English: Beaconsfield United Reformed Church, Aylesbury End, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, seen from west-southwest. Built in 1874–75 in front of an earlier chapel dating from 1800. Built in 1874–75 in front of an earlier chapel dating from 1800.
Synod Web Locations covered Churches (May 2024) [3] Churches (2000) [citation needed] Change (%) East Midlands Bedfordshire (north), Buckinghamshire (Milton Keynes area), Cambridgeshire (Peterborough area), Derbyshire (except far NW), Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (including N and NE Lincs), Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire
The parish church at the crossroads of Old Beaconsfield is dedicated to St Mary, it was rebuilt of flint and bath stone by the Victorians in 1869. The United Reformed Church in Beaconsfield can trace its roots of non-conformist worship in the town back to 1704. [7]
The United Reformed Church resulted from the 1972 union of the Presbyterian Church of England and the Congregational Church in England and Wales.In introducing the United Reformed Church Bill in the House of Commons on 21 June 1972, [4] Alexander Lyon called it "one of the most historic measures in the history of the Christian churches in this country". [5]
Most of the members that founded the URCNA left the Christian Reformed Church, although members of other Reformed denominations quickly joined the new federation. Some 36 churches with 7,600 members joined the federative unity, held their first Synod, and adopted the name United Reformed Churches in North America.
The United Kingdom Congregationalists and the Presbyterian Church of England merged in the 1970s to form the United Reformed Church. [2] The population of Besses o' th' Barn around the time of construction was approximately 8000 and, according to those involved with the church, "the means of spiritual instruction [of that population] was very ...
The United Reformed Church Youth [1] is the umbrella organisation for young people aged 11–25 within the United Reformed Church. [2] Formed in 1974 as FURY. It was led by an advisory board elected at the annual FURY Assembly. Between 2013 and 2016 FURY underwent a restructuring becoming the United Reformed Church Youth.
It became a congregation of the Presbyterian Church of England in 1929, and on the union of the Presbyterian and Congregational churches in 1972, a congregation of the United Reformed Church (URC). The church continues to provide a chaplaincy to students in the University of Oxford from Reformed, Presbyterian and Congregational church backgrounds.