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United Reformed Church

The Manual

The Manual is the handbook of the ¹ú²úÎÞÂë and covers the Basis of Union, local churches, baptism, communion, the General Assembly, ministries and more.

Scheme of Union

´¡)ÌýThe Basis of Union (PDF | 462kb) – revised August 2022

µþ)ÌýThe Structure of the United Reformed Church (PDF | 391kb) – revised July 2023

°ä)ÌýRules of Procedure for the Conduct of the United Reformed Church (PDF | 402kb) – revised July 2023

¶Ù)ÌýThe United Reformed Church Acts 1972, 1981 and 2000 (PDF | 313kb)

The General Assembly

·¡)ÌýIndex of Assembly Resolutions 1972 to 2022 (PDF | 891kb)

F) Index of Mission Council/Assembly Executive Resolutions 1992 to 2022 (PDF | 808kb)

G) All the Reports to General Assembly, Minutes and Records of General Assembly are available online

H) A record of the all the binding decisions of General Assembly on how the church operates – coming shortly

Policy documents

±õ)ÌýGuidance concerning Baptism and the Basis of Union (PDF | 488kb)

´³)ÌýGuidance concerning Presidency at the Sacraments (PDF | 487kb)

K) Policies agreed by General Assembly that are applicable throughout the United Reformed Church:

³¢)ÌýThe Plan for Partnership in Ministerial Remuneration

Committees and their documents

M) Policies and documents under the responsibility of the Ministries Committee and policies and documents under the responsibility of the Education and Learning Committee

N) Assembly committees

Complaints and discipline

O) Process for dealing with cases of discipline involving Ministers or Church-Related Community Workers (February 2024 version)

The process for dealing with cases of discipline involving Ministers or Church-Related Community Workers and associated guidance which was used for cases commencing prior to 11 July 2022 can be found here.

P) Section P – not currently in use

Q) Complaints Procedure (PDF | 914kb)

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