Christian church with a strongly ecumenical outlook formed in Britain in 1972 by the union of the Congregational Church in England and Wales and the Presbyterian Church of England. The Reformed Association of Churches of Christ joined the URC 1981.
The URC has about 1,800 local congregations across 72 district councils which come under 12 provincial synods. In 1992 there were about 115,000 members, with some 103,000 regularly attending services.
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