FoR Member and Peacelinks Editor Dave Pybus writes about this years event – which you can watch via www.co-day.org Every year, 15th May is International Conscientious Objectors’ Day and FOR is one of the 13 peace organisations that supports celebrations in the UK. In 2023, there were commemorative events in Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Woking, Sheffield, Manchester, Brighton, Edinburgh and London. The latter […]

This weekend the United Reformed Church celebrates the 50th Anniversary since its formation, with a special service of celebration which will be held in Central Hall, Westminster. The service was due to take place last Autumn but was postponed. The United Reformed Church commitment to peace is vitally important to me on many different levels.

Representatives of nine Christian groups working on peace issues have written to the Foreign Secretary ahead of the second anniversary of the entry into legal force of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The letter stressed the importance of making meaningful progress towards global nuclear disarmament and urged the UK to co-operate

News broke late on the 5th January 2023 that Russia was going to hold a ceasefire in Ukraine over the period of the Russian Orthodox Christmas. John Cooper, Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, said: “The Russian-announced ceasefire in Ukraine marks the first pause by Russia in 45 weeks of fighting. We cannot let cynicism

Today we launch our new visual identity for the Fellowship of Reconciliation (England and Scotland). We’ve refreshed our logo and strapline to show the ideas and values that are important to us.  Our logo will now be two hands shaking. This handshake is a sign of our history and a commitment to creating Fellowship.  The

A comment from John Cooper, Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, to pay tribute to the life of Bruce Kent: The story of Bruce Kent is one of a life well lived. His years of activism saw him as someone who dared challenge both church and world to affirm the value and worth of every

I hold in my hand a small A5 booklet. It’s 16 pages long and, with a sans serif cover and serif font on the inside, clearly from the 1940s. At first, what I hold could be a religious tract, but it is something more. It is a moment in history that could lead to life

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we pause for the anniversary of the death of George Floyd.
We lament the place of violence in the world
and fall silent to hear the cry of the oppressed.

We pledge ourselves to hear that cry,
and to use it as a spur to work for peace

We live in an era of competing and challenging pressure. In moments like this we face a challenge. Do we keep quiet or do we speak out and up for a world in which peace, justice and nonviolence come to life? The Fellowship of Reconciliation is a movement run for and by its members. At

Rev Dr Inderjit Bhogal, the Honorary President of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, shares his reflections on Ukraine and the need for sanctuary. Solidarity with Ukraine: Sanctuary for Refugees I am deeply troubled and angry at the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is an injustice, not least in terms of: The use of force by Russia