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Temple Cowley United Reformed Church

Oxford Road, Cowley, OXFORD, OX4 2ES

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“The function of the Bible is to force us to create”

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The Revd Dick Wolff runs a blog where he posts comments, short articles, letters &c about current events and often about the relationship between British society, organised religion (and ‘pseudo-religion’) and the life of Christian faith, particularly in the light of the New Testament account. On it, readers are able to post comments and responses.

See also the ‘Articles & Sermons’ page for a selection of addresses that give a flavour of the Christianity celebrated here.

The material here does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Reformed Church, either locally at Temple Cowley, or nationally.

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This site last updated March 15th ’2011

Members of the church took our banner to ‘The Wave’ asking for urgent action on climate change at Copenhagen.

Recent sermon on ‘Articles & Sermons’ page argues that belief in the need for government cuts is a ‘pagan heresy’, and invites the ‘high priests’ of finance to think about joining the ‘Big Society’

Temple Cowley URC is one of eight United Reformed Churches in the Oxford area. During the 1930s it became a spiritual and social home for many who came seeking work at the nearby Morris car plant (now home to the new BMW Mini). Many of them were Welsh, but the Welsh connections have largely gone now : Cowley is home for many different nationalities, and has a large student population.

The URC was formed in 1972 from the merger of two national churches with roots in the 17th century Reformation : the Congregational and the Presbyterian Churches. Later, the Churches of Christ joined.

The active membership is now around 20 in number; the church also hosts the Oxford Playgroups Association and the Oxfordshire Children and Voluntary Youth Services. On the site of the former church hall next door, Emmaus Oxford have built a new community house for homeless people. It opened in March 2009 and now has a full complement of 24 ‘companions’.