Leadership Counts Launches!

November 17, 2021

Starting in mid-November many United Church leaders are being invited to participate in Leadership Counts, a voluntary survey of ministry personnel, national committee members, and national and regional council staff.

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Resources to Bring the Children Home

July 22, 2021

The United Church will support research of unmarked graves as an act of reparation.

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Moderator’s Statement on Residential School Burial Sites

July 19, 2021

Statement from the Moderator on residential school burial sites.

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United Church Condemns Attack on Muslim Family in London, ON

June 09, 2021

The United Church expresses shock and horror over the terrorist attack on three generations of a Muslim family in London, Ontario, and invites people to pray and engage in acts in solidarity.

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Response to Kamloops Residential School Graves Discovery

June 04, 2021

Message to the people of The United Church of Canada from the Moderator and the Rev. Murray Pruden.

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Kamloops Residential School: A Time for Mourning and Support

May 31, 2021

As news came on May 28, 2021, that the remains of 215 children were found in a mass unmarked grave on the grounds of the former Kamloops Residential School, we entered into a time of mourning for these relatives, their families, and their communities.

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Police violence against Colombian protestors must end now

May 13, 2021

The United Church of Canada of Canada calls on the Canadian government to exert diplomatic pressure on the Colombia government immediately.

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A call to stop the violence

May 12, 2021

The United Church of Canada joins other churches and organizations deploring the violence rocking Palestine and Israel, calling for negotiation over bombs and guns.

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Silence of Canadian Government on Crisis in Haiti Must End

March 09, 2021

Twenty-five Canadian civil society groups including The United Church of Canada have written to Prime Minister Trudeau to call for an end to the government’s complicit silence regarding the social and political crisis in Haiti.

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Executive Starts Work to Become Anti-Racist Denomination

June 24, 2020

   The 43rd General Council’s electronic meeting on June 20,2020, received as new business the proposal Towards an Anti-Racist Denomination.   

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