Message to the people of The United Church of Canada from the Moderator and the Rev. Murray Pruden.
continue readingThe 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.
continue readingStatement from the Moderator on residential school burial sites.
continue readingThe United Church will support research of unmarked graves as an act of reparation.
continue readingThe United Church of Canada apologizes for the past practice of separating unmarried mothers from their children in maternity homes.
continue readingTwenty-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.
continue reading On May 25, 2020, the General Council Executive accepted updates to the church’s statement on Medical Assistance in Dying.
continue reading The Moderator calls the struggle against anti-Black racism to be the work of White members of the church, and the time has come to commit themselves to this work.
continue readingThe United Church affirms that gender and sexuality are gifts of God. This June, we invite all people of faith to celebrate the lives and ministry of LGBTQIA+ and Two-Spirit people across the United Church and beyond.
continue reading The General Council Executive issued a statement on June 18, 2020, confirming unequivocally that Black Lives Matter to The United Church of Canada.
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