The 43rd General Council’s electronic meeting on June 20,2020, received as new business the proposal Towards an Anti-Racist Denomination.
continue readingUnited Property Resource Corporation has been established to meet the growing need for professional real estate development and management expertise for communities of faith and non-profits across Canada.
continue readingThe United Church aspires to become an anti-racist church, creating a new position to help that happen.
continue readingIn an open letter, the Ethnocultural Networks of the United Church call for justice in Ukraine and express concern over manifestations of racism seen in the midst of this war.
continue readingThe United Church of Canada is saddened by two acts of vandalism that occurred this week at St. Luke’s United Church in Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, and Scarboro United Church in Calgary, Alberta.
continue readingThe United Church of Canada condemns the recent spate of extremist violent attacks against Israeli communities, three of which took place in the span of one week.
continue readingWhile it may be tempting to distance the attacks in the US as extreme events taking place solely there, the realities of racism are also ever-present in Canada.
continue readingThe United Church of Canada has written two letters to the Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, urging Canada to work with like-minded countries to hold the government of Israel accountable for violations of international law.
continue readingOver this past year First Nation, Inuit, and Métis leaders have again shouldered the burden of revealing the hard truths of our shared history.
continue readingThe United Church of Canada has elected the Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, Kwisa’lakw, as its 44th Moderator.
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