Steven Chambers

Rev. Steven Chambers, a retired United Church minister, has taught polity at the Vancouver School of Theology.

Rev. Tazvionepi Nyarota applauds a decision by Edmonton Presbytery in 2016 to support the Zimbabwe United Methodist Church of Canada as a mission of the United Church. (Photo credit: Mike DuBose/UMNS)

A fond farewell to presbyteries

by Steven Chambers

They will likely be eliminated this year as the United Church restructures. Steven Chambers celebrates the end of an era.

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