Church News, Indigenous
Indigenous United Church Elders protest decision to dissolve National Indigenous Council
General Secretary Rev. Michael Blair's decision came over concerns that the body wasn't working
UCC in Focus
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Activism
United Church’s move to delay action on Palestine frustrates justice advocates
The denomination's General Council opted to postpone consideration of several proposals on the issue
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Indigenous
Treaty Land Sharing Network links Indigenous land users with settler farmers
One of the Saskatchewan program's goals is to make it easier for Indigenous people to access land
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Society
Carmen Lansdowne is now the 1st Indigenous woman to lead a Canadian church
The new United Church moderator has named reconciliation as a top priority
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Indigenous
Day school survivors need access to United Church archives
The denomination needs to act quickly to digitize its archival holdings and make the information easy to attain
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Indigenous
How the United Church got into the business of residential schools
"The churches were addicted to the funding and prestige of government support"
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Church News
United Church calls on federal government to decriminalize drugs
The decision breaks with the church’s historic thinking on substance use
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Church News
United Church votes to start looking into union with other denominations
“Necessity is going to be the mother of invention," says Rev. Taylor Croissant, the proposal's lead author
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Church News
United Church votes to support creation of a self-determining Indigenous church
The co-chair of the denomination's National Indigenous Council says it marks a watershed moment
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Church News
Carmen Lansdowne elected as United Church moderator
The second Indigenous person to serve as the church's spiritual leader, Lansdowne was also uncontested
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Church News
United Church could cut ties with its innovative ministries branch
General Secretary Michael Blair says EDGE does good work, but the church wants to figure out ‘where it sits’
