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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Religion
One United Church minister reflects on the value of prayer
"We are born alone, we die alone, and often all that keeps us from falling over the edge of despair is a tiny thread, a connection."
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Opinion
Communion over a hospital meal tray reminded me to be thankful
"In that bun and juice, the entire cosmos is present. The communion of saints — living and dead — gather round to hold and heal us."
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Opinion
How the beloved Christmas story is forever unfolding
The 2,000-year-old Nativity narrative reveals God’s continual rebirth among us. A Christmas message from the United Church moderator.
Latest Articles
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Editor's Letter
What the end of The Record means for church publications
We say a sad goodbye to The Presbyterian Record, a newspaper that has been printing for well over 100 years
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Church News
Executive rejects bid to delay Gretta Vosper proceedings
In 2015, Nora Sanders ruled that Vosper’s current answers to ordination vows could be used to review her effectiveness in ministry. The United Church’s judicial committee, its highest quasi-legal body, refused to hear Vosper’s appeal of that ruling.
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Church News, Theology
How atheist minister Gretta Vosper tested the limits of United Church tolerance
Atheist minister Gretta Vosper is audacious, passionate and polarizing. She tested the limits of United Church tolerance and found little institutional appetite for her brand of unbelieving.
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Opinion, Theology
What makes evangelicals so appealing?
Their beliefs are clear, their style is hip — and they seem to be exactly what new Canadians are looking for.
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Church News
United Church committee finds atheist minister ‘not suitable’
According to a majority of the committee members, Gretta Vosper "is no longer in essential agreement with the statement of doctrine of The United Church of Canada."
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Human Rights
What Anthony Bailey thinks about the day his church was vandalized
The co-ordinating minister at Ottawa's Parkdale United Church talks about his congregation's commitment to love and tolerance in the face of a hate crime
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Society
Inside a United Church success story
A photo essay looks at the "Hillhurst effect."
