UCC in Focus
"I wish I could say that Kenora’s two predominant cultures (Anishnaabe and Anglo-Saxon) mix easily, but there are few places where this happens. We are often two solitudes. But on the first Sunday morning after the search for Delaine began, the hearts of Knox’s congregation were turned to prayer for
UCC in Focus
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.
UCC in Focus
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.
UCC in Focus
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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When the United Church was formed in 1925, it had 600 missionaries but by next summer, a single long-term overseas worker will remain
UCC in Focus
United Church leaders in B.C. and the Maritimes reject a new plan to make the denomination leaner
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The goal is for a full-communion agreement between the two denominations, stopping short of full merger
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The takeover of two United Church-run hospitals by a Vancouver-based health authority signals a likely end for a longtime mission to coastal B.C.
UCC in Focus
It's not just a survival strategy to join memberships, but can also bring new energy, ideas and a fresh outlook to churches
UCC in Focus
Income streams from multi-million-dollar endowments and investments help support church works, services and dreams
