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WHEREAS the apartheid policy of South Africa deprives a large majority of its people of economic, political and social freedoms solely on the basis of skin colour; and WHEREAS the white racist government of Rhodesia is moving rapidly toward a South African type of apartheid; and WHEREAS Portugal received NATO aid, enabling her forcibly to subjugate indigenous Africans; and WHEREAS the ambivalence of Canadian foreign policy at present allows a small fraction of trade to weigh more heavily than our attention to Christian principles of human justice, thereby lowering our credibility with those independent African nations whom we support verbally in the UN;
The Executive will deal with a number of proposals that will go to the 45th General Council in August
Material for the October 2023 Annual General Meeting.
Material for the October 2024 Annual General Meeting.
The Executive continues to deepen their understanding of their role. Understanding that its role is to ask the big questions, it monitored its work throughout the meeting.
The 44th General Council Executive (GCE) met in person in London, Ontario, on March 6-9, 2025, for the final planned meeting of the triennium.
The General Council Executive (GCE) met in person in Mississauga, Ontario, on November 21-23, 2024. The meeting wrapped up a week of meetings with Regional Council Executive Ministers and General Council Executive Ministers, Senior Leads and Directors.
The Faithful Footprints program was launched in March 2018 when the essential financial, communication, support tools and governance foundations necessary for implementing the five-year program were put into place.
The Executive of the General Council is the decision-making body for the United Church between meetings of the General Council.Minutes from the meetings of the Executive and the Sub-Executive can be f...
It is with great joy and deep gratitude that we bring warm greetings on behalf of the Partner Council.
