This Library contains documents from all recent United Church governance meetings, including General Council and its Executive. It will also soon include “Our Beliefs Explained” official policy documents dating back several decades. If you can't find something you think should be included, contact gcbusiness@united-church.ca.
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Draft agenda for the GC44 AGM held October 19, 2024.
The Manual of The United Church of Canada, 2024 edition. Effective January 1 - December 31, 2024.
Draft agenda for the GC44 AGM held October 21, 2023.
Church adopts social justice principles and addresses designated lay ministry at annual meeting.
Among the duties of the Audit Committee of the General Council is to review the annual financial statements and the reports from the auditors, as well as recommending approval of the financial statements to the appropriate governance bodies.
General Council 44 first affirmed the existing assessment rate in 2022 and is again being asked in 2023 to affirm the current rates and principles for 2024 and potentially longer.
Given that prior to the Korean War the United Church owned mission properties in what is now the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the PROK has invited the United Church to act in response to this declaration.
The PROK has invited the United Church to join in making a similarly powerful symbolic witness for reconciliation by renouncing all claims to former United Church-related property in what is now North Korea. This report provides background to this invitation and recommendations for General Council.
Minutes from the GC44 Annual General Meeting held on October 21, 2023.
Attendees, minutes, proposals, reports, and other information that made up the business of General Council 44.
