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The policy regarding financial support for ministry personnel (The Manual J.6.7) lacks flexibility and discretion of application.
We believe God/Jesus Christ/the Holy Spirit is calling the church to recognize the lifelong call to ministry and faithful service in response to that call of many current Designated Lay Ministers. While their practice of ministry is indistinguishable from that of ordered ministers in the eyes of many church members, DLMs have been frustrated, hurt and disappointed at continuing to be limited to appointments and not eligible for call, paid at lower minimum salary schedule than ordered ministers, and retaining no status as ministry personnel between appointments and in retirement in many regional councils.
The theme of the 45th General Council (GC45) of The United Church of Canada has been selected by The Right Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne: Visions and Dreams"‘In the last days it will be, God declares...
MembershipThe 44th General Council in 2022 elected the following members to its Executive to serve until the rise of the 46th General Council, 2028: Michael Caveney (OM), M Chorney (LM), Catherine Glo...
On behalf of General Council, the Audit Committee has carried out its assigned duties from 2019 through 2024, adjusting for pandemic related constraints. The audit committee focuses on:the quality of ...
Rules of order for the GC44 Annual General Meeting.
The national work of anti-racism and equity continues to be guided by the United Church’s National Anti-Racism Action Plan, which was initially shaped by the Anti-Racism Common Table, a national churc...
General Secretary's recommended motions.
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.
There are three ways of looking at the big picture for a quarter: dashboard, graph and narrative. Averages for each strategic objective area and the overall average is calculated from all activated ac...