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Caring for the Dying

MANDATE OF THE COMMITTEE The task group was asked to prepare a position statement for the United Church on current… continue reading

Marriage, A United Church of Canada Understanding

When the 38th General Council-the highest decision-making body of The United Church of Canada-decided in 2003 to ask… continue reading

GC32 Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes (1988M116)

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 63rd Annual Meeting of the British Columbia Conference of The United Church of Canada… continue reading

GC26 Manitoba Hydro Development and Native Rights (1974M139)

The Churchill-Nelson River Diversion Projects, a massive hydro development undertaken by Manitoba Hydro, involve a… continue reading

GC29 Manifesto on Nuclear Disarmament (1982M157)

THEREFORE we call on the church to renounce its alliances with security and power; to name with courage the forces that… continue reading

GC31 Lottery Funds (1986L527)

That the 31st General Council 1 Reaffirm the policy of The United Church of Canada that all formally constituted United… continue reading

GC42 Lobbying Governments for a Price on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GC42 2015-022)

That the 42nd General Council commit the church to encourage the federal and provincial governments to implement an… continue reading

GC37 Impact of Trade Agreements (2000I552)

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 37th General Council 1. commit The United Church of Canada, through its ongoing work… continue reading

GC 35 Immigration and Female Circumcision

THAT we urge the Government of Canada to ensure that female circumcision and sexual orientation be identified as a… continue reading

GC38 Human Security (2003H772)

Commanded as Christians to “beat our swords into ploughshares, and our spears into pruning hooks” and that “nations… continue reading