General Council of United Church of Canada
About General Council(Denominational Council)General Conference(Denominational Council) is an administrative and service-delivery body of The National United Church of Canada. It provide staff, finances, advice, advocacy and programming resources to 13 conferences, 86 presbyteries, 3000+ congregations, thousands of ministry personnel and numerous service ministries across Canada. A structural change will take place on January 1, 2019 when 16 regional councils will replace the conferences and presbytries, and general council will be known as the demonionational council.
General Council is The church's highest legislative court. Ordained, commissioned, and lay commissioners are elected by the Conferences and meet every three years to set church policy. An Executive and Sub-Executive govern between meetings of the council.
The Moderator is the elected(at General Council), presiding officer of the meetings of the General Council, its executive and its sub-executive.
The 43rd General Conference took place at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Ontario
on July 21-27, 2018.
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Biographical Statement
Hello! I'm Richard Bott -- a member of the order of ministry (ordained stream) of The United Church of Canada. I was born and grew up on the north shore of Lake Superior, in the town of Marathon, Ont., . . .read more of the Moderator profile |
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| Right Rev. Dr. Richard Bott |
General Council Moderator
| Years | Name |
| 2018-2021 | Rev. Dr. Richard Bott |
| 2015-2018 | Rev. Jordan Cantwell |
| 2012-2015 | Rev. Gary Paterson |
| 2009-2012 | Mardi Tindal |
| 2006-2009 | Rev. David Giuliano |
| 2003-2006 | Rev. Peter Short |
| 2000-2003 | Rev. Dr. Marion Pardy |
| 1997-2000 | Rev. Bill Phipps |
| 1994-1997 | Dr. Marion Best |
| 1992-1994 | Rev. Stan McKay |
| 1990-1992 | Rev. Walter H. Fargarson |
| 1988-1990 | Rev. Sang Chul Lee |
Remits of General Council
Remits pssed by Congregations, Presbyteries and Conferences will be enacted by the 43 General Council. The new strucure will come into effect on January 1, 2019.
New Regional Councils
Final Report on Regional Council Boundaries. The Boundaries Commission is proposing 16 regional councils to replace Conferences and presbyteries. Map of Regional Council Boundaries. These 16 regional council will come into existence on January 1, 2019.
Moderator of the United Church of Canada (Rt. Rev. Dr. Richard Bottl)
News release on new Moderator
Moderator profile
Latest message from the moderator
About the United Church Moderator
Moderator's Message:
Roman Catholic-United Church Dialogue Releases Report on Climate Change
Keeping Families Together - In the U.S. and Canada
Sanctions Are Not a Tool of Diplomacy
General Secretary's (Nora Sanders) letters
Q&A with Moderator Nominees
Extreme Hunger Appeal
The United Church of Canada is launching an Extreme Hunger Appeal as the humanitarian crisis in Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen reaches grave levels.
For more info see Ross McCoubrey or the church office
More announcements.
General Council website
The next General Conference July 21-28, 2018 in Oshawa, Ontario.
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