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 16 regions, 3000+ congregations, thousands of ministry personnel and numerous service ministries across Canada.
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.
Next Meeting of General Council
The General Council will meet with a regular meeting will be held in 2025.
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Biographical Statement
Ordained in 2007, the Rev. Dr. Lansdowne is only the second Indigenous person to be elected Moderator, following the Very Rev. Stan McKay, who served as Moderator 1992‒1994. A member of the Heiltsuk First Nation, she was born in Alert Bay, British Columbia, and has been a lifelong member of the United Church. She is committed to an Indigenous way of being in the world. . . .read more of the Moderator profile |
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| Right Rev. Dr. Carmen Landsdowne |
General Council Moderator
| Years | Name |
| 2022-2025 | Rev. Dr. Carmen Landsowne |
| 2018-2022 | 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 |
Moderator of the United Church of Canada (Rt. Rev. Dr. Carmen Landsdowne)
Moderator profile
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About the United Church Moderator
Moderator 2025 Cenntenial Message
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The incoming United Church’s New General Secretary - Rev. Michael Blair
Gratitude for Your Essential Service during COVID-19
Mission and Service Fund
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Formerly the United Churh Observer
The United Church Resource Distribution Center
