General Council

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administrative body church council governing body

The General Council is the highest decision-making and administrative body of the United Church of Canada, responsible for setting national policy, doctrine, and overall direction for the denomination.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
General Council canonical	2
General Council Executive	2
General Council Office	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative body ⓘ church council ⓘ governing body ⓘ
associatedOrganization	General Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: General Council Executive
authorityOver	church polity of the United Church of Canada ⓘ doctrine of the United Church of Canada ⓘ national policies of the United Church of Canada ⓘ
canAmend	Basis of Union of the United Church of Canada ⓘ doctrinal statements of the United Church of Canada ⓘ
canCreate	church policies ⓘ
composition	elected commissioners from across the United Church of Canada ⓘ lay members ⓘ ministry personnel ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
dateEstablished	1925 ⓘ
denomination	United Church of Canada ⓘ
foundedBy	United Church of Canada ⓘ
function	adoption of social justice positions ⓘ approval of denominational budgets ⓘ discernment of mission priorities ⓘ oversight of ecumenical and interfaith relations ⓘ
governs	national work of the United Church of Canada ⓘ
hasLeader	Moderator of the United Church of Canada ⓘ
hasSubOrganization	General Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: General Council Executive
headquartersLocation	Toronto ⓘ surface form: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
jurisdiction	United Church of Canada ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
leaderTitle	Moderator ⓘ
legalStatus	ecclesiastical governing body ⓘ
meetingFrequency	every three years ⓘ
oversees	General Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: General Council Office
partOf	United Church of Canada ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
responsibility	defining doctrine for the United Church of Canada ⓘ overseeing national programs of the United Church of Canada ⓘ representing the United Church of Canada at the national level ⓘ setting national policy for the United Church of Canada ⓘ setting overall direction for the United Church of Canada ⓘ
role	highest administrative body of the United Church of Canada ⓘ highest decision-making body of the United Church of Canada ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
website	https://united-church.ca ⓘ
worksWith	local communities of faith ⓘ regional councils of the United Church of Canada ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Church of Canada → governingBody → General Council ⓘ

United Church of Canada → previousGoverningBody → General Council ⓘ

General Council → oversees → General Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: General Council (United Church of Canada)

this entity surface form: General Council Office

General Council → associatedOrganization → General Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: General Council (United Church of Canada)

this entity surface form: General Council Executive

General Council → hasSubOrganization → General Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: General Council (United Church of Canada)

this entity surface form: General Council Executive