United Church of Canada

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Christian church Protestant denomination mainline Protestant church

The United Church of Canada is a mainline Protestant denomination formed in 1925 through the union of several Canadian churches, known for its progressive theology and social justice advocacy.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
United Church of Canada canonical 23
United Church 2
United Church of Canada Basis of Union tradition 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian church ⓘ
Protestant denomination ⓘ
mainline Protestant church ⓘ
apologyForResidentialSchools 1986 ⓘ
1998 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
creed A New Creed ⓘ
A Song of Faith (2006) ⓘ
Statement of Faith (1940) ⓘ
dateFounded 1925-06-10 ⓘ
doctrine Trinitarian ⓘ
ecumenicalMembership Canadian Council of Churches ⓘ
World Communion of Reformed Churches ⓘ
World Council of Churches ⓘ
World Methodist Council ⓘ
formedByUnionOf Congregational Union of Canada ⓘ
Local Union Churches in Western Canada ⓘ
Methodist Church of Canada ⓘ
Presbyterian Church in Canada (majority) ⓘ
founded 1925 ⓘ
governance conciliar polity ⓘ
governingBody United and Uniting churches ⓘ
surface form: Communities of Faith

General Council ⓘ
Regional Councils ⓘ
headquarters Toronto ⓘ
surface form: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
membershipEstimate over 2 million members historically ⓘ
membershipTrend declining membership since late 20th century ⓘ
mergedOrReorganized 2019 ⓘ
ordinationOfLGBTClergy permitted ⓘ
ordinationOfWomen permitted ⓘ
ordinationOfWomenSince 1936 ⓘ
orientation social justice–oriented ⓘ
positionOnAbortion generally pro-choice ⓘ
positionOnSocialIssues supports LGBTQ+ inclusion ⓘ
supports environmental stewardship ⓘ
supports gender equality ⓘ
supports racial justice ⓘ
previousGoverningBody Conferences ⓘ
General Council ⓘ
Presbyteries ⓘ
regionServed Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Bermuda

Canada ⓘ
relationshipWithIndigenousPeoples engaged in reconciliation efforts ⓘ
sameSexMarriage supported ⓘ
scripture Bible ⓘ
theology liberal Protestantism ⓘ
progressive Christianity ⓘ
website https://united-church.ca ⓘ
worshipStyle Reformed and Methodist influences ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

New Revised Standard Version → liturgicalUse → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Victoria University in the University of Toronto → religiousAffiliation → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Emmanuel College, as part of Victoria University theological tradition → affiliation → United Church of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Emmanuel College
Emmanuel College, as part of Victoria University theological tradition → servesDenomination → United Church of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Emmanuel College
Buin people → religion → United Church of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Church
United and Uniting churches → hasExample → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Methodist Church of Canada → mergedInto → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Methodist Church of Canada → majorMergerPartnerOf → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Presbyterian Church in Canada (majority) → mergedInto → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Presbyterian Church in Canada (majority) → majorityOfMembersJoined → United Church of Canada ⓘ
General Council → partOf → United Church of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: General Council (United Church of Canada)
General Council → denomination → United Church of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: General Council (United Church of Canada)
General Council → jurisdiction → United Church of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: General Council (United Church of Canada)
General Council → foundedBy → United Church of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: General Council (United Church of Canada)
A New Creed → denomination → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Statement of Faith (1940) → author → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Statement of Faith (1940) → denomination → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Statement of Faith (1940) → usedBy → United Church of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Church of Canada congregations
Statement of Faith (1940) → denominationalContext → United Church of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Church of Canada Basis of Union tradition
A Song of Faith (2006) → author → United Church of Canada ⓘ
A Song of Faith (2006) → publisher → United Church of Canada ⓘ
A Song of Faith (2006) → denominationalContext → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Congregational Union of Canada → contributedTo → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Congregational Union of Canada → mergedInto → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Congregational Union of Canada → hasSuccessor → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Jack Layton → religion → United Church of Canada ⓘ
Buka Island → hasDominantChristianDenomination → United Church of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Church