THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA General Information   ¨ The largest Protestant Church in Canada with close to 3 million Canadians who identify their religion as United Church   ¨ Founded in 1925 by a freely chosen union of three denominations: The Canadian Methodist Church, The Presbyterian Church and The Congregational Church   ¨ Four levels of governance make the church very decentralised: The local church (3,583), the area called the Presbytery (91), Regional Conferences (13) and finally The General Council, a national meeting every 3 years   ¨ 3,869 Ordained Ministers: 2,801 men / 1068 women   ¨ 267 Diaconal Ministers: 249 women / 18 men   ¨ Woman ministers have been ordained since 1936       ¨ Clergy have the right to marry   ¨ Gay and lesbian ministers have been openly ordained since 1988   ¨ The United Church of Canada was the only mainstream Christian Denomination to present a pro-same-sex marriage argument to the Supreme Court of Canada.   Click on the Link below to go to the General Council Website GENERAL COUNCIL WEBSITE

	THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA IN MONTREAL The Montreal Presbytery ¨ Over 13, 000 members   ¨ 74 church communities   ¨ 2 university chaplaincies   ¨ 3 mission units: Montreal City Mission, COCLA, St Columbia House and The United Theological College   ¨ The Montreal Presbytery meets monthly and covers all the Island of Montreal and beyond   ¨ Financial investments allow the Montreal Presbytery to support some churches and mission units   ¨ While most services are in English, others are bilingual or in French. Several churches offer ethnically based worship including other languages   ¨ The Montreal Presbytery is part of the Montreal and Ottawa Conference which meets in each May   Click on the Link below to go to the Montreal Presbytery Website MONTREAL PRESBYTERY WEBSITE

	The Montreal Presbytery   Chairperson   Secretary   Treasurer   Vision and Transformation   Interim Minister   Communication and Resource   Presbytery Administrator   Administrative Assistant   Finance and Extension Board:   President   Secretary   Treasurer The Reverend Phyllis Smyth The Reverend Arlen Bonnar  Mr.  Rod Young The Reverend Wendy MacLean The Reverend Kent Chown Ms. Shirley Stark Ms. Lynda Ecott Ms. Monique Harris   Mr. Paul Stanfield Mr. John Meaker Ms. Gail Spence

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