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General Information about
the United Church of Canada
and The Montreal Presbytery
of the United Church of Canada

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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 Denomiation to present a pro-same-sex marriage arguement to the Supreme Court of Canada.

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The United Church in Montreal
 
THE MONTREAL PRESBYTERY
OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
 
 
  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

THE MONTREAL PRESBYTERY

Chair of Presbytery                        Ms Paula Kline
Secretary of Presbytery                 Mr Fred Braman
Chair of Communications             Rev. Neil Whitehorse
 
Click on the Links below to visit the Websites

Montreal Presbytery Website

United Church General Council Website

THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
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