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.

	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

	Montreal Presbytery Website

	United Church General Council Website