Welcome to The United Church of Canada, a church with a rich, progressive, and continuing history of welcoming all in the name of Christ.
For 100 years, the Church has nurtured communities —from ordaining women to working to advance 2S and LGBTQIA+ inclusion and continue to prioritize Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples including a formal apology in 1986 for the Church’s role in colonization and residential schools. We acknowledge our mistakes and remain committed to moving forward together in truth, healing, respect, and partnership.
Join us and find out more about our history, organization, beliefs, and the ground-breaking decisions that continue to shape the United Church.
The United Church of Canada came together in 1925, through a union of Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregational, and other Christian churches – one of the first ecumenical unions in the world to bring together major Christian denominations into one body.
This year, 2025, is the Centennial year of the United Church, with many celebration events and initiatives taking place.
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Lydia Gruchy made history in 1936 as the first woman ordained in the United Church of Canada—and the first ever ordained woman in Canadian Protestantism—opening the door to gender equality in ministry. Find More
The United Church is committed to becoming an anti-racist church through a continuous struggle against racism.
“As Christians, we must root out fear, and commit to … practices that help us to ground our actions … in love.” — former Moderator Jordan Cantwell
Find out more about this commitment by watching a short video.
United Church faith communities welcome people from all backgrounds and orientations—wherever you are in your faith journey.
The United Church does, however, from time to time produce statements of faith that articulate our theology in the language of the time. A New Creed is a well-loved statement of faith used in many United Church congregations. Our most recent faith statement, A Song of Faith, which is quoted throughout this section, seeks to provide a verbal picture of what the United Church understands its faith to be in an early 21st-century context.