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Pages in category "Moderators of the United Church of Canada" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Moderator of the United Church of Canada is the most senior elected official within the United Church of Canada. He or she may be a lay person or a member of the Order of Ministry and is elected to a three-year term by commissioners attending the church's triannual General Council .
Pages in category "Ministers of the United Church of Canada" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Members of the United Church of Canada" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 235 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
At the 42nd General Council in 2015 — subsequently approved by the wider church in 2017 — the old Transfer and Settlement system was eliminated completely; [7] newly graduated candidates for ministry now must find and accept a call from a community of faith before ordination or commissioning can proceed.
Jordan Cantwell (born 1967) was the Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 2015 to 2018. She was ordained as a minister of the United Church in 2010, and was elected to the position of Moderator at the 42nd General Council of the church in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, in 2015.
Gary J. Paterson (born 1949) was the Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 2012 to 2015. He was the first openly gay person to take the post since the church was formed in 1925 and the first in the world to lead a major Christian denomination.
N. Bruce McLeod (born 1930) is a former Moderator of the United Church of Canada (1972–1974). [2] He has a doctorate in preaching from Union Theological Seminary in New York.