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- Title
'We Are Not Alone': Historical Journey of the United Church of Canada's Response to Become an Intercultural Church.
- Authors
Hyuk Cho
- Abstract
The 39th General Council of the United Church of Canada (2006) declared that the 'church must be intercultural.' The Ethnic Ministries Unit of the General Council proposed a vision for the church 'where there is mutually respectful diversity and full and equitable participation of all Aboriginal, Francophone, ethnic minority, and ethnic majority constituencies in the total life, mission, and practices of the whole church'. The vision of the church is that all people, regardless of their racial backgrounds, be invited to participate equally in the building of mutual relations in its life and work. The proposal is not the first in the history of the United Church of Canada (UCC) with the intention of improving meaningful relations among peoples of different cultural heritages. Many of the proposals presented over the years by various committees related to concerns raised by diverse ethnic communities within the church and intended to contribute toward building an inclusive faith community will be explored in this paper.
- Subjects
CANADA; CHURCH; UNITED Church of Canada; CULTURAL property; ETHNICITY
- Publication
International Review of Mission, 2011, Vol 100, Issue 1, p48
- ISSN
0020-8582
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1758-6631.2011.00056.x