The Governing Board reviews ecumenical life in Canada and reflects on its significance. It identifies needs and directs the affairs of the Council to express the unity which member churches desire. It discerns, coordinates and communicates the common mission of the churches, long-range planning and policy formation. It has oversight over all the bodies and activities of the Council, as well as the relationship between or among Commissions, Reference Groups, Working Groups, Committees, and Project Ploughshares.Â
The forum model recognizes our diversity and provides a method by which we can work together, acknowledging our unity as Christians, yet remaining faithful to the particularity of our respective traditions.
From: A Statement on Forum from the Constitution of The Canadian Council of Churches
Members of the 2024-27 Governing Board
Youth Members
- Boston Laferté, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- Adama Chinyeluba, Orthodox Church in America
- Hana Gessess, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada
- Sophia Kim, Presbyterian Church in Canada
- Louisa Gietz, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Anglican Church of Canada
- The Ven. Alan Perry
Apostolic Catholic Church of Canada
- The Rev. Fr. Jose Mark John Jamili
Armenian Holy Apostolic Church – Canadian Diocese
- His Eminence Bishop Abgar Hovakimyan, The Primate
- The Very Rev. Archpriest Fr. Zareh Zargarian
Canadian Association for Baptist Freedoms
- The Rev. Hugh Kirkegaard
Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec
- The Rev. Leanne Friesen
Canadian Baptists of Western Canada
- The Rev. Rob Ogilvie
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
- The Most Rev. Bart van Roijen
- The Rev. Fr. Jean Vézina
- Bishop Thomas Dowd
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada
- Mr. Jean-Daniel Ó Donncada
Christian Reformed Church in North America
- The Rev. Al Postma
Coptic Orthodox Church of Canada
- The Rev. Fr. Ammonius Guirguis
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada
- The Rev. L.K. Fr. Messale Engeda
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- The Rev. Chung Yan Lam
- The Rev. Paul Gehrs
- The Rev. Dr. Philip Mathai
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada
- The Very Rev. Fr. Peter J. Avgeropoulos
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church – Northeast American Diocese
- Metropolitan Zachariah Mar Nicholovos
- The Rev. Fr. Thomas P. John
Mar Thoma Syrian Church – Diocese of North America and Europe
- The Rt. Rev. Dr. Abraham Mar Paulos
Mennonite Church Canada
- The Rev. Douglas Klassen
Orthodox Church in America – Archdiocese of Canada
- Dr. Paul Ladouceur
Polish National Catholic Church of Canada
- The Rev. Fr. Zbigniew Kozar
The Presbyterian Church in Canada
- The Rev. Victor Kim
- Ms. Laura-Lee Campbell
Regional Synod of Canada – Reformed Church in America
- The Rev. John Kapetyn
Religious Society of Friends – Canadian Yearly Meeting (Quakers)
- Mr. Mel Andrew Earley
- Celia Cheatley
The Salvation Army
- Lt. Col. Jim Champ
Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada
- The Most Rev. Lawrence Huculak
- The Very Rev. Fr. Alexander Laschuk
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Dr. Peter Kondra
- The Rt. Reverend Bishop Andriy Peshko
The United Church of Canada
- The Rev. Japhet Ndhlovu