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The Canadian Churches’ Forum for Global Ministries has become the Forum for Intercultural Leadership and Learning of The Canadian Council of Churches. Beginning in 2012, the Canadian Churches’ Forum for Global Ministries, an arm’s length agency of The Canadian Council of Churches, began to focus its work on intercultural ministry in Canada and the development

The General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches issued the following statement after the recent terrorist attacks across the globe: “Let Us Pray: –        For victims of terror and fear –        For those whose lives have ended so suddenly –        For those who held them, helped them as they died –        For those who will

Sudan du Sud – Somalie – Nigéria – Yémen En tant que dirigeants religieux du Canada, nous demandons à nos communautés et à tous les Canadiens et Canadiennes de se mobiliser en réponse à l’une des plus grandes crises humanitaires du monde depuis le Deuxième Guerre mondiale : la triste réalité des nombreuses famines qui se

An Interfaith Appeal from Canada’s Faith Communities South Sudan – Somalia – Nigeria – Yemen As faith leaders in Canada, we call upon our communities and all Canadians to mobilize in response to one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises since the Second World War: the grim reality of multiple famines occurring simultaneously in four

The Rev’d Dr. Karen Hamilton, who has served as General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches, has announced her resignation. In her letter to the President of the Council, Dr. Hamilton wrote: ‘By this September 2017, I will have completed fifteen years, three five year terms, as General Secretary. While I remain vocationally called

The Statement on Religious Freedom is a consensus statement of the Christian Interfaith Reference Group (CIRG). It originated from the CCC Governing Board’s request that CIRG develop a statement in response to the Charter of Values debate in the province of Quebec. CCC member churches were invited to share their input for such a statement. However,

Download this statement as a PDF. To all Canadians, It is with great shock and sadness that I have learned of the heinous deadly attack on le Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec. While the details of the attack and the motivations of the attackers have yet to fully emerge, we recognize that the Muslim community

The Statement of Support for Universal Access to Palliative Care in Canada (October 2016) [PDF] is a consensus statement of all the delegates of the thirteen churches which comprised the membership of the Commission on Faith and Witness in 2015-2016. This Statement is the outcome of a long and profound discussion among the Commission on Faith and