Canadian Council of Churches - Work Done By The Council

Work Done By The Council

Through the ecumenical movement, which arose in Canada in the twentieth century, the Canadian Council of Churches seeks unity for the divided church and seeks to remind Christians that they share Christ’s mission for reconciliation, peace, dignity and justice for the whole community.

Some of the work done by the Council and the Member Churches working together includes:

• Bringing member churches into encounter with one another in a forum where all voices hold equal weight. We promote understanding among them and with other Christian churches.

• The founding and sponsorship of Project Ploughshares, a leading Canadian peace organization.

• Providing a safe place for immigrant churches to learn about Canada and to put down roots.

• Undertaking and promoting theological study and reflection among Christian traditions.

• Encouraging and hosting churches' participation in dialogue with people of other faiths.

• Studying, speaking about and acting on conditions that involve moral and spiritual principles, including current events such as the war on terror and societal issues such as the future of health care.

• Sharing information broadly, communicating results of theological and ethical reflections to Canadian Society and governments.

• Producing resources, including material for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

• Producing a bi-annual newsletter, Emmaus, and a periodic electronic newsletter entitled "Together"

• Providing material to chaplains in Canada's armed forces and prisons, helping them work with stress-related trauma, mixed marriages and questions about life and death.