Criticism From Outside The Church
The Rev. A.C. Forrest, the editor of the United Church Observer in the 1960s and '70s, and by extension the United Church itself, came under strong attack from the Canadian Jewish community for his frequent editorial espousal of Palestinian rights in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza; many within the United Church were also discomfited, though ultimately the Church concluded that a plurality of opinion on this and other matters was consistent with United Church open-mindedness.
The National Post has published several articles critical of The United Church of Canada. (19 August 2009: "United Church is blind to true suffering"; 14 August 2009: "United Church's uncertain future") An article by Charles Lewis published May 14, 2011, set out what Lewis sees as the issues that beset the United Church: the United Church's "big tent" approach to believers, accepting even atheists as members; and lack of doctrinal orthodoxy.
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