Issues and Topics
The first step has to be taken by some individual who has heard or read enough about the covenanting movement to become enthusiastic about it. That person may be the minister of a congregation, but it is usually a lay...
[A summary developed from a series of submissions from member eongregatioms. ] As covenanting congregations, there are many reasons why we are a part of The National Alliance of Covenanting Congregations, but perhaps the most important is that we can...
Social breakdown in families, and hence in the basic structure of community, is one of our great concerns We see breakdown as the result of traditional Christian ethics and morality being replaced by a secular based ethic. Based on a...
Who Do You Say That I AM? (Mark 8:29a) The preamble of the Basis of Union (1925) states: "We ...do hereby set forth the substance of the Christian faith, as commonly held among us. In doing so, we build upon...
We affirm our belief in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the primary source and ultimate standard of Christian faith and life... "(pg13) "We receive the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, given by...
The original vision of The United Church of Canada was that it should be both a United and a Uniting Church. This vision arose from Jesus' prayer for his followers in the 17th chapter of John's gospel. The church's...
From time to time a Pastoral Charge in the United Church will contact the NACC in some distress: they have called a Minister who has turned out to be significantly different from the person they thought they'd interviewed. Not infrequently...
