Anglican-United Church

Since its foundation in 1925, the United Church of Canada has worked in partnership with the Anglican Church of Canada. A number of local congregations of Anglicans and United Church people are a part of ecumenical shared ministries, and many of our ordained leaders train together in ecumenical schools of theology. At the national level, our two churches work together in ecumenical justice and advocacy initiatives.

The Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada negotiated an organic union in the 1970s that was never fulfilled. Since 2003, our two churches have been engaged in a new bilateral dialogue aimed at exploring the unity we already share, as well as considering new models for further deepening that unity.

Agreed statements & reports

1. Drawing From The Same Well: The St. Brigid Report (2009)
2. Interim Report: The Iona Report (Jan. 2014)
3. A Response to a Proposal for One Order of Ministry (Jan. 2015)
4. A Word to the Comprehensive Review Task Group (Feb. 2015)
5. Called to Unity in Mission (Nov. 2016)
6. Statement of Mutual Affirmations and Commitments of the Anglican-United Dialogue in Canada (Feb. 2019)
7. Final Report of the ACC-UCC Dialogue, 2017-2020 (Dec. 2020)

Additional resources

1. A Ministry of Unity: Further Reflections on Episcope in the Anglican and United Churches in Canada (Aug. 2020)
2. Sharing Ministry Ecumenically: Creating and Sustaining Ecumenical Shared Ministries (Aug. 2020)