“As Christians, we must root out fear, and commit to … practices that help us to ground our actions … in love.” — former Moderator Jordan Cantwell

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The United Church is committed to becoming an anti-racist church through a continuous struggle against racism. Find out more about this commitment, including how your community of faith can get involved in worship, study, and reflection.

  • About Anti-racism
    The United Church of Canada has made a commitment to becoming an anti-racist denomination. This commitment is part of the church’s ongoing work toward racial justice.
  • Education and Learning about Anti-Racism
    Learn what the United Church and our ecumenical partners are doing around anti-racism work, and how you might be engaged.
  • Support Anti-racism in Your Community
    Consider a time of reflection, prayer, or worship related to anti-racism in your community of faith.
Logo of the 43rd General Council with the words Risking Faith, Daring Hope
Church Makes Historic Declaration to Become Anti-Racist
The United Church aspires to become an anti-racist church, creating a new position to help that happen.
Rev. Paul Douglas Walfall speaking at the 43rd General Council.
A Call for Social Holiness
Rev. Dr. Paul Douglas Walfall writes that to be prophetic in the face of racial intolerance is to proclaim the extravagant grace of God by the way we… continue reading
"Hands Up for Peace!" mural in St. Louis, Missouri.
Executive Starts Work to Become Anti-Racist Denomination

   The 43rd General Council’s electronic meeting on June 20,2020, received as new business the proposal Towards an Anti-Racist Denomination.   

A raised fist inside the outline of the United Church crest. Text on image says "United against Racism."
Black Lives Matter in the United Church

 The General Council Executive issued a statement on June 18, 2020, confirming unequivocally that Black Lives Matter to The United Church of…

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Antiracism protest, Calgary, June 2020
Mission & Service Gifts Support Racial Justice Training

We need to acknowledge the reality of institutional racism, including within the church, and call for its eradication.

Racism protest in Halifax, June 1, 2020
Church Leaders Acknowledge the Racism in Their Midst

  The Moderator calls the struggle against anti-Black racism to be the work of White members of the church, and the time has come to commit…

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Logo: UN International Decade for People of African Descent
Call for Churches to Do More to Address Anti-Black Racism

Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Anglican Church of Canada, and The United Church of Canada have issued a joint letter…

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Statement on Attack on Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh

   The United Church is profoundly saddened and outraged at the attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue.

Sign being held aloft: No Muslim Ban
Choose Faith over Fear: Welcome Asylum Seekers

  Racism and Islamophobia practised by individuals and nations continue to destroy God’s beloved community. 

Children holding protest signs
Keeping Families Together—In the U.S. and Canada

   How you can help stop parents from being separated from their children—in both countries.

Downloads

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Awkward Conversations about Racism 171.38 KB PDF
Ending Racial Harassment: Creating Healthy Congregations 267.58 KB PDF
How to Be an Ally: Islamophobia at the Intersections 3.99 MB PDF
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