The United Church of Canada (UCC) elected 47\u002Dyear\u002Dold Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne as its 44th moderator on Saturday.
The United Church of Canada elected 47-year-old Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne as its 44th moderator on Saturday.
She has a PhD from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA., and is the second Indigenous person to be elected moderator of the UCC. The first was Stan McKay who was the moderator from 1992 to 1994. Lansdowne noted the Indigenous church, and in particular, its elders, have not yet “accepted” the 1986 apology.
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