Series 11 - Records relating to Ecumenical Social Action

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Records relating to Ecumenical Social Action

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CA ON00340 F512-11

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  • 1965-2004 (Creation)
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    United Church of Canada. Division of Mission in Canada

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The Division, established in 1972, was one of the five divisions of the General Council of The United Church of Canada. It was the primary arm through which the national church developed programs to support the ministry and mission of the people within Canada. It was administered by a Secretary and made up of two departments, Christian Development and Church in Society.

The work of each Department was supervised by a Deputy Secretary. Associate Secretaries and Special Assistants, relating to one of the above departments, looked after the programmed of the Division. As early as 1973, a Committee on Style of Operations reported the dissatisfaction with the separation of the Division into two departments. An Organizational Design Task Force was established in 1974 to recommend structural changes. It reported in 1974 and its work was continued by two other related Task Groups up to the first major reorganization of the Division in 1977. By 1977, the departments were replaced by offices with operation run by more autonomous Working Units. The overall planning and screening of the work would be done by Functional Units.

In 1989, the Division restructured some 47 working units, sub-units, and committees into five new program units: Program Unit 1 (Children, Youth, Adults and Family Ministries); Unit 2 (Worship, Mission and Evangelism); Unit 3 (Human Rights, Participation and Lay Organizations); Unit 4 (Economic Justice and Social Well-Being); Unit 5 (Environment, Peace and Rural Life). Small functional groups, clusters, were created within each unit. Each program unit and committee was represented in the Executive.

In 2001, following the re-design and re-organization of General Council offices, the work of the Division was re-apportioned to the following working units: Support to Local Ministries Unit, Justice, Global and Ecumenical Relations Unit and Faith Formation and Education Unit.

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1986 Division of Mission report stated that one of the strongest features of ecumenism practiced by the United Church was through coalitions. “Ranging all the way from Human Rights in Latin America to peace work, through Project Ploughshares or the Task Force on Churches and Corporate Responsibility, as well as the area of criminal justice, the rights of native Canadians and the issue of Apartheid in South Africa, the Division of Mission in Canada in Cooperation with the Division of World Outreach and Division of Finance have placed this work in a high profile position.” The coalitions became a model for inter-church work in the area of human rights, justice and peace and became an established priority of the church.

Series consists of the following subseries: 1) Inter-Church Coalition for Refugees, 1976-1986; 2) Inter-Church Joint Strategy and Action Committee, 1977-1988; 3) Post-Industrial Futures Project, 1986-1988; 4) Organisation on Security and Co-operation in Europe, 1981-1999; 5) Christians Associated for Relationships with Eastern Europe, 1983-1991; 6) CACOM - Coalition Priorities and Administration Committee, 1990-1997; 7) Churches Human Rights Programme, 1975-1997; 8) Archives-Coalitions files, 1965-2004; 9) Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America, 1985-1989; 10) Ecumenical Coalition For Economic Justice, 1982-1998; 11) The Inter-Church Task Force on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility, 1979-1989; and 12) Inter Church Coalition on Africa, 1987-1989.

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      1985.003C/TR

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      1985.032C/TR

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      1985.035C

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      1985.037C/TR

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      1985.042C/TR

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      1985.065C

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      1985.077C/TR

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      1989.069C

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      1991.015C

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      1991.110C

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      1991.138C

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      1991.162C

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      1991.178C

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      1994.121C

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      2002.002C

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      2002.047C

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      2003.164C

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      2005.114C/TR

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      2006.019C

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      2008.024C

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      2018.075C

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