From the report "United in God's Work"
We believe God is doing a new thing and is calling The United Church of Canada to be part of a new creation. The Comprehensive Review, which our task group has been leading since the fall of 2012, is about the church listening and responding to God’s call.After two-and-a-half years of conversations, consultations, research, analysis, and prayer, we offer the following recommendations, which we believe would best enable the church to participate energetically and faithfully in what God is doing. These recommendations would focus our resources on supporting, enlivening, and accompanying communities of faith to live out God’s mission at this moment in our society. They would enable us to continue to come together to witness to the gospel and vision of Jesus Christ. They would create a more flexible and responsive structure that could change and adapt as God continues to create.
These recommendations would also change the church dramatically. But we believe God is calling the church to change boldly and the church is ready to hear that call.
The recommendations will be presented at the 42nd gathering of General Council in August in Corner Brook Nfld. The report and recommendations of the Comprehensive Review Task Group of the United Church of Canada can be found at:
http://252171b255e88fd7c65a-dec189f157202212a76b23fc4d185c40.r92.cf2.rackcdn.com/crtg_report.pdf
