Ecumenical Relations

Canadian Council of Churches

The Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) is the broadest ecumenical body in Canada, representing 26 Churches of various Christian traditions: Anglican, Evangelical, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Protestant, Eastern Catholic, and Roman Catholic. The overall membership of the CCC reflects approximately 85% of Christian churches in Canada.

Having already worked with the CCC on various initiatives prior to 1980, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops joined the CCC as an associate member in 1986 and become a full member in 1997.

The CCCB is currently represented on the Governing Board by two Bishops and the CCCB General Secretary as an ex officio member.

Statements listed below are by the leadership of the churches belonging to the Canadian Council of Churches, including the CCCB.

Letter to PM Trudeau regarding the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (2018)

CCC church leaders write to PM Harper on Canadian military response in Iraq and Syria (2015)

Letter to PM Stephen Harper on Crises in the Middle East (2013)

Letter to PM Stephen Harper on Ending Poverty in Canada (2007)

Faith Leaders’ Letter on Darfur (2006)

Letter to PM Stephen Harper on the global AIDS pandemic (2006)

Letter to PM Paul Martin on nuclear weapons (2004)

Letter to PM Jean Chrétien urging alternatives to war in Iraq (2003)

A church leaders’ letter against anti-Semitism to the churches of Canada, the Jewish community in Canada, and to all people of good will (2003)

Letter to PM Jean Chrétien against war in Iraq (2002)

Letter to PM Jean Chrétien on the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative Regarding Child Poverty (2000)

Abolition of Nuclear Weapons. Letter of the Canadian Council of Churches (1998)

Gambling. Letter of the Canadian Council of Churches to the Federal Government (1998)