The Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) is a broad and inclusive ecumenical body, now representing 26 member churches including Anglican; Eastern and Roman Catholic; Evangelical; Free Church; Eastern and Oriental Orthodox; and Historic Protestant traditions.
Together these member churches comprise 85% of the Christians in Canada. The Canadian Council of Churches was founded in 1944.*
* Drawn from data provided by the Statistics Canada 2011 Survey.
Members
The Canadian Council of Churches is a community of churches which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures and therefore seek to fulfill together their common calling to the glory of one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and also other churches which affirm the same faith but which do not make doctrinal confessions.
The members of The Canadian Council of Churches are:
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- Anglican Church of Canada
- Apostolic Catholic Church (ACC) Canada
- Archdiocese of Canada of the Orthodox Church in America
- Armenian Holy Apostolic Church, Canadian Diocese
- Canadian Association for Baptist Freedoms
- Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec
- Canadian Baptists of Western Canada
- Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada
- Christian Reformed Church in North America – Canada
- The Coptic Orthodox Church of Canada
- Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada
- Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church (Northeast American Diocese)
- The Mar Thoma Syrian Church
- Mennonite Church Canada
- Polish National Catholic Church of Canada
- The Presbyterian Church in Canada
- Regional Synod of Canada – Reformed Church in America
- The Salvation Army
- Ukrainian Catholic Church
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- The United Church of Canada
Associate Members
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- British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada
Affiliate Members
Our affiliates are organizations, boards, or agencies that have been recognized by the Governing Board as being maintained for distinctly Christian purposes. Affiliates are invited to participate in the work of the commissions or committees of the Council.