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Article about "United Church of Canada" in the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (366 words) |
 | The United Church of Canada is Canada's second largest church (after the Roman Catholic Church), and its largest Protestant denomination with over three million members. |
| The United Church of Canada was recognised and legitimated by Act of Parliament in 1925. |
| Church delegates presented evidence in favour of same-sex marriage to the House of Commons Justice Committee during its cross-country hearings in 2003 and welcomed court decisions that legalized same-sex marriage in certain provinces. |
| Aurora United Church (2289 words) |
| Meanwhile the congregation of the little log church in Aurora had been gradually expanding in membership until, in 1855, it was decided to erect a larger, frame building and to move the log church to the back of the lot for service as a Sunday School. |
| This frame church was partially destroyed by fire in 1877, and at a meeting held in the basement it was decided to build an up-to-date edifice. |
| The Methodist and the Congregational Churches entered the union in a body; but the Presbyterian Church made provision for individual congregations to vote themselves out of the union, with the result that a majority of the local congregation, like many others across Canada, voted to continue as the Presbyterian Church in Canada. |
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