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identity in the United Church of Canada and requested if they could purchase
congregation properties for a nominal consideration and leave the union.
The church has isolated voices which regret the above, but without reconsideration
of "without loss of identity", trusts, and significant legal
opinion not referenced in the above decision there remains intimidation,
complicity, and the possibility that it will happen with other congregations.
The union of 1925 was a covenant between the congregations and the denomination.
The covenant has been broken.
The last General Council pointed the church towards reconciliation.
In our faith, reconciliation starts with conviction and repentance followed
by doing whatever it takes to restore the relationship.
For me, whatever it takes includes restoring covenanted identity and
a willingness to forgive the past.