Who is Moderator Carmen Lansdowne? The Moderator is the elected, governing officer and spiritual leader of The United Church of Canada. Moderator Carmen was elected to this office at the 44th General Council in July 2022 for a 3-year term.
She was born in Alert Bay, BC, and is a member of the Heiltsuk First Nation. She was ordained into The United Church of Canada in 2007. Carmen is the first Indigenous Woman to be elected to be the Moderator of The United Church of Canada. The Moderator has served the church in a variety of roles locally, nationally, and with the World Council of Churches, and she is excited to join the faculty at Emmanuel College as Assistant Professor of United Church of Canada studies after her term as Moderator is finished.
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