Welcome to Integrity Canada!

Integrity Canada is a national network of local Integrity chapters, members, and friends working toward the full inclusion of gay and lesbian people in the life and ministry of the Anglican Church of Canada. Learn more about us here.

The tabs to the left will help you explore some helpful resources: Sexual Orientation 101, personal testimonies of LGBT Christians, study aids for your biblical and theological reflection, plus contact information for Integrity chapters across the country. Below you'll find recent Integrity Canada news and links to our newsletter, Integrator.

For more information, or if you'd like to speak to someone about a personal concern, please contact us. Wherever you are on your journey of faith, you're welcome here!

Integrity Canada news . . .

Oct.25 - Counting the Cost of the Moratorium. As Canadian bishops re-evaluate their self-imposed moratorium on same-sex blessings - now in its fourth year - Primate Fred Hiltz has commented that maintaining the moratorium would place significant burdens on pastoral care and personal conscience across our Church. It was already two years ago that the House of Bishops warned that "further inaction or the perception of stalling [in resolving this issue] may result in widespread disobedience in many parts of our province." Thankfully, the bishops of Ottawa and Montreal have outlined a possible way forward.

Oct.19 - And APCI makes five! Congratulations to the assembly of the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (BC) on their decision to ask their bishop for permission to bless same-sex couples! Rev. Susan Hermanson reports that the approval of the motion "allows us to accept gays and lesbians fully as part of our family." APCI joins Ottawa, Montreal, Niagara, and Huron in waiting for episcopal permission to offer blessings following affirmative synod votes.

Oct.18 - Meanwhile, in Kingston … Bishop George Bruce has ruled that the Synod of the Diocese of Ontario does not have the authority to ask him to permit same-sex blessings. His decision contradicts the views of both conservative and progressive dioceses across Canada which have already voted on the issue. The 2002 report of a General Synod's taskforce stated, "when it is unclear at what level a matter should be decided, the power to decide it should rest at the diocesan level." After decades of discussion, General Synod has yet to claim jurisdiction of the issue, leaving it to dioceses to decide for themselves … or not.

Aug.3 - Integrity at the Lambeth Conference. Several members of Integrity Canada were on the 'fringe' of the historic conference of Anglican bishops from July 18 to August 3, 2008. See Canadians at Canterbury for their report.

Our national newsletter, Integrator …

It's Alive!!! From the June 2008 issue:

Steve Schuh on reading Scripture "The Bible, however, witnesses to a triune God, a 'God-in-relationship,' who made us for relationship and who sees that it is good for us to be in relationships that reflect God's own kind of love. Like heterosexual relationships, same-sex relationships can be occasions for infidelity and betrayal and can symbolize the rejection of God. But like heterosexual relationships they can also express faithfulness and covenant love, and they can serve as pictures of our union with Christ and our adoption into the family of God.

Integrator Archives. Lots more good stuff to read.