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Article: United Church refused special stamp: new stamps feature mailboxes, tall ships
- Article from:
- Anglican Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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CopyrightCopyright Anglican Church of Canada May 2000. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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(ENI) Canada's biggest Protestant church is preparing to celebrate its 75th anniversary but Canada Post has turned down the church's request for a commemorative stamp to be issued to honour the event.
The three-million member United Church of Canada was established in 1925 by a merger of Canada's Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian denominations. The founding of the United Church was also the world's first union of churches from different founding backgrounds.
Peter Wyatt, a United Church pastor and staff person assisting the church's 75th anniversary committee, said he was shocked and disappointed that such a significant event in the history of ecumenism was being ignored by ...