Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. – Romans 12:2

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We are committed to learning about the history of Canada's relationship with Indigenous people so that we can actively and lovingly practice reconciliation as Jesus leads in our various circles of influence, and in accordance with the TRC's Calls to Actions specific to faith communities.

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Here are some of the ways that we can open our minds and hearts to renewal and transformation alongside engaging in wise and timely action.

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MIND | Be Renewed

• Become educated

• Learn history

• Question worldview

• Explore theology

 

HEART | Be Transformed

• Hospitality

• Corporate Confession

• Community Engagement

• Storytelling

 

ACTION | Be Responsive

• Confront Racism in ourselves

• Speak up

• Defend rights

• Be Godly disrupters (workplaces, families, culture, etc.)

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Join our Truth & Reconciliation GROUP for conversation, resources, and upcoming events.

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59. We call upon church parties to the Settlement Agreement to develop ongoing education strategies to ensure that their respective congregations learn about their church’s role in colonization, the history and legacy of residential schools, and why apologies to former residential school students, their families, and communities were necessary. 

 

60. We call upon leaders of the church parties to the Settlement Agreement and all other faiths, in collaboration with Indigenous spiritual leaders, Survivors, schools of theology, seminaries, and other religious training centres, to develop and teach curriculum for all student clergy, and all clergy and staff who work in Aboriginal communities, on the need to respect Indigenous spirituality in its own right, the history and legacy of residential schools and the roles of the church parties in that system, the history and legacy of religious conflict in Aboriginal families and communities, and the responsibility that churches have to mitigate such conflicts and prevent spiritual violence. 

 

61. We call upon church parties to the Settlement Agreement, in collaboration with Survivors and representatives of Aboriginal organizations, to establish permanent funding to Aboriginal people for: 

i. Community-controlled healing and reconciliation projects. 

ii. Community-controlled culture- and language-revitalization projects. 

iii. Community-controlled education and relationship-building projects. 

iv. Regional dialogues for Indigenous spiritual leaders and youth to discuss Indigenous spirituality, self-determination, and reconciliation.