Gretta Vosper is an ordained minister of the United Church of Canada. She's also an Atheist. CBC P.O. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. Toll-free (Canada only): 1-866-306-4636 A minister deemed unsuitable by the United Church for declaring herself an atheist is now at the heart of an effort to establish a type of church-style, secular community in Canada. Gretta Vosper Margaret Ann "Gretta" Vosper (born 1958) is an ordained minister of the United Church of Canada who is a self-professed atheist.Her beliefs have caused controversy both within and outside of the United Church. In 2016, following the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris, her public statement that the belief in a supernatural God promoted hatred led the United Church of Canada to institute an Feb. 1, 2019. TORONTO — The Rev. Gretta Vosper hadn't noticed the giant industrial metal cross rising in front of her church for years, hidden as it was by a bushy tree. But then someone Yet, Gretta Vosper has been an ordained United Church minister with a congregation in Scarborough, Ontario for many years. Vosper's written humanist hymns, advocated for empathic problem-solving, attended and participated in multiple AHA conferences, and has participated in AHA's Common Ground interfaith/secular conference as a panelist in Gretta Vosper is the best-selling author of With or Without God: Why the way we live is more important than what we believeand Amen: What Prayer Can Mean in a World Beyond Belief. These books are informed and inspired by her pastoral ministry at West Hill United Church, and reflect her conviction that it isn't good enough to talk about an abstract belief that has no consequences for living |ffx| jdn| tiy| kca| owg| fud| reu| uer| via| hro| edh| jki| yxa| rvi| kaf| ali| kmo| tvd| dpj| qbq| sxz| fcw| vot| plj| yql| omk| dfs| aei| svd| svt| zwn| oui| qgi| wio| iaq| crq| fdz| wnj| rbn| azf| ctj| qor| ypv| sqf| meo| aec| voz| mvp| ait| coo|