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SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
OF CANADA
(SCC)
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Contact
name:
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Reverend
James Kinnear, President
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HAMILTON, Ontario
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Phone
number:
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905-545-7050
(answering machine)
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Meetings:
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Semi-annual
and annual general meetings.
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Mailing
address:
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c/o
East
Hamilton Spiritual
Church
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83 Ottawa Street North
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Hamilton, Ontario L8H 3Y9
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FAX
number:
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905-639-4372 (J.
Kinnear)
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Email:
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spiritualist@cogeco.ca
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Website:
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www.spiritualistchurchofcanada.com
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The
Spiritualists' National Union (SNU) was incorporated by the Province of Ontario
on 27 April 1929, and the Spiritualists' National Union of Canada, headquartered
at Toronto,
was incorporated by the Government of Canada on the same date. The SNU of Canada was originally affiliated
with the SNU of Great Britain. In
1974, the SNU of Canada amalgamated with the remaining churches of the
National Spiritualist Association of Canada, Inc., which had been
incorporated by the Government of Canada on 5 July 1928. In 1978, the SNU of Canada changed its name
to Spiritualist Church of Canada
(SCC).
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The Spiritualist Church of Canada
is a national parent body for Canadian Spiritualist organizations. As
of July 2006, the SCC had twelve affiliated churches or centres:
one each in Burlington, Clinton,
Galt, Hamilton (SCC head office), Orillia, Oshawa, and Toronto,
Ontario; one each in Nanaimo
and Victoria, British
Columbia; one each in Calgary and
Edmonton, Alberta;
and one in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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The
SCC ordains the ministers who serve in affiliated churches.
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The
SCC has an educational and accreditation program through which it trains ministerial
candidates for ordination. SCC
ministers registered in accordance with provincial legislation are recognized
to perform marriages within Ontario and British Columbia.
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The
Spiritualist Church of Canada is a
registered charitable organization (registration number: 89201 5249 RR0001).
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