Affirm United: Affirming Ministries Program

https://affirmunited.ause.ca/affirming-ministries-program/

This document, Steps to Becoming Affirming, summarizes the steps we are required to follow for designation: https://affirmunited.ause.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/02/StepsToBecomingAffirming-twoPages-July2019.pdf.pdf

For more detailed information about the process and what it means to be affirming, you can access the Open Hearts: Resources for Affirming Ministries in the United Church of Canada:

https://affirmunited.ause.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/Open-Hearts-AUSE_Final_May192020.pdf

Additionally, you may want to read what the United Church of Canada has to say on Affirming Ministries (with information taken from the Open Hearts: Resources for Affirming Ministries in the United Church of Canada document):

https://united-church.ca/sites/default/files/why-become-an-affirming-ministry.pdf