Bill Phipps

Bill Phipps (1942 -) is a Canadian religious leader and a militant for the Social justice. It was the Modérateur of the plain Church of Canada of 1997 with 200.

Youth and ministry

Formed as a lawyer before entering to the theological college, it was ordered minister in 1969. Whereas he studied theology, he worked for the activist Saul Alinsky. Lawyer specialized as regards poverty, Community organizer and Pasteur, he was minister with the plain Church Trinity-St-Paul in the downtown area of Toronto in Ontario, After having left Trinity, he moved in Alberta to work as an administrator of the Church.

Regulator of the plain Church of Canada

As soon as named under Regulator of the Church, it generated the controversy by making a profession of Athéisme; denying the divinity of Christ, denying resurrection and denying the eternal Life. These assertions moved faithful more the liberal of its Church, which made vote motions testifying to their faith in the resurrection of Christ.

In addition, he was sorry the First nations of Canada for the abuses made by the Ministers for the Church in the residential school autochtones at the 20th century. Since 1993, he is minister in the plain church of Scarboro with Calgary in Alberta. In 2001, Marion Pardy replaced it as modératice.

Politician

In 2002, he is the candidate Néodémocrate of Calgary-Southwest, in one which opposes it to the new chief of the Canadian Alliance, Stephen Harper. It is caught some with the idea political and economic To grip, which does not hesitate to show him its décasccord personal. Beaten, it collects twenty pourcent voices.

In 2003, it supports Bill Blaikie in the congress with the direction of the NPD of 2003. ----

He is currently member of the project Foi and Community property in Canada. In April 2005, it caused another controversy by criticizing the catholic bishop Frederick Henry on the social Doctrine of the Church as regards sexuality. Several local spiritual leaders distanciés themselves of its remarks.

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