Bruce McLeod (clergyman)
Bruce McLeod | |
|---|---|
| 25th Moderator of the United Church of Canada | |
| Church | United Church of Canada |
| In office | 1972–1974 |
| Predecessor | Arthur B. B. Moore |
| Successor | Wilbur K. Howard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | N. Bruce McLeod 1930 (age 93–94)[1] |
| Alma mater | |
N. Bruce McLeod (born 1930) is a former Moderator of the United Church of Canada (1972–1974).[2] He has a doctorate in preaching from Union Theological Seminary in New York.[3]
Once the minister of Bloor Street United Church in downtown Toronto and a frequent columnist in the United Church Observer, as Moderator McLeod practised extensive outreach via television and by ministry in shopping malls and elsewhere in the world beyond traditional congregational worship.[2] He envisioned a United Church of Canada that would become more open and welcoming to new ideas than had previously been the case, and one in which regional sensibilities as to then-current issues such as abortion would be given credibility.[2] During his term, McLeod also succeeded in encouraging more friendly relations between Jews and the United Church of Canada.[4]
In the 1981 provincial election, McLeod was the Ontario Liberal Party's candidate in the Toronto riding of St. George, where he finished second behind Susan Fish.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Greene, Barnet M.; Parker, Charles Whately, eds. (1973). Who's who in Canada An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time. International Press Limited. p. 1084.
- ^ a b c Bonisteel, Roy (1973-04-16). "Bruce McLeod". Man Alive. CBC. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ^ Macleod, Donald (April 1987). "Review: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (R. Maurice Boyd); City Sermons: Preaching from a Downtown Church (Bruce McLeod)". Theology Today. Princeton Theological Seminary. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ^ Genizi, Haim (2002). The Holocaust, Israel, and Canadian Protestant churches. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 160. doi:10.1353/ajh.2004.0015. ISBN 978-0-7735-2401-9. S2CID 162196097.
- ^ "Complete results from across Ontario". Ottawa Citizen. March 20, 1981. Retrieved May 10, 2012.