Our History

This ministry was formed in 1997 by people involved in the the Clergy Support Network, an outreach of ministers to ministers who are experiencing difficulties in their lives.

In the early 1970s, Casey McKibbon, himself a United Church cleric, began a study of the mistreatment of ministers by the United Church. His research soon expanded to include other Christian denominations. It became a study of how various church systems of authority were hurting their clergy.

A network of concerned people evolved out of this ministry to become advocates for clergy in trouble and came to be called the Clergy Support Network.

Advocacy is a big part of the Clergy Support Memorial ministry. Over the years, The Clergy Support Memorial Church has helped many thousands of clergy and their families who claim they are being mistreated by their denomination or their local church.

Forming the Clergy Support Memorial Church is but one example of the outreach of the Clergy Support Network.

The Church expresses its understanding of Christ’s teachings through independent pastoral ministries, counseling, chaplaincies (paid and volunteer), house churches, and social justice projects etc. described in many places on this website.

Please feel free to contact our Chief Governing Official if you have questions or need clarification on any matter raised.