Integrity/Toronto is the oldest Canadian chapter of Integrity

IntegrityUSA

IntegrityUSA is a U.S. not-for-profit organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and straight friends. Integrity was founded by Dr...

, a network of support and advocacy groups for gay and lesbian members of the Anglican Church of Canada

Anglican Church of Canada

The Anglican Church of Canada is the Province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French name is l'Église Anglicane du Canada. The ACC is the third largest church in Canada after the Roman Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada, consisting of 800,000 registered members...

, Episcopal Church USA, Anglican Church of Australia

Anglican Church of Australia

The Anglican Church of Australia is a member church of the Anglican Communion. It was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania...

, and Church of Uganda

Church of Uganda

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.

In 1975, Integrity/Chicago, the organization's first chapter, held a convention. The half-dozen attendees from Toronto found discovered one another at the conference, and founded Integrity/Toronto.

The chapter has ties to the Church of the Redeemer

Church of the Redeemer (Toronto)

The Church of the Redeemer is an Anglican church in Toronto, Canada. The small church is prominently located at the intersection of Bloor Street and Avenue Road, near the University of Toronto. It was founded in 1871 when the area was still on the fringe of the city...

, where its monthly services are held, and whose parish GLBT group overlaps heavily with Integrity/Toronto's membership.

Integrity/Toronto also holds annual retreats, operates a pamphlet ministry, appears at General Synod, and promotes parish education about GLBT Christian issues. It was engaged in a dialogue process with Fidelity

Fidelity (Anglican)

Fidelity, now defunct, was an organization within the Anglican Church of Canada committed to retaining traditional understanding of human sexuality within that church. It was opposed to, but in dialogue with, Integrity Canada....

before that group dissolved.

External links

• Integrity/Toronto Official site.