sentences:  It was approved by a majority of the 171 Presbyteries in March 2015, and so it was included in the church's "Book of Order", taking effect on June 21, 2015.The United Church of Canada, formed in 1925 with 70% of Canadian Presbyterians along with Congregationalists and Methodists, welcomes LGBT members into active membership and does not bar LGBT candidates to the ministry.It allows same-gender marriage ceremonies to be performed by its ministers and opposes repeal of the "Civil Marriage Act" that allows persons of the same gender to be married.