On Sept. 1, Rev. Janet Anstead was appointed general secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC). The CCC is Canada’s largest ecumenical body, representing a majority of Canadian Christians. Anstead currently serves as minister for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). In addition to her pastoral background, she is a lawyer who practiced family law in the 1990s.

Anstead succeeds Peter Noteboom, a Christian Reformed Church in North America pastor who led the CCC for nine years. James Adair caught up with Anstead recently to ask about her new role.

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James Adair: What have your first couple of weeks been like so far?

Rev. Janet Anstead: Crazy. I was in Vancouver last weekend, and then I went to Project Ploughshares. They had their 50th anniversary gala on Monday night (Sept. 21 in Waterloo, Ont.), and yesterday we had an executive meeting. It has been........

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