Is being a member of a church part of an organization?

[Keratzlaff]

in regards to question 9 on schedule A background declaration.
it asks what organizations you have supported or been a part of, is church an organization?

 

[Mrembo]

in regards to question 9 on schedule A background declaration.
it asks what organizations you have supported or been a part of, is church an organization?

Good question!!-never thought about it!!!-i'd say a church is an organization but am not sure it applies!!-Am interested to hear what others have to say!

 

[herewecome]

I would add it. If they deem it irrelevant they will ignore it.

 

[Keratzlaff]

well a church is a non profit ORGANIZATION, however we dont have any real proof that we were a part of the church and i dont want to make my case more complicated..... but maybe that is true that if they deem it unnecessary they wont look into it!

 

[truesmile]

Don't they ask on some other form something to the effect of "if it was a religious ceremony, what denomination was it?" We considered that enough mention of that matter and said "no" to being members of an organization.

 

[tuyen]

in regards to question 9 on schedule A background declaration.
it asks what organizations you have supported or been a part of, is church an organization?

The question specifies what types of organizations they want: professional, political, social, unions, etc.

The reason they deliberately left out "religious" is because CIC doesn't care what church you belong to.

 

[SenoritaBella]

Church is a religious organization - if you did not hold a position, then you were a member i.e. attended worship services.

 

[IslandAnnie]

Attending a church is not necessarily being a member. Membership in a church or any other organization requires a mutual agreement between you and the organization.. i.e. formalized by a "joining" activity. That activity might be something like signing up, or completing a membership and being accepted as a member, or completing a contract, etc, etc.

 

[Keratzlaff]

ok so mixed reviews, some think to include it others not.... should i call cic to confirm?

 

[darwinwap]

I don't think it should be included as it has no bearing whatsoever.

 

[steerpike]

Attending a church is not the same as being a member. Anyone can attend my church, but to become a member you have to attend for a while, then get baptised. Then the church elders had a little meeting to elect you to membership. You are not supposed to belong to two churches at the same time.

 

[SenoritaBella]

It's not complicated at all - the question is "what organizations you have supported or been a part of?"

If you have attended a church, have you not been "been part of" it?

 

[parker24]

Attending a church is not necessarily being a member. Membership in a church or any other organization requires a mutual agreement between you and the organization.. i.e. formalized by a "joining" activity. That activity might be something like signing up, or completing a membership and being accepted as a member, or completing a contract, etc, etc.

Exactly. Being a member means you have a certificate STATING you are a member.

I'm a member of a church, and I didn't include it because it didn't fit in any of the categories they had. So you don't have to. It's not like they are going to see that you're a member and call you cursing your family and your first born lol. From what I understand, there's no way they can find that out anyway, unless the call the church.. which I doubt they would EVER do.

 

[Halfmoon]

Not required to include a church as an organization for CIC purposes.

 

[Keratzlaff]

ok thanks everyone i will not include it!