Congregationalism is not limited only to organization of Christian congregations ; the principles of congregationalism have been inherited by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Canadian Unitarian Council.

Holland, minister of the Ottawa church, in 1898, Samuel A. Eliot, President of the American Unitarian Association in 1908, Charles Huntingdon Pennoyer, minister of the Halifax Universalist Church in 1909, and Horace Westwood, a Unitarian minister in Winnipeg in 1913.

In 1961 there were three Universalist churches with 68 members, and three Icelandic and eleven English-speaking Unitarian churches with 3, 476 members, and in addition 22 Unitarian fellowships with 773 members.

The plan was approved 8 to 1, with the understanding that “ The Council will function within the framework of the continental Unitarian Universalist Association .”

Up until July 2002, almost all member congregations of the CUC were also members of the Unitarian Universalist Association ( UUA ).

The Canadian Unitarian Universalist youth of the day disapproved of this change in relationship.

While the name of the organization is the Canadian Unitarian Council, the CUC includes congregations with Unitarian, Universalist, Unitarian Universalist and Universalist Unitarian in their names.

* Unitarian Universalist Congregations in Canada

Category: Unitarian Universalist organizations

The Initial Declaration was signed by 143 respected leaders from all of the world's major faiths, including Baha ' i Faith, Brahmanism, Brahma Kumaris, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Indigenous, Interfaith, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Native American, Neo-Pagan, Sikhism, Taoism, Theosophist, Unitarian Universalist and Zoroastrian.

For the most part, religious traditions in the world reserve marriage to heterosexual unions, but there are exceptions including certain Buddhist and Hindu traditions, Unitarian Universalist, Metropolitan Community Church and some Anglican dioceses and some Quaker, United Church of Canada and Reform Jewish congregations .< ref >" World Religions and Same Sex Marriage ", Marriage Law Project, Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, July 2002 revision

But Theodore Parker, commencing his mission to the world-at-large, disguised as the minister of a `` twenty-eighth Congregational Church '' which bore no resemblance to the Congregational polities descended from the founders ( among which were still the Unitarian churches ), made explicit from the beginning that the conflict between him and the Hunkerish society was not something which could be evaporated into a genteel difference about clerical decorum.

And he took repeated care to let his colleagues know that he intended them: `` Even the Unitarian churches have caught the malaria, and are worse than those who deceived them '' -- which implied that they were very bad indeed.

By the mid-nineteenth century there were Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, United Free Methodist, Congregationalist, Baptist, Swedenborgian, Unitarian, Roman Catholic and Catholic Apostolic churches in the town.

The first native seeds were planted with the publication of The Canadian Unitarian in Ottawa from 1940 to 1946, a small newsletter distributed with the newsletters of Canadian churches.

In 1946 there were six Icelandic Unitarian churches with 272 members, and five English-speaking churches with 1, 049 members.

Four presidents are affiliated with Unitarian churches, and the fifth ( Jefferson ) was an exponent of ideas now commonly associated with Unitarianism.

By 1800, most Congregationalist churches in Boston had Unitarian preachers teaching the strict unity of God, the subordinate nature of Christ, and salvation by character.

Adams himself preferred Unitarian preachers, but he was opposed to Joseph Priestley's sympathies with the French Revolution, and would attend other churches if the only nearby Congregational / Unitarian one was composed of followers of Priestley.

Unitarian churches were formally established in Transylvania and Poland ( by the Socinians ) in the second half of the 16th Century.

In the United States, the Unitarian movement began primarily in the Congregational parish churches of New England, which were part of the state church of Massachusetts.

In the late 18th century, conflict grew within some of these churches between Unitarian and Trinitarian factions.

After the schism, some of those churches remained within the Congregational fold, while others voted to become Unitarian.

In the aftermath of their various historical circumstances, some of these churches became member congregations of the Congregational organization ( later the United Church of Christ ), others became Unitarian and eventually became part of the UUA.

Many Unitarian Universalist churches celebrate observances associated with other religious traditions, including Buddhist-style meditation groups, Jewish Seder, Yom Kipur and Passover dinners, iftaar meals ( marking the breaking of Ramadan fast for Muslims ), and Christmas Eve / Winter Solstice services.

Congregations call themselves " churches ," " societies ," " fellowships ," " congregations ," or eschew the use of any particular descriptor ( e. g. " Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalists ").

In the past, the vast majority of members of Unitarian churches were Unitarians also in belief.

For example, in the 1890s the American Unitarian Association began to allow non-Christian and non-theistic churches and individuals to be part of their fellowship.

* to serve the Infinite Spirit of Life and the human community by strengthening the worldwide Unitarian and Universalist faith,

Neopaganism in the United States accounts for roughly a third of all contemporary Pagans worldwide, and for some 0. 2 % of US population, figuring as the sixth largest non-Christian denomination in the US, after Judaism ( 1. 4 %), Islam ( 0. 6 %), Buddhism ( 0. 5 %), Hinduism ( 0. 3 %) and Unitarian Universalism ( 0. 3 %).

* The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is a nonsectarian organization devoted to promoting human rights and social justice worldwide.

The largest Unitarian denomination worldwide today is also the oldest surviving Unitarian denomination ( since 1565, first use of the term " Unitarian " 1600 ); the Unitarian Church of Transylvania ( in Romania, which is union with the Unitarian Church in Hungary ).

However, for Young Religious Unitarian Universalists ( YRUU ) programming in Canada, the " Central " and " Eastern " regions are combined to form a youth region known as " QuOM " ( Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes ), giving the youth only three regions for their activities.

It is quite evident in the words of this statement, which was adopted by the attendees of the 2001 youth conference held at the Unitarian Church of Montreal: " We the youth of Canada are deeply concerned about the direction the CUC seems to be taking.

Some Unitarian Universalists are eclectic pagans.

Both of these predecessor organizations began as Christian Unitarian and Christian Universalist denominations ; but modern Unitarian Universalists define themselves as non-creedal, and therefore they are not limited to Christian beliefs or affinities, but may also draw wisdom from other religions and philosophies as well, such as Humanism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Earth-centered spirituality, among others, or different combinations of them.

Many of these are Unitarian Universalists in other countries, members of the military, prisoners or non-mobile elderly.

Unitarian Universalists do not share a creed ; rather, they are unified by their shared search for spiritual growth and by the understanding that an individual's theology is a result of that search and not obedience to an authoritarian requirement.

Two that have been significant in national life are the Cross Street Chapel in Manchester and Newington Green Unitarian Church in north London.

In the often-quoted words of Thomas Starr King, pastor of the San Francisco Unitarian Church at the beginning of the Civil War: " The Universalists believe that God is too good to damn them, and the Unitarians believe they are too good to be damned!

These " Principles and Purposes " are taken from the by-laws which govern the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Unitarian Universalists tend to promote beliefs of a person that are based on their individual thoughts, and can range from strict monotheistic belief to less credal or more inclusive views.

As in theology, Unitarian Universalist worship and ritual are often a combination of elements derived from other faith traditions alongside original practices and symbols.

Unitarian Universalists and Quakers still share many principles, notably that they are creedless religions with a long-standing commitment to social justice.

Like the beliefs of Unitarian Universalists, politics are decided by individuals, not by congregations or the denomination.

There are separate movements and organizations of Christians who hold to classical Unitarian or Christian Universalist theology and do not belong to the Unitarian Universalist Association or consider themselves UUs.

The American Unitarian Conference and the Christian Universalist Association are the two most significant organizations representing these theological beliefs today.

A few Unitarian and UU congregations in other countries, such as San Miguel de Allende ( Mexico ), Puerto Rico, Auckland ( New Zealand ), and a few others are also members of the UUA.

In England the first Unitarian Church was established in 1774 on Essex Street, London, where today's British Unitarian headquarters are still located.