[97][98] The three co-presidents who took over commissioned a "racism audit" to address white supremacy within the denomination. Office Hours. Access Online Services and Tributes for Elandria. The efforts of Clarke and Lindsey met with substantial criticism from the more conservative clergy and laity of the Church of England. Several congregations have undertaken a series of organizational, procedural and practical steps to become acknowledged as a "Welcoming Congregation": a congregation which has taken specific steps to welcome and integrate gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender (LGBT) members. They treat with respect the scriptural works of peoples of all religions or spiritual backgrounds. [11] The UUA and CUC are, in turn, two of the seventeen members of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists. [43] Services at a vast majority of congregations follow a structure that focuses on a sermon or presentation by a minister, a lay leader of the congregation, or an invited speaker. Many use the name "Unitarian Universalist", (and a few "Universalist Unitarian"), having gradually adopted this formulation since consolidation in 1961. Meeting with other congregational leaders often generates a creative interchange of ideas. [37] In the late 18th century, conflict grew within some of these churches between Unitarian and Trinitarian factions. He advocated that Unitarian Universalists should regain their proper seat at the interfaith table by making this language their own. [82], There are separate movements and organizations who hold to classical Unitarian or Christian universalist Christian theology and neither belong to the Unitarian Universalist Association nor consider themselves Unitarian Universalists. The UUA is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and serves churches mostly in the United States. The flaming chalice was initially the logo of the Unitarian Service Committee during the Second World War. Many congregations are heavily involved in projects and efforts aimed at supporting environmental causes and sustainability. movement over his call to return to, or to re-create, an authentic Unitarian Universalist "language of reverence. Further, the statement made clear that the UUA still maintained its criticism of both the BSA’s ongoing discrimination against gay Scouts and gay Scout leaders and the BSA requirement of a religious litmus test for membership. [112], The 2001 Canadian census done by Statistics Canada put Canadian Unitarians at 17,480,[113] and the September 1, 2007 membership statistics from the CUC show they had at that time 5,150 official members. Liberalizing Unitarians rejected the Trinitarian belief in the tri-personal godhead: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost/Spirit. It was created by Austrian artist Hans Deutsch. Today they draw from a variety of religious traditions. Today they draw from a variety of religious traditions. Nevertheless, other interpretations have been suggested, such as the chalice used by the followers of Czech Jan Hus, which was supposedly reverential of Eastern Orthodox traditions; although Hus's early National Church was intrinsically an evangelical Protestant. The extent to which the elements of any particular faith tradition are incorporated into personal spiritual practice is a matter of individual choice for congregants, in keeping with a creedless, non-dogmatic approach to spirituality and faith development. Sometimes the use of another term may simply indicate a congregation's lay-led or relatively new status. Later, the UUA issued internal, supplemental material to emblems-program workbooks that included general statements critical of discrimination on bases of sexual orientation or personal religious viewpoint. Die Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA, deutsch: Unitarische Universalistische Vereinigung) ist eine liberale Religionsgemeinschaft in den Vereinigten Staaten, die 1961 aus dem Zusammenschluss der American Unitarian Association und der Universalist Church of America entstanden ist. The Selma to Montgomery marches for voting rights are best known for Bloody Sunday, which refers to March 7, 1965, the most violent of the three marches.