Growing Our Numbers
We have the same number of members as we had at consolidation in 1961. As the U.S. population has expanded, we have become a smaller percentage of the church-going public. Funds raised for Growing Our Numbers will support advertising campaigns, provide growth consultants to districts and congregations, train congregations on best practices for hospitality, enhance campus and young adult ministry, provide learning resources, and create grants for congregations and districts for numerical growth.
Funding Ideas
- The Uncommon Denomination: for a national advertising campaign to establish a clear and concise brand to grow and to once again influence our country.
- Architects of Growth: to hire Growth Professionals to work with large, midsized and small congregations respectively.
- It’s Just Not the Same Without You: implementation of the recommendations of Consultation on Ministry to and With Youth.
- Go Grow!: matching grants for congregations that have a five-year history of success with numerical growth.
- A Home of Our Own: to help move all of our UU congregations that want to into permanent or dedicated space and eliminate “church in a box” mentality.
To grow our NUMBERS, we must create many congregationally based programs. We welcome, we want and we need your collaborative comments, dreams, ideas and proposals for funding—in all five areas of the Now is the Time campaign.
To help us continue the conversation, please email us at campaign @ uua.org, or call (888) 792-5885 and ask for a member of the campaign team. Now is the Time!
Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
