Celebrate Religious Freedom Day this week, and keep in mind that "Religious Freedom" ain’t what it used to be. Yes, the historic meaning it typically brings to mind for religious liberals continues to be relevant in present day struggles: freedom of conscience in religious matters and protection...

Rev. Fulgence Ndagijamana, Minister of the Unitarian Church of Burundi, has distributed this important update via the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU). Dear friends, colleagues, partners and global UU family, It has been a while since we last sent out to you an update...

From July 17-23, 2016 the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists held its biennial Council Meeting and Conference in the Netherlands. Nearly 150 people, including a large delegation of Young Adults U/Us from around the world, gathered for planning, study, worship, celebration, and...

Rev. Dávid Gyero, the Deputy Bishop of the Hungarian Unitarian Church (Churches in Transylvania, Romania and Hungary), has shared his recently issued courageous statement on Equal Marriage....

Donate online to support Burundi Unitarians. “But as for me and my people, we will work for lasting peace” Burundi was a rather organized kingdom until the late 1800s when the Germans came to colonize the country. Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa lived side by side under the leadership of a king. The...

You can donate online via credit card or PayPal. Checks in $ can be sent to Burundi Appeal, ICUU, PO Box 2575, Corvallis. OR 97339, USA Cheques in £ can be sent to Burundi Appeal, ICUU, 345 Addiscombe Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 7LG, UK Donations from US taxpayers only are tax deductible. UPDATE...

Nearly 10,000 people from 50 faith traditions and 80 countries convened last week for the world's largest interfaith gathering, the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Salt Lake City, Utah, to commune in harmony and to grapple with and explore solutions to global issues like climate change,...

The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists shared very disturbing news from the Unitarian Church in Bujumbura, Burundi earlier today. Please see the message from their minister, Rev. Fulgence Ndagijimana below. Rev. Fulgence has said that financial support is not needed at this time.

Here's an important reminder as the new 'church year' begins for many of our congregations. International engagement is important ministry, and more transformative when its collaborative. Our organizations look forward to supporting your hopes and dreams. And, we urge you to be thoughtful and...

Reverend Kent Saleska, minister of the UU congregation in Wayzata, MN has provided terrific blogposts and photos from the UU Partner Church Council's most recent Tensile Strands and enjoy!

development@icuu.nethttps://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_i… THIS LINK TO DONATE ONLINE BURUNDI UNREST UPDATE - May 30, 2015 The situation in Burundi is far from being over. Demonstrations are still going on after over a month, people on the streets are clearly tired...

The http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/opinion/a-good-deal-with-iran.html?_r… about the breakthrough in nuclear diplomacy with Iran is immensely important, and the work that lies ahead to avoid an expanding nuclear arms race, or violent confrontation, is more important still. Peace & Planet...

The Remonstrant church in the Netherlands - a century-long liberal religious partner of the UUA - is embarking on an innovative ministry called 'Goddeeltjes' (God particles).  They will be publishing 6 small spiritual booklets by church leaders about finding parts of God through Giving,...

the beauty of children’s artistic expression. These works reverberate still as evidence of an often-hidden but timeless truth -- that hope can triumph over despair. Stewards of the historic artwork exchanged over 60 years ago, the Hiroshima Children’s Drawings Committee formed at All Souls in...

Find yourself in the Global U/U Story at UUA General Assembly in Providence where we'll be blessed by the presence of more than 30 honored guests from a dozen countries. Each of our international partners brings inspiring news to share about how the Global U/U Story is changing lives around the...

R… is open for the IARF 34th WORLD CONGRESS which will be held from 24-27 August, 2014 at Birmingham University, Birmingham, UK .www.interfaith-encounter.orgprogram details. 114 years ago the IARF began as a family of Unitarians and like-minded liberals....

Global Forgiveness Challenge to coincide with the release of their long-anticipated book, The Book of Forgiving. The Tutus have spent their lives working with victims and perpetrators of wrongs, from the unspeakable to the everyday, and this deep experience has shown them that choosing the act of...

by making a contribution. And, as news from our Ugandan partners becomes available, we'll update this blog. Update: From the Unitarian Church of Uganda - The Unitarian Church of Uganda has just leant with regrets the signing of the Anti-Gay Bill into law by the President of Uganda - Yoweri Kaguta...

Last week's report that India's Supreme Court had issued a ruling upholding the criminalization of gay sex was shocking. And, LGBT activists in India have organized and responded quickly. Derek Mitchell, the Director of the UUA's Holdeen India Program writes from New Delhi that, "This development...