General Assembly (GA) 2025 took place online and in Baltimore, MD, June 18-22. While some events, including the General Sessions listed below, are available online to the public, full participation and/or voting as a delegate required registration.

The General Assembly is the annual business meeting of the denomination. Elected moderators preside at the General Assembly in accordance with rules of procedure. General Assemblies make overall policy for carrying out the purposes of the Association and direct and control its affairs. Voting at each regular and special General Assembly shall be by accredited delegates from certified member congregations, certified associate member organizations, and trustees.

The business to be transacted is set forth in the official business agenda.

2025 Social Justice Statements

Abolition, Transformation, and Faith Formation was selected as the 2025-2028 Congregational Study Action Issue (CSAI).

Affirmed Actions of Immediate Witness:

• Defending LGBTIQ Freedom Amid Funding Crisis: A Call for Global Solidarity
• Faithful Defiance of Authoritarianism, a Call to Action: Reaffirming Our Covenant for Democracy and Freedom
• We Declare and Affirm: Immigrants Are People Who Have Inherent Worth and Inalienable Rights

Learn more about how to Shape UUA Justice Commitments.

General Sessions

• General Session I
  • Meet the Moment Introduction
  • Business Review and Voting Process Video
  • Presenting the Rules of Procedure
  • Introductions
    • Youth & Emerging Adult Communities
    • GA Care Teams
      • Systemic Justice Team
      • Chaplain Team
      • Covenant Team
      • Accessibility & Inclusion Team
      • App Moderation Team
• General Session II
  • Update on the Results of Yesterday’s Ballot and Preliminary Credential Report
  • Update from the GA Care Teams
  • Consent Agenda: Discussion of Bylaws Amendments – Technical Revisions and Cleanup
  • Beacon Press Report
  • Update from the Bylaws Renewal Team
  • Discussion and Vote on Congregational Study/ Action Issues
    • Fat Liberation: Building Justice and Inclusion for Larger Bodies
    • Abolition, Transformation, and Faith Formation
    • Housing: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Commission on Social Witness Admits Actions of Immediate Witness
  • Moderator Forum
• Moderator Candidate Forum
• General Session III
  • Update on the Results of Yesterday’s Ballot
    • The Consent Agenda has passed.
    • AIWs admitted to the Agenda:
      • We Declare and Affirm: Immigrants Are People Who Have Inherent Worth and Inalienable Rights
      • Faithful Defiance of Authoritarianism, a Call to Action: Reaffirming Our Covenants for Democracy and Freedom
      • Defending LGBTIQ Freedom Amid Funding Crisis: A Call for Global Solidarity

    • Motion to Reconsider CSAIs

      As the Board of Trustees explained in today’s General Session, following yesterday’s discussion of proposed Congregational Study Action Issues, they received legitimate concerns about some miscommunications, mistakes and inconsistencies in the discussion of the proposals. In that vote, “Housing: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” exceeded the 50% threshold by 40 votes, which would make it our chosen CSAI for the coming years. If no CSAI had received a majority of votes, today would have had a second round of voting for the top two issues.

      The approved GA rules of procedure provide a potential remedy for these concerns. Under Rule 3, the Moderator can allow procedural motions that are in the best interest of the General Assembly. In this case, the Moderator decided the most faithful choice was to entertain a motion to re-consider yesterday’s CSAI vote. Out of an abundance of care for the discernment required, the Board lifted up the power of the General Assembly itself to determine whether to re-do yesterday’s CSAI discussion and vote.

      Thus, a motion to reconsider was added to the agenda in today’s General Session, was discussed by delegates, and will appear and on tonight’s ballot. If the motion to reconsider passes, the CSAI process will be discussed again in General Session IV and will be on the Saturday evening ballot. That ballot would use rank choice voting of the CSAI proposals to complete the required voting in the remaining schedule of GA.

      View the recording of the discussion that took place during General session III of the motion to reconsider (starting around 2:41:45, YouTube).

      This motion is available on tonight’s ballot. That ballot closes at 9 a.m. ET on Saturday June 21.

  • Update from the GA Care Teams
  • Volunteer Leadership Recruitment
  • Introducing the Virtual Hymnal
  • Celebration of 25 Years of Our Whole Lives
  • Celebrating the Liberal Religious Educators Association’s 75th Birthday
  • Co-Moderators’ Report
  • Appreciating the Co-Moderatorship of Meg Riley and Charles Du Mond
  • President and Executive Officers’ Report
  • Update from the Bylaws Renewal Team
  • Discussion of Business Resolution: Continued Suspension of the General Assembly Planning Committee
  • Report from the Climate Justice Team
  • Process Observation
• General Session IV
  • Update on Yesterday’s Ballot and Announcement of Election Results
    • Business Resolution: Continued Suspension of the General Assembly Planning Committee passed
    • Elected to the Board of Trustees:
      • Mary Heafy
      • Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern
      • Rev. Adam Robersmith, DMin, PhD
      • Rev. Justine Sullivan
    • Elected to the Commission on Appraisal:
      • Rachel A. Feltner
      • Rev. Dr. Matthew Johnson
      • Rev. Dr. Tracie Barrett
      • Rev. Dr. Rodney Lemery
    • Elected to the Nominating Committee:
      • Courtney McKenny
      • Kathy Charles
      • Debra Gray Boyd
    • Elected as Moderators:
      • Rev. Kimberly Quinn Johnson and Bill Young
  • Update from the GA Care Teams
  • Beacon Press Report
  • UU Service Committee Report
  • UU Women’s Federation Report
  • Congregational Study/Action Issues Take 2 (motion to reconsider passed)
  • Discussion of Actions of Immediate Witness
    • We Declare and Affirm: Immigrants Are People Who Have Inherent Worth and Inalienable Rights
    • Faithful Defiance of Authoritarianism, a Call to Action: Reaffirming Our Covenants for Democracy and Freedom!
    • Defending LGBTIQ Freedom Amid Funding Crisis: A Call for Global Solidarity
  • Side With Love Collection
• General Session V
  • Update on the Results from Yesterday’s Ballot and the Final Credentials Report
    • Affirmed Actions of Immediate Witness:
      • We Declare and Affirm: Immigrants Are People Who Have Inherent Worth and Inalienable Rights
      • Faithful Defiance of Authoritarianism, a Call to Action: Reaffirming Our Covenants for Democracy and Freedom
      • Defending LGBTIQ Freedom Amid Funding Crisis: A Call for Global Solidarity
    • Selected Congregational Study/ Action Issue: Abolition, Transformation, and Faith Formation
  • Final Report from the GA Care Teams
  • Meet the Moment Synthesis
  • Angus H. MacLean Award for Excellence in Religious Education
  • President’s Award for Volunteer Service
  • Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the American Unitarian Association
  • Award for Distinguished Service to the Cause of Unitarian Universalism • Invitation to General Assembly 2026
  • Recognition of All Who Made General Assembly Possible and Final Words from CoModerators Meg Riley and Charles Du Mond
  • Installation of Newly-Elected Volunteer Leaders
  • Installation of New Moderator(s)