Covenanting communities are Unitarian Universalist (UU) groups that claim a UU identity but they look and feel different from a traditional congregation.
Related and Associate Member Organizations are diverse groups that embrace Unitarian Universalist (UU) principles and traditions outside of congregations and covenanting communities. They include member and professional organizations, justice-focused groups, camps and conference centers, and more.
Associate Member Organizations are named in the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) bylaws, and are limited to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and the Unitarian Universalist Women’s Federation, two organizations with historic connections to the UUA.
Related Organizations do important work in providing identity groups for Unitarian Universalists, focusing on specific justice work, supporting people working within Unitarian Universalism, and providing unique UU experiences. Related Organizations are in formal relationship with the UUA in order to advance Unitarian Universalist values and claim a UU identity, but are not congregations or covenanting communities.
UUPMI believes no one is outside the circle of love. They equip UUs in Illinois to help transform institutions and support people harmed by the prison industrual complex.
UUJME works for a peaceful and just resolution of the Palestine-Israel conflict, affirming the equality, dignity, freedom and security of all peoples involved. UUJME’s principal activities are educational programs, including appearances at the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations…
SMR provides financial assistance through its Clergy Fund to aged or needy Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist clergy and, through its Survivors Fund, to needy surviving spouses and orphans of deceased UU clergy. In determining need, consideration is given both to obligations and…
The Unitarian Service Pension Society holds trust funds that provide Service Gratuities to fellowshipped UU ministers who have reached the age of 67 and who have served at least 21 years in Unitarian Universalist ministries. Approximately 350 recipients receive quarterly gratuities averaging $400.
Carrying the Living Tradition of Unitarian Universalism, Meadville Lombard Theological School nurtures learners from diverse faith traditions to embody the collaborative work of liberation through congregational and community leadership.
Founded in 1904, Starr King School for the Ministry is a graduate theological school that educates Unitarian Universalist ministers and progressive religious leaders.
The HUUmanists Association originally met at the second General Assembly of the UUA as the Fellowship of Religious Humanists, later adopting its present name to express more clearly its identity within Unitarian Universalism. Its purpose is: “To enhance, promote, practice and enjoy humanism in…
The UUCF was founded in 1945 in Boston to continue promoting the presence of our historic Christian tradition, to expressing the diverse spirit of contemporary Free Christianity, to providing a home for all those who “follow freely in the spirit of Jesus” regardless of what they call themselves, …
The Unitarian Universalist Studies Network continues the work of the Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage Society and of Collegium, a network of liberal religious scholars….
