What is the purpose of sabbaticals? How do they help the congregation and its ministry? This manifesto breaks down the benefits and costs of sabbaticals.

The UUA is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev. Darrick Jackson (he/him) as the Ministerial Credentialing Director within the UUA’s Ministries and Faith Development staff group.

For congregations that own a parsonage, consider the possibilities as well as implications for structuring a ministerial agreement.

Ministry is a complex profession with a lot of regular duties that are not always apparent. Here is short summary of what parish ministers do.

Recordings of workshops on Dream Team Ministry and Productivity to Possibility.

Recordings of workshops on Ministers Considering Part-Time Models and Ministerial Experiences with Part-Time Models.

Recordings of workshops on Employment Matters and Ministerial Search for Part-Time Ministries.

Deep collaborations between congregations offer mutual support, foster creativity. 

Replenishing their well of being is essential to a minister's ability to serve faithfully and authentically.

Good communication habits and healthy boundaries between the laity and the minister make for a sustainable and resilient ministry!

This guide can help you (as a minister or other religious professional) determine if your ministry is vital, needing attention, or needing intervention.

These recommendations and reminders are provided in order to support you in having meaningful, fruitful conversations with any congregation you might consider serving. We want to help you maximize your chances of negotiating an offer that you feel good about, with terms that serve you well...

Last revised: July 2019 Highlights Nearly all congregational ministers are employees, not independent contractors. There are 3 important tax provisions for ministers – dual tax status, housing allowance, and optional tax withholding. Benefits recommended for all staff, including ministers, are...

Last revised: July 2019 Highlights The Ministerial Housing Allowance enables ministers to exclude a portion of their salary from certain taxes. For most active and retired ministers, it is their most important tax benefit....

Rev. Otto O'Connor commits to using the privilege afforded to him to continue to fight to support transgender people, locally and across our world, and especially non-binary people and transgender people of color.

A brief overview of how to budget for ministry. For more detailed information visit the UUA Office of Church Staff Finances or download Ministerial Compensation 101: A Basic Primer (PDF).

In a letter to Unitarian Universalist clergy, UUA President Peter Morales says of the incoming Trump administration, ‘We are entering dangerous times.’

New ministers enter the job market with more educational debt than ever before. Unitarian Universalist leaders are looking at ways to adapt.

Ministerial compensation is quite confusing. What do congregations and clergy need to know about clergy taxes?