Unitarian Church in the United States

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History
A Unitarian church is a religious group which follows Unitarianism, Unitarian Universalism, Free Christianity, or another movement with "Unitarian" in its name. Unitarian church may refer specifically to:
 * Unitarian Universalist Association, in the U.S.
 * Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is a liberal religious association of Unitarian Universalist congregations. It was formed in 1961 by the consolidation of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America. Both of these predecessor organizations began as Christian denominations of the Unitarian and Universalist varieties respectively. However, modern Unitarian Universalists see themselves as a separate religion with its own beliefs and affinities. In the United States, Unitarian Universalism grew by 15.8% between 2000 and 2010 to include 211,000 adherents nationwide. Source: Unitarian Universalist Association


 * American Unitarian Association, 1825–1961
 * The American Unitarian Association (AUA) was a religious denomination in the United States and Canada, formed by associated Unitarian congregations in 1825. In 1961, it consolidated with the Universalist Church of America to form the Unitarian Universalist Association. The AUA was formed in 1825 in the aftermath of a split within New England's Congregational churches between those congregations that embraced Unitarian doctrines and those that maintained Calvinist theology. Source:  American Unitarian Association

Finding Records
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Writing to Local Churches

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Archives
Andover-Harvard Theological Library 45 Francis Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 E-mail: circulation@hds.harvard.edu Phone: 617.495.5788 Andover-Harvard Theological Library serves as a national repository and library of record for the Unitarian Universalist tradition. Its collections includes books, hymnals, periodicals, curricula, pamphlets, sermons, personal papers, audio-recordings, movies, church records, photographs, postcards, digital, and many other types of materials.
 * Andover-Harvard Theological Library Unitarian Universalist Resources
 * Congregational Records