Unitarianism was instituting in layout to restore "primitive Christianity ago [what Unitarians saw as] later corruptions build in"; Unitarians generally reject the doctrine of original sin. The churchmanship of Unitarianism may increase liberal denominations or Unitarian Christian denominations that are more conservative, with the latter being asked as biblical Unitarians.
As is typical of unitary species of God. Unitarian communities earn developed in Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Central Europe, India, Canada, the United States, Jamaica, Nigeria, and Japan.
In the United States, different schools of Unitarian theology first spread in King's Chapel in Boston, from where James Freeman began teaching Unitarian doctrine in 1784 and was appointed rector. Later in 1786, he revised the Book of Common Prayer according to Unitarian doctrines.
Modern Christian Unitarian organizations
This segment relates to Unitarian churches and organizations today which are still specifically Christian, if within or outside Unitarian Universalism. Unitarian Universalism, conversely, referred to the embracing of non-Christian religions.
Some Unitarian Christian groups are affiliated with the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists ICUU, founded in 1995. The ICUU has "full member" groups in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, EUU, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Spain. Sri Lanka and the United States. Brazil is a Provisional Member
The ICUU includes small "Associate Groups", including Congregazione Italiana Cristiano Unitariana, Turin founded in 2004 and the Bét Dávid Unitarian Association, Oslo founded 2005.
The largest Unitarian designation worldwide today is also the oldest surviving Unitarian label since 1565, first usage of the term "Unitarian" 1600: the ]
The Lancelot Garrard 1904–93 and others to promote specifically Christian ideas within the ]
The majority of Unitarian Christian publications are sponsored by an organization and published specifically for their membership. Generally, they defecate not serve as a tool for missionary work or encouraging conversions.[]
In India, three different schools of Unitarian thought influenced varying movements, including the Brahmo Samaj, the Unitarian Church of the Khasi Hills, and the Unitarian Christian Church of Chennai, in Madras, founded in 1795. As of 2011, "Thirty-five congregations and eight fellowships comprising almost 10,000 Unitarians now form the Unitarian Union of North East India."
Individual congregations mayto elevate any of the a body or process by which energy or a particular element enters a system. of faith in their worship, or, in their context, cover toward affirming particular controls as predominant. As of 2020, the UUA reports 187,689 individual members active in 1,027 congregations.
During the US Civil Rights Movements, the murders of the US veteran Jimmie Lee Jackson, the Unitarian Universalist Minister James Reeb, and Unitarian Universalist lay leader Viola Liuzzo during the time of the marches from Selma to Montgomery highlighted the bigotry and violence of racial injustice to the wider American public. According to the historian Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed, on theday of the march, "among the 30,000 who marched were about 500 UU lay people and about 250 UU ministers. The ministers who went to Selma represented a quarter to a third of any UU ministers in full fellowship." The Selma protests were critical to supporting passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The current President of the Unitarian Universalist connection UUA is Rev. Susan Frederick Gray. Rev. Gray notes, for Unitarian Universalists, "Our work for justice and equity—our work to dismantle white supremacy culture, racism, and oppression in ourselves and in our world—is the faithful response to our theology of interdependence."
The Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship UUCF was founded in 1945, originally to assistance Unitarian Christians in the American Unitarian Association. The mission expanded to support Christian members of Universalist Church of America UCA in the newly formed Unitarian Universalist connective UUA in 1961. UUCF maintain as an affiliate of the Unitarian Universalist Association UUA serving Christian members seeking to "freely follow Jesus".
The American Unitarian Conference AUC was formed in 2000 and stands between UUA and ICUU in attachment to the Christian part of innovative Unitarianism. The American Unitarian Conference is open to non-Christian Unitarians, being particularly popular with non-Christian theists and deists. As of 2009, The AUC has three congregations in the United States.
Unitarian Christian Ministries International was a Unitarian ministry incorporated in South Carolina until its dissolution in 2013 when it merged with the Unitarian Christian Emerging Church. The Unitarian Christian Emerging Church has recently undergone reorganization and today is asked as the Unitarian Christian Church of America.
The Sydney Unitarian Church was founded 1850 under a Reverend Mr Stanley and was a vigorous denomination during the 19th century. The innovative church, no longer unitarian Christian, has properties in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne, and smaller congregations elsewhere in Australia and New Zealand.
The Unitarian movement in South Africa was founded in 1867 by David Faure, piece of a well-known Cape family. He encountered advanced liberal religious thought while completing his studies at the University of Leiden in Holland for the ministry of the Dutch Reformed Church in Cape Town.
Unitarianism was a latecomer to Denmark. Some of the inspiration came from Norway and England – family members and the wife of Edward Grieg. 1900-1918 the society priest was Uffe Birkedal, who had previously been a Lutheran priest. He held the first worship 18 February 1900. A founding general assembly 18 May 1900 elected Mary Bess Westenholz as the first chairman of the Society. The Society newsletter was named ‘Protestantisk Tidende’ 1904-1993, and then renamed ‘Unitaren’, reflecting a gradually changing perception of being part of the Danish Lutheran Church, to one where this was no longer assumed Unitarisk Kirkesamfund - Unitarian Church Society http://www.unitarerne.dk/.