List of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist churches

Certain Unitarian, Universalist, or Unitarian Universalist congregations (churches, societies, fellowships, etc.) have particular historic or other significance.

Canada

• Unitarian Church of Montreal, the first Unitarian church in Canada, founded in 1842.
• First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, founded in 1845, the second one in Canada following the congregation in Montreal.
• Universalist Unitarian Church of Halifax, the first Universalist church in Canada, founded in approximately 1843.
• First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, founded in 1898, is currently the largest Unitarian Universalist congregation in Canada.

India

Indian Council of Unitarian Churches —ICUU

• Khasi Unitarian Union: 9,000 members^[1]
• The Unitarian Christian Church of Chennai
  • Menad Street, Purusa Walkam
  • No. 12, Thousand Lights, Azizmulk, 4th Street, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India^[2]

Philippines

Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines (UUCP)

Romania

Unitarian Church of Transylvania

United Kingdom

The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches counts about 180 churches as members. The following have articles on Wikipedia:

• Essex Church, the first Unitarian church in England, moved in 1880s from central London to Kensington
• Newington Green Unitarian Church, north London
• Octagon Chapel, Norwich
• Cross Street Chapel, Manchester
• Rivington Unitarian Chapel, near Manchester
• Chowbent Chapel, Atherton, near Manchester
• Unitarian Chapel, Liverpool
• Todmorden Unitarian Church, in Yorkshire
• Upper Chapel, in Sheffield
• Brighton Unitarian Church, 1820, built by Amon Henry Wilds

United States

California

• First Unitarian Church of San Jose
• First Unitarian Church of Oakland
• Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stanislaus County
• Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo, California
• Universalist Unitarian Church of Riverside
• Throop Unitarian Universalist Church of Pasadena was founded in 1887 by Amos Throop and is the largest ex-Universalist church building west of the Mississippi River.^[3]

District of Columbia

• All Souls Church, Unitarian (Washington, D.C.) on Harvard Street in DC, was founded in 1821 by (among others) John Quincy Adams, and has spawned many Unitarian congregations in the Joseph Priestly District.
• Universalist National Memorial Church

Florida

• Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Myers in Fort Myers, Florida

Massachusetts

• First Parish Church in Dorchester, MA is the oldest worshiping congregation in the city of Boston. It was founded in 1630.^[4]
• The First Parish in Wayland, MA was erected in 1814, although the congregation first gathered in 1640. The original church bell, still hanging in the recently renovated bell tower, was cast by the foundry of Paul Revere and Son.
• Arlington Street Church (founded 1729 in Boston) was the congregation of William Ellery Channing and Dana McLean Greeley. The congregation played a large role in the origin and foundation of the faith and has been a leader in social justice causes. It is considered by many to be the 'Mother Church' of the faith.^[5]
• First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Framingham, MA, founded in 1700.
• First Parish Church in Plymouth, founded in 1606 by Pilgrims, is the oldest church in continuous operation in the United States
• First Parish Church, Unitarian Universalist^[6] in Duxbury, Massachusetts, was founded in 1632 by Pilgrims. The Elder William Brewster (Pilgrim) was the church's first religious leader, and the church included John Alden and Myles Standish as members. It was the second religious body of the Plymouth Colony.
• First Unitarian Church (Second Parish in the Town of Worcester), founded in 1785 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The first minister was Aaron Bancroft the first president of the American Unitarian Association. Current membership is 450.
• Follen Church Society of Lexington, Massachusetts, was, from 1836 to 1838, the last pulpit of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Its unique octagonal sanctuary was designed by first minister Charles Follen, a noted abolitionist.

• First Unitarian Society in Newton

• Foxborough Universalist Church, Unitarian Universalist Association is the oldest church building in Foxborough. It was founded in 1838 and built in 1843.^[7]
• King's Chapel in Boston is one of the oldest New England churches of any denomination (1688), and is on the Freedom Trail. It is one of the oldest surviving congregations in the United States.
• United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts, is the burial place of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their wives.
• Unitarian Memorial Church Very grand church donated by Henry Rogers and located in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
• Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford and the Osgood House
• First Parish Church in Bedford

New York

• Christ Church (Middletown, New York)
• First Unitarian Church of Rochester was the Unitarian congregation of Susan B. Anthony; the building was designed by Louis Kahn.
• Unitarian Church of All Souls, New York City. Founded in 1819 following an inspiring sermon by William Ellery Channing during a visit there, All Souls is one of the largest and most influential churches in the denomination. Herman Melville and Peter Cooper were members of All Souls, and minister Henry Whitney Bellows led the congregation for 43 years. Forrester Church, author and theologian, served as senior Minister for almost 30 years and was Minister of Public Theology until his death on September 24, 2009.^[8]
• Fourth Universalist Society of New York, last surviving Universalist congregation in Manhattan.
• First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn
• First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara
• First Universalist Church (Rochester, New York)
• Unitarian Universalist Church (Cortland, New York)

Other states

• All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma is the largest one-church UU congregation.
• First Unitarian Church(Des Moines, Iowa). In 2007, the minister performed the first legal same sex marriage in Iowa.
• First Unitarian Church (Baltimore, Maryland) was founded in 1817 and is the oldest church building specifically built for worship by Unitarians, whereas older UU churches were built and initially used for other Christian denominations. The church gained prominence early in the American Unitarian movement when William Ellery Channing preached the "Baltimore Sermon" in 1819 at the ordination of Jared Sparks. The sermon was then the most published Unitarian tract in the United States and articulated for the first time the idea of Unitarian Christianity.
• First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia was established by Joseph Priestley on June 12, 1796, and is currently the first continuously functioning church in the United States to proclaim itself "Unitarian".
• First Unitarian Society in Madison, Wisconsin is one of the largest congregations; its building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
• Gaia Community is located in Kansas City and is the oldest active Pagan-themed UU congregation. Chartered on May 1, 1998, Gaia Community is not associated with CUUPS.^[9]
• Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, site of the 2008 Knoxville Unitarian Universalist church shooting.
• Unitarian Universalist Church in Charleston S.C., established in 1772, is "the oldest Unitarian church in the South".^[10]
• Unity Temple Oak Park, Illinois, had its building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
• Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Durham, North Carolina
• First Unitarian Church of Honolulu
• Temple Israel (Lafayette, Indiana)
• Universalist Church of West Hartford
• All Souls Unitarian-Universalist Church (Bellville, Ohio)
• Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Alaska)
• Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society (Vermont)
• Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church (Edmonds, Washington)
• Free Congregation of Sauk County, the oldest Freethought-oriented congregation in the United States, located in Sauk City, Wisconsin since 1852 (moved into its current location, formerly known as Park Hall, in 1884).
• Unitarian Church in Summit, in New Jersey

Elsewhere

• Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF)is a worldwide congregation.
• International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU)is an umbrella organization founded in 1995 bringing together many Unitarians, Universalists and Unitarian Universalists.

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