Is Unitarian Universalism a Christian faith?
Our historical roots are within Christianity. Indeed, there have been Unitarians and Universalists as long as there have been Christians. In the 19th century, both Unitarians and Universalists chose to hold their faiths open not only to the teachings of Christianity, but also to other world religious (and secular) teachings. Consequently our congregations today include both people who would identify themselves as Christians and those who would not. Because we have always emphasized that adherence to the ethical teachings of Jesus is much more important than the actual worship of Jesus the person, we have also historically attracted a fair number of people of Jewish heritage. The Unitarian and Universalist movements merged in 1961.
