What Is the Difference between Christian Universalism and Unitarian Universalism?
Throughout history, Universalism has always been a type of Christianity. Universalism dates back to the time of Jesus, the Apostles, and the early leaders of the Christian church. As recently as the 1800’s and early 1900’s, there was a major Christian denomination (the Universalist Church of America) based on the Universalist view of the Gospel. In 1961, the Universalist Church of America and the American Unitarian Association merged to form the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Today, the UUA is an organization of churches whose members represent a variety of different religious faiths, and the UUA does not teach a specific set of spiritual beliefs. Unitarian Universalists, therefore, are not necessarily Christians. In fact, some UUs don’t even believe in God. This new development has led to much confusion. Today, many Christians are not aware that Christian Universalism is the original, authentic Universalism — a belief system based on faith in God to save and transform all
