Unitarian Universalist Association Board of Trustees minutes have been published online since 2003, so it’s possible — through not convenient — to see which churches have joined the UUA since then. Follow the resolutions.
The same sections of the minutes include other congregational news: name changes, district changes, a merger (the two churches in Queens, New York becoming one) and the disaffiliation of churches.
Many of these disaffiliations are the natural tail-end of Canadian Unitarian Council autonomy. In the other cases, the congregations left for reasons unrecorded or, more likely, died.
So before I post a list of all the new churches since 2003, let me note those non-Canadians that are no longer with us.
| unnamed in minutes | Coronado | CA |
| UU Fellowship | Aspen | CO |
| Panthea Pagan Fellowship | Hoffman Estates | IL |
| UU Fellowship of Johnson County | Prairie Village | KS |
| UUs of Northern Kentucky | Covington | KY |
| UU Society of the Western Reserve | Painesville | OH |
| First Universalist Church | Woonsocket | RI |
As you might guess, that loss at Woonsocket particularly hurts. (Also, because these are reported losses, I wouldn’t read this as comprehensive.)
The congregation in Covington, KY should have done better. I was on the district extension committee as their downward spiral progressed. But they had challenges.
(1) A hard to find location.
(2) Had switched their worship time on multiple locations.
(3) A membership that included a larger than normal number of low income and disabled persons. Which left them chronically short on resources.