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For more information, you can check out this podcast, or read the UCA’s Affirmation and Frequently Asked Questions.
What sort of people are in the UCA? Check out our member Directory and group Directory, or hear some members’ stories on the UCA podcast.
Will you stand with us?
Thanks to UCA podcast host and Board member Mark Cain, there are excellent, step-by-step tutorials on the UCA YouTube channel. First, how to join the UCA as an individual person.
Second, here is how to add your church, home fellowship, ministry, or internet fellowship.
Please do this today; we want Christians who have reformed their understanding of God and Jesus to be able to find you and your group for fellowship!
Yes – even in your area. As I write this, the UCA has members in 35 countries. But we believe that there are many more unitarian Christians and churches out there. We’re trying to build a sort of online highway to bring people to them.
We are delighted to announce the new official podcast of the Unitarian Christian Alliance: The UCA Podcast. A mix of interviews and original content, it is hosted by the friendly and sometimes impish Mark Cain.
The podcast is off to a very strong start. After some Introductions, we’re invited into The Perilous Trinity Deep Dive. Then we meet a faithful mom and lifelong Bible student and teacher. What happens when your grown kid comes home and announces that he no longer believes in the Trinity or that Jesus is God – and this because of the Bible, not despite it? Find out about the journey she embarked on, and how the situation was resolved (part 1, part 2, part 3). Next, Mark Cain explores when we feel like God has put a lump of coal in our stocking. After this, we meet a smart and ready to laugh young lady who was raised biblical unitarian and yet ended up working for the Colson Center. She finds out about the limits of evangelical ecumenism, and yet has fond memories of her time there.
As you listen, you will no doubt want to leave some spoken feedback for possible inclusion in an episode.
If you’re not sure what a podcast is, here is a beginner’s guide. I listen to many on my Android phone using this popular app; you just search for the name of the podcast and hit the Subscribe button. If you have an iPhone, it comes with a built-in podcast app. Either way, you just need to click a few buttons to subscribe. Many of us love to listen while commuting (playing through the car stereo using Bluetooth) or just working around the house. It is so much better than radio.
And if all else fails, you can just listen through this webpage on any computer or smartphone. Just find a triangular Play button and click it; you know, like ye olde tape recorder.
We look forward to hearing many of your voices and many of your stories!
While the world continues to move through this season of uncertainty, you can be sure that we are also moving forward with our vision to promote the one God and bring people together!
We have so many great projects in the works for Fall 2020 and beyond that we just have to share a sneak peak of what’s to come!
Work is already underway on our second season of short videos. The first season of UCA videos have reached and continue to reach thousands online with the message about God and his human son, Jesus. The response to these videos has been terrific and we can’t wait to see what God will do in the coming days with season two. You can check out season one here, and be sure to keep sharing!
We are also excited to reveal that the UCA’s publishing committee has been hard at work on several projects. In fact, we currently have two books in the pipeline: the first is a scholarly work on the history of unitarian Christology, and the second is a classic unitarian apologetic—more details to come!
We also can’t wait for the forthcoming UCA Podcast! On this show you’ll get to journey along with us as we explore theological, church, and social questions related to unitarian Christianity through insightful content and interviews with unitarian Christians from around the world.
Part of the UCA’s mission is to provide a platform for unitarian Christian ministries and churches. In various ways we will also be featuring highlights from great content produced by members around the UCA community, including helpful resources for building faith and fellowship. We are excited by the opportunity to promote and leverage the many efforts and talents of our diverse members and partners!
And this is only the beginning!
Thank you on behalf of the UCA Board of Directors for your continued support of this network and its mission. Get ready!
This year has certainly been one for the history books!
While we’ve all been looking forward to the first-ever UCA Conference this October, in light of ongoing public health concerns, international travel restrictions, and the imposition of state regulations on public events and interstate travel, we have decided to postpone the event until next October (2021).
While we are disappointed by this delay, we believe this is the right decision. Beyond health and state restrictions, many are also suffering financially due to the economic downturn, making attendance even more difficult. Postponing the conference until next year will give both public health, public policy, and the economy a chance to improve, allowing us all a better chance at a successful gathering.
Don’t worry: we will be working hard to preserve our exciting lineup of speakers and our terrific venue, and will be developing content throughout the year to make the first UCA Conference in 2021 even greater than before.
At this time we will be providing a full refund to those of you who have signed up for the conference. If you would like to donate your fees to the UCA, please let us know before August 10th. [email us here] If we do not hear from you before this date, we will automatically refund your ticket price to your account.
Of course, you don’t have to wait until next year to participate with the UCA network in its mission to spread the truth of the One God and to promote communities of faith. Be on the lookout for new content, videos, interviews, publications, and more! Despite the conference’s delay, we are excited about what God is doing in the world and in the body of Christ, and will be taking advantage of this season when so many are looking for truth.
We thank you all for your partnership in this mission, and can’t wait to see you in 2021!
In Christ,
The UCA Board of Directors
On March 13, 2020 we launched our first video on YouTube called “What Is the UCA?” Since then we have been releasing a new video each week. Our goal with these explainer videos is twofold:
These videos take a tremendous amount of time and effort to put out so we want to be sure that you take advantage of them. Here are some ideas on how you can help out.
Together we are making a difference. The monotheism of Jesus is a truth whose time has come. Thank you for helping us get the word out and doing your part to share this glorious truth of our one God.
We are reaching out to ask for your help. The UCA social media committee is engaged in producing content to empower alliance members in promoting our shared belief in the one true God and his human son Jesus.
The weekly animated shorts are just the beginning. But to reach the world with a diversity of content, we need passionate and committed co-laborers. If you have time and expertise in any of these categories (video editing/production, audio production, social media marketing, generating memes, etc), please email media@unitarianchristianalliance.org and tell us what you would like to help with.
We have such a depth of talent within the UCA, and we want to turn that talent into a chorus of voices through the megaphone of the UCA.
And if your talents lie in other areas, you can help by amplifying the message, through sharing UCA content, and helping to defend our unitarian cause in a Christlike way on social media.
Together, we can spread this truth to the world. For truly, “it is a truth who’s time has come”!
If you haven’t yet, please join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Here’s our latest video to give you an idea of what we’re doing.
The Board of the UCA is excited to announce that the first annual conference of the Unitarian Christian Alliance will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, October 16-18, 2020. The conference will start just before dinner time on Friday and will end at lunch time on Sunday. The Board is lining up an exciting slate of presenters, who will focus on unitarian Christian theology and biblical interpretation.
Come to network with other unitarian Christians, to continue thinking through important theological topics, and to be encouraged in your faith by friendships new and old.
The UCA’s events committee is hard at work on the practicalities of registration, housing, food, and transportation. Stay tuned for announcements about these in the coming months.
Since our launch we’ve had some great feedback from those excited to see this effort grow. We created the UCA to function as an advocacy group for unitarian theology and to serve as a directory for unitarian Christian groups and individuals. To do this properly and effectively, we must be clear and direct in what we are advocating.
One of the items on our affirmation was preventing some unitarian Christians from joining the UCA. It was in regard to Christ’s future return and establishment of the kingdom on earth. These individuals were willing to put their support behind the goal of promoting unitarian Christian theology, but they did not hold to the same views in regard to eschatology.
While this point about the future establishment of the kingdom on earth is a belief dearly held by each UCA board member, and one they view as central to their faith, the inclusion of this line in the affirmation falls outside the scope of the UCA’s focused mission. If our purpose was to establish a church or singular fellowship then we would do more than keep that line in the affirmation. We would add many more statements which we hold to be essential aspects of a Scripturally-based faith community. Emphasizing all essential theological elements of the Christian faith and life is indeed what a church should do. However, as we have hoped to make clear, the UCA is not a church.
As an advocacy group for unitarian theology, our purpose is to achieve a big-tent, influential movement that provides an alternative to what many churches and denominations have pressured people to believe about God and Jesus (or at least to say that they believe). The UCA therefore represents a unique effort, operating differently than what some might expect. Please understand that the UCA is not dismissing other doctrines as unimportant. The organization is simply focused in its mission to create new momentum around unitarian theology, reversing the tides of scorn heaped upon Christians for their unwillingness to elevate tradition over Scripture.
Being firmly committed to this goal, on January 27 the UCA Board voted to remove that eschatological line from the UCA Affirmation. We feel it is important to explain this change. It should not affect the current membership, since the affirmation is now simply more focused on our one God, the Father, and his human Messiah — the central affirmation to which every member has granted their support.
If you have further questions, feel free to Contact us. We’ve also updated our Frequently Asked Questions to explain in more detail what the UCA is. Specifically see “If it isn’t a church or denomination, what sort of group is it?“
The UCA Board of Directors is excited to announce our Official Launch over Social Media this week!
In honor of the launch, the Board has recorded a special podcast episode introducing the world to the work and mission of the Unitarian Christian Alliance. Here we explain the how the UCA came to be, what community and educational needs the organization is addressing, and, most importantly, how YOU can get involved. We also discuss our plans for the first UCA Conference at the end of this year. You certainly won’t want to miss out on this information!
The podcast is being simultaneously featured on both the Trinities podcast (here) and the Restitutio podcast (here), and we encourage you to share this episode out to your friends and family and help us broadcast this exciting launch across all social media platforms.
Many months of planning and prayer have gone into this launch, the development of the website, and the many UCA projects currently in the works. And the Board would like to thank all of our sponsors and members for the support and donations which have made this work possible. We hope you enjoy the podcast, and will ultimately consider becoming a Member of the UCA, and even a Supporting Member, and will stand alongside of us as we connect unitarian believers and proclaim the truth of ONE GOD throughout the world!
Many Blessings,
Kegan A. Chandler
Vice Chair, UCA Board of Directors
