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kwassa

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3. Where is Lisa Miller getting her growth figures from?

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 09:14 PM

Mar 2013

The UU has been under 200,000 my entire life. I was a cradle UU.

this is what Wikipedia says:

The UUA is headquartered at 25 Beacon Street on historic Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, the historical center of Unitarian Christianity in America. As of 2009, the UUA comprised 19 Districts, 1,041 congregations with 164,656 certified members and 61,795 church school enrollees served by 1,623 ministers.[2] However, as of 2011 the UUA had 162,796 certified members and 54,671 church school enrollees. This shows a decline of 1,860 members and 7,124 enrollees in church school since 2008. The UUA has, for the first time, also reported decline in average weekly attendance to 100,693 people. This is a drop of 1.5% on the 2010 reported figure.[1]

My parents were either atheist or agnostic, but as they never discussed the subject, it is hard to know. They certainly had no spiritual bent. I know my father was distressed by the newish pagan thing, though. He liked no religion in his religion.

edit to add: I think growth lies primarily in new groups that have come to UU, such as the pagans and the polyamorous.

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Many Unitarians would prefer that their polyamory activists keep quiet [View all] cbayer Mar 2013 OP

DON'T STAND THERE GAWPIN' rrneck Mar 2013 #1

Would YOU rather be doing something other than marching up and down the square!?!? cbayer Mar 2013 #2

Where is Lisa Miller getting her growth figures from? kwassa Mar 2013 #3

There have been a number of articles in the last year that show growth in the U/U church. cbayer Mar 2013 #5

I'm finding contradictory information on this. kwassa Mar 2013 #7

And then there is this. cbayer Mar 2013 #8

I tried to track down the statistic in the USA Today article and couldn't find it. kwassa Mar 2013 #9

I think the key word is "membership" u4ic Mar 2013 #15

do they financially support the church? kwassa Mar 2013 #16

Yes, most friends do support financially u4ic Mar 2013 #17

I know they picked up a cousin of mine in the last decade! nt MADem Mar 2013 #12

For no particular reason, okasha Mar 2013 #4

Just did some reading on the Unitarian Jihad, but the name generator has apparently cbayer Mar 2013 #6

I particularly liked Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2013 #10

Hilarious! Reminds me of some "organizing" meetings during the VN war. cbayer Mar 2013 #11

Oh, yeah. okasha Mar 2013 #13

It drives me crazy. cbayer Mar 2013 #14

So what do people think about polyamory? goldent Apr 2013 #18

I have mixed feelings. cbayer Apr 2013 #19

I don't think it is healthy at all goldent Apr 2013 #24

I suspect it's partly natural behavior, but... TreasonousBastard Apr 2013 #20

I recently heard about cultural groups like you describe, where paternity is not known. cbayer Apr 2013 #21

Something similar along those lines - pinto Apr 2013 #22

I have had a number of very close gay male friends throughout my life. cbayer Apr 2013 #23