The American Unitarian Association (AUA) was a

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in the

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and

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, formed by associated

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congregations in 1825. In 1961, it consolidated with the Universalist Church of America to form the

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. The AUA was formed in 1825 in the aftermath of a split within New England's Congregational churches between those congregations that embraced Unitarian doctrines and those that maintained

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theology. According to Mortimer Rowe, the Secretary (i.e. chief executive) of the British Unitarians for 20 years, the AUA was founded on the same day as the

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: "By a happy coincidence, in those days of slow posts, no transatlantic telegraph, telephone or wireless, our American cousins, in complete ignorance as to the details of what was afoot, though moving towards a similar goal, founded the American Unitarian Association on precisely the same day—May 26, 1825." The AUA's official journal was ''

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'' (1821–1961).

Notable member congregations

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Federal Street Church (Boston) The Federal Street Church (established 1729) was a congregational Unitarian church in Boston, Massachusetts. Organized in 1727, the originally Presbyterian congregation changed in 1786 to "Congregationalism", then adopted the liberal theology of i ...

First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia is a Unitarian Universalist congregation located at 2125 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a regional Community Center it sponsors cultural, educational, civic, wellness and spiritual ...

* Unitarian Church of All Souls * First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco * First Unitarian Church of Oakland *

First Unitarian Church of Berkeley The Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley (UUCB) was founded as the First Unitarian Church of Berkeley in Berkeley, California in 1891 and moved to Kensington, California in 1961. It is one of the oldest and largest Unitarian Universalist c ...

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* First Unitarian Church of Chicago * Unitarian Church of Urbana * First Unitarian Church of Detroit * Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania *

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Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (UUCA), historically known as the Unitarian Church of Arlington, is a Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist church located at 4444 Arlington Boulevard (U.S. Route 50 in Virginia, U.S. 50) in Ar ...

* Unitarian Church in Charleston

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Notable member congregations

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