The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (GAUFCC or colloquially British Unitarians) is the

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for Unitarian, Free Christians, and other liberal religious congregations in the

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and

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. It was formed in 1928, with denominational roots going back to the Great Ejection of 1662. Its headquarters is

Essex Hall Essex Street Chapel, also known as Essex Church, is a Unitarian place of worship in London. It was the first church in England set up with this doctrine, and was established when Dissenters still faced legal threat. As the birthplace of British ...

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, on the site of the first avowedly Unitarian chapel in England, set up in 1774. The GAUFCC brought together various strands and traditions besides

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, including English Presbyterianism,

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, Christian Universalism, Religious Humanism, and

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. Unitarians are now an open-faith community celebrating diverse beliefs; some of its members would describe themselves as Buddhists, Pagans, or Jewish, while many others are humanists, agnostics, or atheists.

History

Early Modern Britain

Christopher Hill states that ideas such as anti-Trinitarianism, which scholars trace back to ancient times, were an integral part of "the lower-class heretical culture which burst into the open in the 16th century". The cornerstones of this culture were

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(opposition to the power of the Church) and a strong emphasis on biblical study, but there were specific heretical doctrines that had "an uncanny persistence". In addition to anti-Trinitarianism, there was a rejection of

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and an embrace of

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, and

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. Such ideas became "commonplace to 17th century Baptists, Levellers, Diggers,

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, … early

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and other radical groupings which took part in the free-for-all discussions of the English Revolution". After the restoration of the Stuart monarchy and the resulting

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, about 2,000 ministers left the established

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(the Great Ejection). Following the

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, many of these ministers preached in non-conforming congregations. The modern Unitarian denomination's origins lay within this group of Protestants, the English Presbyterians, who were reluctant to become Dissenters. However, by the late 18th century, the influx of

congregations to the denomination established a direct lineage to this radical milieu—although by now, much of the heretical culture stigma no longer existed.

19th century

Until the passing of the Unitarian Relief Act in 1813, it was a criminal offence to deny the doctrine of the Trinity. By 1825 a new body, the

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, itself an amalgamation of three previous societies, was set up to co-ordinate denominational activities. However, there was a setback in 1837 when "the Presbyterian / Unitarian members were forced to withdraw from the General Body of Protestant Ministers which, for over a century, had represented the joint interests of the old established nonconformist groups in and around London". Around this time Presbyterian / Unitarian opinion was once again divided about how far the denomination should be associated with the label 'Unitarian'.

James Martineau James Martineau (; 21 April 1805 – 11 January 1900) was a British religious philosopher influential in the history of Unitarianism. For 45 years he was Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy and Political Economy in Manchester New College ...

, a Presbyterian minister formerly based in

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, pleaded for a 'warmer' religion than the 'critical, cold and untrusting' Unitarianism of his day. In 1881 he helped to found the National Conference of Unitarian, Liberal Christian, Free Christian, Presbyterian and other Non-Subscribing or Kindred Congregations—"a triumph, one might say, of Victorian verbosity. But the length of the name reflected the breadth of Martineau's vision".Goring, J & R (1984), ''The Unitarians'', p. 24 Thus, from 1881 to the establishment of the GAUFCC, the denomination consisted of "two overlapping circles, one labelled 'Unitarian' and eager for organisation and propaganda, the other rejecting labels and treasuring comprehensiveness. Each side had its own college, its own newspaper and its own hymn book".

Present day

By 1928 these two "overlapping circles" had been reconciled in the same organisation: the GAUFCC. Over time the organisation has come to embrace a wider theological and philosophical diversity. "At one extreme are the 'Free Christians' who wish to remain part of the Church Universal; at the other are those who wish to move beyond Christianity''. The congregations of GAUFCC contain members who hold diverse opinions. Indeed, Unitarians are able to embrace and gain insights from the great world religions, philosophies, arts and modern sciences. The Unitarian Church does not follow one particular set of rules; owing to this, most Protestant denominations and Catholic dioceses do not recognise the baptisms or marriages it performs. The official name is used on formal occasions, but in general use the organisation refers to itself and its members simply as Unitarian; the website URL is unitarian.org.uk, and the BBC religion page reflects this. The denomination supports same sex marriage.

Member churches

Many churches are architecturally significant and are

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s, often in the style known as

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. Other churches have made a mark on public life, with historically significant members of the congregation or ministers. Either of these types may have a Wikipedia article.

Current churches

The General Assembly counts about 182 churches as members, including: * Bank Street Unitarian Chapel, Bolton, Greater Manchester * Billingshurst Unitarian Chapel, 1754, West Sussex *

Brighton Unitarian Church The Brighton Unitarian Church, previously known as Christ Church, is a Unitarian chapel in Brighton, England. Built in 1820 by prolific local architect Amon Henry Wilds on land sold to the fledgling Unitarian community by the Prince Regent, th ...

, 1820, built by

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* Brook Street Chapel, Knutsford, Cheshire * Brookfield Unitarian Church, Gorton, Manchester * Bury Unitarian Church, in

Bury, Lancashire Bury ( ) is a market town on the River Irwell in Greater Manchester, England. Metropolitan Borough of Bury is administered from the town, which had an estimated population of 78,723 in 2015. The town is within the historic county boundarie ...

Chowbent Chapel Chowbent Chapel is an active Unitarianism, Unitarian place of worship in Atherton, Greater Manchester, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It was built in 1721 and is the oldest place of worship in the town. It is a member of the General Asse ...

, in

Atherton, Greater Manchester Atherton () is a town in Greater Manchester, England and historically a part of Lancashire. The town, including Hindsford, Howe Bridge and Hag Fold, is south of Bolton, east of Wigan, and northwest of Manchester. From the 17th century, f ...

* Cross Street Chapel, Manchester *

Cambridge Unitarian Church (Memorial Church) Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge beca ...

, Cambridgeshire * Croydon Unitarian Church *

Dean Row Chapel, Wilmslow Dean Row Chapel is a Unitarian place of worship in Cheshire, North West England. It is located east of the town of Wilmslow, Cheshire, near the junction of the A5102 and B5358 roads. The structure is recorded in the National Heritage List f ...

, Cheshire * Essex Church, the first Unitarian church in England, moved in 1880s from central London to Kensington * Frenchay Chapel,Frenchay Common, Frenchay Bristol *

Fulwood Old Chapel Fulwood Old Chapel is a Unitarian place of worship in the Fulwood district of western Sheffield, South Yorkshire. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella organisation for British Unitarians ...

, in Sheffield * Gellionnen Chapel, near Swansea * Great Meeting Unitarian Chapel, Leicester * Hastings Unitarian Church *

Horsham Unitarian Church Horsham Unitarian Church (formerly Horsham General Baptist Chapel) is a Unitarian chapel in Horsham in the English county of West Sussex. It was founded in 1719 to serve the large Baptist population of the ancient market town of Horsham—home ...

* Kendal Unitarian Chapel, Cumbria *

King Edward Street Chapel, Macclesfield King Edward Street Chapel, Macclesfield is in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. History The chapel was built in 1690, soon after ...

, Cheshire * Meadrow Unitarian Chapel, Godalming * Mill Hill Chapel, on Leeds City Square * New Chapel, Denton * Newington Green Unitarian Church, North London *

Norcliffe Chapel Norcliffe Chapel is in the village of Styal, Cheshire, England. It is a Unitarian chapel, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The chapel was built in 1822–23 by a mill ow ...

, Styal, Cheshire *

Nottage General Baptist & Unitarian Church Nottage General Baptist & Unitarian Chapel is a nonconformist chapel in Nottage, Bridgend, Wales. It is shared by General Baptists and Unitarians. History The church is the oldest nonconformist place of worship in the area, tracing its roots to ...

near Porthcawl * Octagon Chapel, Norwich * Richmond and Putney Unitarian Church * Rivington Unitarian Chapel, in Lancashire *

Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel The Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel is a place of worship in Hampstead, London. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella organisation for British Unitarians. It is also a Grade II Listed building ...

, Hampstead, North London; one of the biggest congregations nationally *

Shrewsbury Unitarian Church Shrewsbury Unitarian Church is a Grade II listed building situated on the High Street in Shrewsbury, England. The meeting house was founded in its present site in 1662 by the Revd Francis Tallents and the Revd John Bryan, two dissenters ejected f ...

* Taunton Unitarian Chapel *

Todmorden Unitarian Church Todmorden Unitarian Church is a Unitarian church located in Honey Hole Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England (). Built in honour of John Fielden, a local mill owner and a social reformer, the church was completed in 1869. It was declared r ...

, in

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Toxteth Unitarian Chapel Toxteth Unitarian Chapel is in Park Road, Dingle, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Since the 1830s it has been known as The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed bu ...

, in Liverpool * UMB (Unitarian Meeting Bristol) Brunswick Square, Cabot Circus, Bristol City Centre, Bristol * Underbank Chapel, Sheffield *

Ullet Road Unitarian Church Ullet Road Church is a Unitarian church at 57 Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool. Both the church and its attached hall are separately recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade I listed buildings. It was the fir ...

, Liverpool *

Unitarian Meeting House, Ipswich ''For the church building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright see Unitarian Meeting House (Madison, Wisconsin)'' Unitarian Meeting House is a Grade I listed place of worship in Ipswich, Suffolk. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian an ...

Upper Chapel Upper Chapel is a Unitarian chapel on Norfolk Street in Sheffield City Centre. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella organisation for British Unitarians. The Chapel is Grade II liste ...

, Sheffield *

York Unitarian Chapel York Unitarian Chapel is a building on St. Saviourgate, York, England. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella organisation for British Unitarians. It is in the form of a Greek cross and was ...

Previous churches

Some Unitarian church buildings are now used for other purposes: *

Wallasey Memorial Unitarian Church Wallasey Memorial Unitarian Church is a redundant church in Manor Road, Liscard, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the ca ...

, on the

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, now under the care of the

Historic Chapels Trust The Historic Chapels Trust is a British Registered Charity set up to care for redundant non-Anglican churches, chapels, and places of worship in England. To date, its holdings encompass various nonconformist Christian denominations and Roma ...

* Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester, as of 2017 student accommodation *

Lewin's Mead Unitarian meeting house Lewin's Mead Unitarian meeting house is a former Unitarian church in Bristol, England. The building The meeting house was constructed in 1788–1791 in Lewin's Mead on the site of a 1705 chapel; before that, the site had been a Franciscan monas ...

in Bristol, converted to offices in 1987 * New Meeting House, Moor Street, Birmingham, (rebuilt after the

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burned down the old one), since 1862 St Michael's Catholic Church * High Pavement Chapel, Nottingham, now a pub * Platt Chapel, in Fallowfield, Manchester Other church buildings have gone, but their congregations moved or merged with neighbours: *

Church of the Saviour, Birmingham The Church of the Saviour in Edward Street, Birmingham, was a liberal Unitarian church founded in 1845 for the liberal nonconformist preacher, George Dawson. It became the centre of the programme of social and municipal improvement known as t ...

, which launched the political career of Joseph Chamberlain * Church of the Messiah, Birmingham, built over a canal *

Hope Street Unitarian Chapel Hope Street Chapel was a Unitarian place of worship in Liverpool, England. It stood on Hope Street next to the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, about halfway between the Anglican and Catholic Cathedrals. The congregation had previously been based ...

, halfway between the Anglican and Catholic Cathedrals of Liverpool; demolished 1962 *

Octagon Chapel, Liverpool The Octagon Chapel, Liverpool, was a nonconformist church in Liverpool, England, opened in 1763. It was founded by local congregations, those of Benn's Garden and Kaye Street chapels. The aim was to use a non-sectarian liturgy; Thomas Bentley ...

Renshaw Street Unitarian Chapel Renshaw Street Unitarian Chapel was a Unitarianism, Unitarian place of worship in Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, England. It operated from 1811 until the 1890s and was particularly well frequented by ship-owning and mercantile families, who formed a ...

, Liverpool

Those mentioned in articles

The following place articles mention the presence of their Unitarian churches: *

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, Derbyshire (1788) *

Bessels Green Bessels Green is a village now incorporated into the built-up area of Sevenoaks in Kent, England. It is on the north-western outskirts of Sevenoaks, in the parish of Chevening. At the 2011 Census the village population was included in the civi ...

, in Sevenoaks, Kent * Crewkerne, in Somerset * Gateacre, Liverpool (1700) *

Little Horton Little Horton (population 17,368 - 2001 UK census) is a ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England, named after the de Horton family, who were once Lords of the Manor. The population ...

, in Bradford *Monton Unitarian Church in

Eccles, Greater Manchester Eccles () is a town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, west of Salford and west of Manchester, split by the M602 motorway and bordered by the Manchester Ship Canal to the south. The town is famous for the Eccles cak ...

Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester There are 236 Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester, England. In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural ...

lists Brookfield, Monton, and Chowbent *

Stalybridge Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 23,731 at the 2011 Census. Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east of Manchester city centre and north-west of Glossop. When a ...

, near Manchester * Trim Street, Bath, 1795 *Westgate Chapel, in

Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of t ...

, East Sussex

Affiliations

The British Unitarians are a member of the

International Council of Unitarians and Universalists The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) was an umbrella organization founded in 1995 comprising many Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist organizations. It was disolved in 2021 along with the Unitarian ...

and of the

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. The

Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland The Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland is a non-creedal Christian Church, which maintains a great emphasis on individual conscience in matters of Christian faith. The Church became part of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free ...

maintains an Accord with the GAUFCC. In addition to the approximately 170 congregations that are affiliated with the General Assembly, there are also groups within it. Some of these represent interests (history, music, international development, etc.), while others are of religious beliefs, most notably the

Unitarian Christian Association The Unitarian Christian Association (UCA) is a relatively small, though growing fellowship of Christians who feel an affinity with traditional Unitarianism and Free Christianity. The association is based in the United Kingdom and is an affiliated ...

and the

Unitarian Earth Spirit Network The Unitarian Earth Spirit Network (UESN) is an association of Unitarian Universalists based in the U.K. that seeks to represent a Nature/Earth/Creation centred religious voice within the church. It was assisted by Jo Rogers as Secretary/Treasure ...

Officers

The national structure of British Unitarians is headed by an elected president, who holds office for one year. This officer is the figurehead leader of the organisation. Day-to-day administration is in the hands of an Executive Committee, which is led by a Convenor, assisted by an Honorary Treasurer, a General Secretary (sometimes called Chief Officer), and other Executive Committee members. At the regional level, British Unitarianism is grouped into Districts. There are currently 13 Districts in England, two in Wales, and one in Scotland. Each District has a similar structure to that at national level, with a President and a District Executive Committee. Some Districts appoint a District Minister. Local congregations vary in size, structure, and practice, but there is a requirement for each congregation to have some form of established and formal leadership. In most cases this will include a local Council and usually also a Unitarian minister.

Notable British Unitarians

* Sir Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web * Sir John Brunner, businessman ( ICI), politician and great-grandfather of the Duchess of Kent * Austen Chamberlain,

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winner * Joe Chamberlain, businessman ( GKN), politician and statesman *

Neville Chamberlain Arthur Neville Chamberlain (; 18 March 18699 November 1940) was a British politician of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. He is best known for his foreign policy of appeaseme ...

, prime minister * Sir Philip Colfox, politician *

James Chuter Ede James Chuter Ede, Baron Chuter-Ede of Epsom, (11 September 1882 – 11 November 1965), was a British teacher, trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He served as Home Secretary under Prime Minister Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951, becom ...

, politician, Home Secretary *

Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (''née'' Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many st ...

, novelist * the Lupton family of Leeds, prosperous merchants and civic leaders *

John Sutton Nettlefold John Sutton Nettlefold (23 September 1792 – 12 April 1866) was a British industrialist and entrepreneur. Early life and family Nettlefold was born in London. Nettlefold was a Unitarian; he married a co-religionist, Martha Chamberlain (1794&nd ...

, industrialist * Sir Isaac Newton, physicist *

Joseph Priestley Joseph Priestley (; 24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist. He published over 150 works, and conducted ...

, chemist and Unitarian clergyman *

Andrew Pritchard Andrew Pritchard FRSE (14 December 1804 – 24 November 1882) was an English naturalist and natural history dealer who made significant improvements to microscopy and studied microscopic organisms. His belief that God and nature were one led hi ...

, microscope maker *

Cyril Smith Sir Cyril Richard Smith (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a prominent British politician who after his death was revealed to have been a prolific serial sex offender against children. A member of the Liberal Party, he was Member of ...

, member of parliament and alleged serial sex offender *

Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft (, ; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationsh ...

,Mary on the Green
About Mary
feminist

References

External links

Official website
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