Record of Community status changes
2025
Two (2) new member congregations have been added:
- Mountain UUs, CA
- West Georgia UUs, GA
One (1) community has a status change:
- Unitarian Congregation of Taos, NM has shifted from emerging congregation to member congregation
Two (2) new covenanting communities were added:
- UU Coastside Community, CA
- Temple of Hekate Apotropaia, UT
Six (6) member congregations dissolved:
- UU Congregation of the Shoals, AL
- All Souls Free Religious Fellowship, IL
- Lakeshore Unitarian Society in Winnetka, IL
- UU Congregation in Andover, MA
- Prairyerth UU Fellowship, NY
- UU Congregation of the South Bay, NY
Two (2) emerging congregations dissolved:
- UU Congregation of Rome, GA
- UU Community of Independence, VA
Two (2) covenanting communities have dissolved:
- RePioneering Church, SC
- Buffalo UU Fellowship, MN
2024
Three (3) new covenanting communities were added:
- Covenant UU, CA
- Eliot Institute, WA
- Three Rivers UU Community, WI
One (1) member congregation has dissolved:
- Adirondack UU Community, NY
Two (2) emerging congregations have dissolved:
- Cape Girardeau UU Fellowship, MO
- UU Fellowship of Warrensburg, MO
Three (3) covenanting communities have dissolved:
- UU Community of Homer, AK
- Groveland UU Fellowship, MN
- UU Community at Ocean Shores, WA
One (1) satellite campus of a congregation has dissolved:
- UU Congregation of Erie, Oil City Branch, PA
2023
Two (2) communities had a status change:
- New River UU Fellowship, WV shifted from member congregation to covenanting community
- UU Community of Frankfort, KY shifted from emerging congregation to covenanting community
Two (2) new covenanting communities were added:
- Temecula Valley UU Fellowship, CA
- The Longmont UU Presence, CO
Four (4) member congregations have dissolved:
- West Valley UU Church, AZ
- High Plains Church UU, CO
- First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, NJ
- UU Church of Victoria, TX
One (1) emerging congregation has dissolved:
Two (2) covenanting communities have dissolved:
- Margaret Moseley House, MA
- UU Fellowship of Richmond, IN
2022
Two (2) member congregations have dissolved:
- UU Congregation of Queens, NY
- UU Fellowship of St. Croix, VI
Six (6) covenanting communities have dissolved:
- Castle Rock UU Community, CO
- Lucy Stone House Community Cooperatives, MA
- River Raisin UU Fellowship, MI
- Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance, MN
- Sun Point Farm Sanctuary, NH
- Fellowship of God Light Ministries, TX
2021
One (1) new member congregation was added:
- New Brackett Memorial UU Church, ME
Four (4) communities had a status change:
- All Souls UU Congregation in Palatka, FL shifted from an emerging congregation to a member congregation.
- Inland Northwest UU Community, WA shifted from an emerging congregation to a member congregation.
- UU Fellowship of West Plains, MO shifted from an emerging congregation to a covenanting community.
- Thoreau UU Congregation of Fort Bend, TX shifted from a satellite campus of First UU Church of Houston to a covenanting community.
One (1) new emerging congregation was added:
- Abundant Love UU Fellowship, GA
Five (5) new covenanting communities were added:
- UU Community of Homer, AK
- UUs of Merced, CA
- The Sanctuary Boston, MA
- Red Wing UU Community, MN
- The Great Circle Fellowship, OH
One (1) member congregation dissolved:
- UU Fellowship of Sun City Center, FL
Two (2) emerging congregations dissolved:
- Camden Area UUs, NY
- UU Fellowship of Rock County, WI
2020
Two (2) communities had a status change:
- Lakeshore UU Fellowship, WI shifted from an emerging congregation to a member congregation
- UUs of Puerto Rico, PR shifted from an emerging congregation to a covenanting community
Five (5) covenanting communities were added:
- Four Corners UU Fellowship, CO
- UUs of Puna, HI
- UU Fellowship of Richmond, IN
- RePioneering Church, SC
- Fellowship of God Ministries, TX
Four (4) member congregations dissolved:
- The Dover Church, MA
- The First Parish of Westwood United Church, MA
- The First Universalist Church of Westfield Center, OH
- Towanda UU Fellowship, PA
Two (2) emerging congregations dissolved:
- UUs of the White Mountains, AZ
- Tree of Life, A UU Congregation, OH
2019
One (1) new member congregation was added:
- Tapestry UU Church of Houston, TX
Five (5) communities had a status change:
- UU Society of Cleveland, IL and First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, IL dissolved and formed UU Congregation of Cleveland, IL
- Mt Vernon UU Fellowship, IL shifted from emerging to member congregation
- Goodloe Memorial UU Congregation, MD shifted from member to covenanting community (Goodloe Learning Community, MD)
- Unitarian Fellowship of Vermillion, SD shifted from member to covenanting community (UU Fellowship of Vermillion)
- Unitarian Fellowship of Marshalltown, IA shifted from emerging to covenanting community
Two (2) new covenanting communities were added:
- Linden Ponds UU Community, MA
- UU Community at Ocean Shores, WA
Two (2) member congregations dissolved:
- Brockport UU Fellowship, NY
- Original Blessing: A UU Congregation, NY
Two (2) emerging congregations dissolved:
- Hammond Unitarian Church, LA
- Peninsula UU Fellowship, WA
Three (3) satellite campuses dissolved:
- Desert Springs UUs, NM (campus of First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque)
- First UU Church of Houston, Tapestry Campus, TX
- Fox Valley UU Fellowship, Oshkosh Campus, WI
2018
Seven (7) new covenanting communities were added:
- Unitarian Universalists of Charlestown, MD
- Groveland UU Fellowship, MN
- UU Fellowship of Southwestern Utah, UT
- Camp de Benneville Pines, CA
- Lycoming UU Congregation, PA
- River Raisin UU Fellowship, MI
- Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance, MN
Four (4) member congregations disolved:
- UU Congregation of Whittier, CA
- Unitarian Fellowship of South Florida, FL
- Peter Cooper UU Fellowship of Memphis, TN
- All Souls UU Community, WA
Two (2) emerging congregations dissolved:
- North Valley UU Community, CA
- Flame of Life Universalists, CO
One (1) covenanting community dissolved:
2017
Two (2) new covenanting communities were added:
- Unitarian Universalists of Riderwood, MD
- Methow Valley UU Fellowship, WA
One (1) community has a status change:
- Olean UU Community, NY has shifted its status from an emerging congregation to a covenanting community.
Two (2) member congregations dissolved:
- First Universalist Society of Hiram, ME
- Ann Arbor Unitarian Fellowship, MI
Two (2) emerging congregations dissolved:
- Spirit of Life Church, MN
- The Welcome Table Church, OK (also dissolved as a covenanting community)
One (1) covenanting community dissolved:
- North Kitsap UU Church, WA
One (1) satellite campus of a congregation has dissolved:
- Unitarian Universalists of Merced, CA, a campus of UU Fellowship of Stanislaus County