Reply #9: I grew up UCC, go to a Unity church, now [View All]

[noonwitch]

The UCC has a statement of faith, you can read it on their website. It's basically a few paragraphs that sum up the things that the denominations that came together to form one agreed upon. My brother is a minister in the UCC,he has a church in Columbus, Ohio (St. Paul's). They use inclusive language, like referring to God by female and male pronouns, they have a hymnal that in addition to the traditional christian hymns also includes more gospel songs, too. They support civil rights, women's rights, are opposed to war, although you may find an occasional congregation that is more conservative than others, because each church is free to make some of their own determinations on such matters. Most who disagree with the denomination go off as independents or retain the old denominational label, such as congregational. They've been ordaining women and gays for a while now and it is no big controversy, like in some other liberal denominations (UMC and Episcopalian). The UCC, UU and Unity are the three denominations who have no issues with gays.