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The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) became particularly interested in the establishment of a council when it had to deal with an increasing number of applications for membership from congregations outside North America . It had already granted membership to congregations in Adelaide , Auckland , the Philippines and Pakistan , and congregations in Sydney , Russia and Spain had applied for membership. Rather than admit congregations from all over the world, the UUA hoped that they would join a world council instead. The UUA thus became willing to provide funding for the council's establishment.

As a result, the council was finally established at a meeting in Essex, Massachusetts on March 23-26 , 1995 . Rev. David Usher became the ICUU's first President.

The size of the member organizations varies widely. Some member groups have only a few hundred members; while the largest, the Unitarian Universalist Association, has over 200,000 members and is larger than all the other member groups put together.


MEMBERS


Full Members



Provisional Members



Emerging Groups

  • Argentina

  • Brazil

  • Bolivia

  • Costa Rica

  • Croatia

  • Cuba

  • Mexico

  • Latvia

  • Puerto Rico



Unitarians in contact with but not members of the ICUU



PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES

PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF UNITARIANS AND UNIVERSALISTS

We, the member groups of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists, affirming our belief in religious community based on:

  • liberty of conscience and individual thought in matters of faith,

  • the inherent worth and dignity of every person.

  • justice and compassion in human relations,

  • responsible stewardship in human relations,

  • and our commitment to democratic principles,


declare our purposes to be:

  • to serve the Infinite Spirit of Life and the human community by strengthening the worldwide Unitarian and Universalist faith,

  • to affirm the variety and richness of our living traditions,

  • to facilitate mutual support among member organizations,

  • to promote our ideals and principles around the world,

  • to provide models of liberal religious response to the human condition which upholds our common values.



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