Unitarian Christian Church of America
We warmly welcome you to the UCCA. We believe we are a “faith whose time has come, indeed a faith for today.” Our aim is not to impose a specific belief but to unite with others to promote, educate, and improve a “way of living” in harmony and peace with everyone.
The world we live in is not what God intended for it to be. The old ways no longer work, nor are they relevant; it is time for an “awakening.” Our spiritual needs are unmet as we have evolved, creating a growing spiritual and moral void that must be addressed.
We invite you to join us in becoming the revival that awakens humanity into the next century and beyond. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. The time is right, the need is clear, and the answer is waiting.
The UCCA teaches that life should be lived with love, humility, compassion, spiritual openness, and a commitment to personal and communal flourishing.
"First, liberty, freedom of the individual to think, think as he will or think as he must; but not liberty for the sake of itself. Liberty for the sake of finding the truth"
- Minot J. Savage, Our Unitarian Gospel (p. 9).
A Message for Today's World
We sincerely hope you'll find a comfortable and welcoming environment and new home here with us. When we come together, our goal is not to impose personal faith or judge honest individual differences. Instead, we strive to unite through our love for God and to live in truth, peace, and love for all humankind and all of God’s creation.
As our Platform may be unfamiliar to you, we invite you to take this opportunity to learn more about who we are and what we believe. The UCCA is genuinely committed to a “faith whose time has come, indeed, a faith for today.”
We welcome everyone who chooses to participate in living our Platform. Those who actively practice our Universal Principle embodied within our Foundational Beliefs and to the best of their abilities, live the faith we share as a way of life, not just a statement made when convenient or appropriate.
Weekly Sermon
TIMES LIKE THESE
June 7, 2026
2 Timothy 4:3 – “For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.”
The times we live in can seem trying, but it was the same in days gone by and will be in times to come. I view these as just more “trials of life” we are to face and deal with. We either take control and conquer them or they conquer us. Either way, the choices, decisions, and directions we take will carry us to another day. In the end, we win some and lose some, but time marches on.
When I look at where we are today, especially in this nation, it is clear we are at a crossroads. In many ways, we are repeating the mistakes others made in other times, yet we don’t seem to care. We have lost our focus on life as it should be and narrowed it to a vision of wealth, power over others, and illusions of things just out of reach. We have lost our compassion for one another, the respect we should have, and the unity that allowed us to become blessed as we have been. In short, we let go of the “Hand of God” and embraced our greed and self-righteousness instead.
We are too busy feeding the lusts of “Me” to understand and accept the need to nurture the “We.” All creation is sacred and precious to God and should be equally so to each of us. Yet we turn from those truths; we embrace those who cast visions of success and wealth and promote power over others, usually the less fortunate or those who are simply “not just like me.” We replace “love” with “lust” and live accordingly. The very purpose of spiritual or religious beliefs has always been to bring humankind together and enable us to live in peace and compassion for all. They were never meant to divide us but to unite us as one.
God wants us to turn from our wicked ways and return to a time when God’s love was the witness of those who loved God. Not a time of church, but a time of “a living faith,” a faith that is our very existence. When we learn to love as a people, when we learn to live that love without conditions, then the tragedies will stop, and we will replace those “thoughts and prayers” with a “living faith” that will heal our land, its people, and the world we all live in.
The solution lies with each of us. When we realize that we all need each other to come together as one. When we accept that God has made each of us the individuals we are, and that no two are meant to be alike. When we embrace that we are to love the Lord our God with every ounce of our being. And the only way to prove that love is to love all others and all creation more than ourselves. When we accept these truths and make them our way of life, then we will be a living witness to the world and a blessing to all.
It is the work of the ministry, even its inherent purpose for humanity, that, as a minister, I must speak to you words of simple truths. I should not seek to say what your itching ears want to hear, but rather what I believe God gives me to say to you. I must carefully and without bias or indoctrination speak to you, words that lead, guide, and direct you to a path of a right relationship with God and all of God’s creations. This is the vocation I am called to, the ordination I have received, not of man or institution, but of the “Living God” who wishes to show His love to His children and wishes for those children to live that same love in all they say and do. The question is, ”Do you?” God knows the truth.
Isaiah 6:8-10, 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” 9 He said, “Go and tell this people: “‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ 10 Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
In times like these, as it has always been, each of us must answer as God calls once again. “Whom shall I send?” Will your answer be, “Here am I. Send me!” or will you be silent? God knows your heart. What will He see in you?
May you always be mindful of God’s love and presence in your life. May you allow God’s love and presence to be reflected in all you say and do, and may you be a witness to the world and to God through the love you have for all. You are either the “healing” or the “hindrance.” Which will you choose?
Rev. Dr. Shannon Rogers, DDiv
Sr. Pastor and President, Unitarian Christian Church of America (UCCA)
A FAITH WHOSE TIME HAS COME
A FAITH FOR TODAY
A Layman's Perspective
NOW A UNITARIAN CHRISTIAN—Article XI in a series
June 1, 2026
Disappointed that Unitarianism seemed to be non-Christian, even atheistic, it was back to the search:
On the Facebook page for the American Unitarian Conference (AUC), a predecessor of the UCCA, I found the messages of the Reverend Shannon Rogers to be helpful with my spiritual journey: Neither “preachy” nor dogmatic, Dr. Rogers relates God’s will, and the teachings of Jesus and other spiritual teachers to their application in our daily lives.
Connecting by e-mail with Dr. Rogers, he directed me to his “Introduction to the Unitarian Christian Church of America” and other sources, and I was thrilled with what I found. The “foundational beliefs” of the UCCA include:
That it is a “creedless” faith. It does not require its members to adhere to any specific set of beliefs. The “foundational beliefs” are presented as “point of beginning” and a “call to assembly.”
That there is one God, a unitary entity, not a “triune” God;
That we believe in the teachings and example of Jesus as presented in the Bible; that Jesus is not God;
That the Bible is a valuable source of inspiration, truths and guidance for our lives, and that other sources may be similarly valuable;
New and liberating to me, that we believe in the “free will” of all humankind: That each individual should be enabled to develop his/her personal beliefs and relationship with God.
My religious and spiritual beliefs align closely with these foundational beliefs of the UCCA. I have now followed Dr. Rogers for a year-and-a-half and have found him to be a thoughtful and enlightening mentor. I think that I have found my new church home!
Maybe most importantly, I feel liberated from the sometimes oppressive orthodoxy of the mainline Christian Church.
Carroll “Chip” Fossett
UCCA General Council
