The Christian Universalist Association (CUA) is an ecumenical organization connecting churches, minis-tries, and individuals who believe in Christian Uni-versalism.

The CUA is active in outreach to the public, spreading the Good News of God’s love for all people. We are especially focused on helping people find and participate in developing positive and uplifting communities of faith that share this belief, where they can get involved and grow spiritually through worship, fellow-ship, and service to God and other people. We hold conferences, publish literature and a peri-odical, encourage networking and cooperation among believers, maintain a directory of churches and meeting groups, work to foster church planting, and create new resources to deepen and reform Christianity.

One of the goals of the CUA is to work within the Christian world to promote a Second Reformation, shedding church doctrines that have moved Christianity away from universal truth and into the realm of fundamentalism. Another major goal is to share a more accurate view of Christ, his teachings, and the beliefs and practices of the early church, with the non-Christian world today that is aching for a fresh vision of spirituality.

Christian Universalism is a great faith tradition based on the idea of a benevolent, all-loving God who is saving all souls and transforming us all in the image of Christ. There is no such thing as eternal hell or “damnation.” After a spiritual growth process, everyone will be reconciled with God and with all other people, all sins will be forgiven, and all human beings will be perfect like Christ.

“What types of Christians are in the CUA?”

The CUA is interdenominational, meaning that our members come from a variety of different denominations – or none at all. Our organiza-tion includes Pentecostals, Evangelicals, Main-line Protestants, Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, independent or non-denominational Christians, and Unitarian Universalists who follow Jesus Christ as their primary spiritual teacher. All types of Christians are welcome to join us!

“Why is the CUA necessary?”

In 1961, the historical Christian denomination called the Universalist Church of America merged with the American Unitarian Associa-tion to form the Unitarian Universalist Asso-ciation (UUA). From then until the founding of the Christian Universalist Association in 2007, there has been no well-organized, pub-licly visible, diverse organization of churches and ministries proclaiming the teachings of a theological, Christ-centered Universalism. For this reason, a whole generation of people have grown up with little or no awareness of this hope-inspiring message – which was the mainstream belief of early Christianity – and do not know it is a credible option for them to believe in. The CUA considers this a tragedy, and the founding of our organization was in large part inspired by our desire to rectify this terrible situation.

“Is the CUA right for me?”

Millions of people today feel spiritually homeless. They do not agree with the dog-matic and exclusionary attitudes of many con-servative churches, but they are unsatisfied with the lack of spiritual depth and belief in many liberal churches. If you feel this way, you might be struggling to find a community of faith you can feel comfortable in, or you might have given up on organized religion entirely.

The Christian Universalist Association en-courages you not to give up. If you, like us, seek to follow the path of Jesus without a lot of outdated and restrictive doctrinal baggage, our organization might serve your spiritual needs and be a place you can feel at home.

Our overall philosophy is one of inclusiveness and open-mindedness combined with strong beliefs and principles. We respect your indi-vidual conscience and personal relationship with God, so we emphasize a continual quest for spiritual truth, not religious doctrines and rules. The CUA takes a stand for the basic beliefs of the original Christian Gospel – espe-cially the faith in a God who is Love, who has a plan to save and transform all people.

We strive to create a spiritual community that can help people to reach their true potential – no matter who you are, where you come from, what you have believed, what you have done. In the Christian Universalist Association, you will be given ample freedom to grow closer to God in your own way, but will be led in a positive direction. We invite you to join us in the journey!

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The CUA: Building a Unique and Historic Spiritual Movement

The Christian Universalist Association is the first Christian organization in history that brings together Pentecostals, Evangelicals, Mainline Protestants, Unitarian Universalist Christians, and non-denominational Christians, under one umbrella to build a cohesive new spiritual movement.

Something similar has happened two times before in the history of Christianity. The first time was in the 2nd through 4th centuries, when Messianic Jews and Greek philosophers came together to develop and articulate a new spiritual vision. The result was Alexandrian Christianity, a boldly Universalist Gospel that was taught by early saints and church fathers such as Origen, Clement of Alexandria, and Gregory of Nyssa. This view of the Christian message was in fact the greatest, most widely accepted and respected form of Christianity in the ancient world.

The second time Christian Universalism arose and flourished was in the 18th and 19th centuries, when the Universalist Church of America was formed and grew to become the seventh largest denomination in the United States at its peak. This new church developed out of a diverse mixture of Anabaptists, Quak-ers, Moravians, and other Pietist Christians who fled religious persecution in Europe – many of whom believed in the salvation of all rather than eternal hell. President Abraham Lincoln was a famous Christian Universalist.

Today, we in the CUA hope that we can suc-ceed in having as much influence and effect on people’s lives and on society as these two great spiritual movements of the past, from which we derive much of our inspiration.

Beliefs Commonly Shared in the CUA:

1. We believe in a God who is Love, the Creator of the universe, whom we are called to seek, know, and love; and whose nature was revealed to the world in Christ. (1 Jn. 4:16, Rev. 4:11, Mk. 12:30, Jn. 14:10)

2. We believe that the universal command-ment is to love one another as each loves one-self. (Mk. 9:35, 12:31, Lk. 6:27-31, Jn. 13:34)

3. We believe in the law of justice by which actions generate consequences, whether to be manifested in this life or the life to come. (Gal. 6:7-8, Mat. 19:29, 26:52, Rev. 20:12)

4. We believe in the ultimate triumph of divine mercy and grace: that no being ever created will be condemned or allowed to suffer forever, but all souls will attain salvation, reconciliation, restoration, and reunion with the Source of All Being. (Jn. 12:32, 1 Cor 15:22, 2 Cor. 5:19, Rev. 21:3-5)

5. We believe every person is the divine offspring of God, created in the image of the Heavenly Parent of all; and that every person is destined to be raised up from imperfection to maturity according to the pattern of Christ. (Gen. 1:26-27, Acts 17:28, Rom. 5:18-19, 8:16-18, 2 Cor. 3:18)

6. We believe in the reality of mysterious spiritual phenomena such as the resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Jn. 14:11, 1 Cor. 13:12, 15:3-8)

7. We believe that God’s Holy Spirit has inspired numerous prophets, saints, philoso-phers, and mystics throughout history, in a variety of cultures and traditions; and that by studying the Bible and other great spiritual texts, and meditating to connect to the Spirit within, we may all gain a greater understand-ing of truth, which should be applied for the betterment of ourselves and our world. (Rom. 1:20, Prov. 4:5-9, Eph. 4:4-6, Mat. 5:14-16)

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