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The joke about Unitarians is that they’re where you go when you don’t know where to go. Theirs is the religion of last resort for the intermarried, the ambivalent, the folks who want a faith community without too many rules. It is perhaps no surprise that the Unitarian Universalist Association is one of the fastest-growing denominations in the country, ballooning 15 percent over the past decade, when other established churches were shrinking. Politically progressive to its core, it draws from the pool of people who might otherwise be “nones” – unaffiliated with any church at all. But within the ranks...

Unitarians grow and prosper with renewed focus on faith Church's leader says new congregants are searching for religious commitment Sunday, November 10, 2002 BY DAVID GIBSON Star-Ledger Staff Throughout its long history in America, the Unitarian Church has been something of an oddity, a liberal denomination that embraces no creed and rejects any hint of sectarianism in a country with an unslaked thirst for theological certainty. The church's tiny membership reflected its marginal appeal, as did society's attitudes toward Unitarianism, which ranged from confusion over what -- if anything -- Unitarians believe in to quips about its user-friendly approach to...