The Social Justice minister at All Souls was ordained UCC, she jokes that UCC stands for "Unitarians Considering Christ".
What non-creedal means, generally, is there is no test of faith. There is no catechism, there is no run down of "I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth..." that ticks off what you believe as a member of that church. The church community exists to create a defined space and time for you to connect with whatever spiritual forces call to you and to be surrounded by people who support you on your spiritual journey. It is a place to be uplifted and inspired as well as challenged (which, you know, all churches should be). But you can be a full member without accepting Christ as your savior or believing in transubstantiation or that the Sabbath should be on Saturday or the authority of Scripture or whatever other point of theology is a sticking point in another church. Which also means that you can go in believing X today, and then when something happens in your life that makes you believe in Y instead, you don't necessarily have to go looking for a new faith community. I'm obviously biased as I'm a UU (and the UUA and the UUC have a very close relationship). But going to church can still be an opportunity to connect with the divine and recenter yourself spiritually even without a creed.
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16/10/09 04:11 (UTC)What non-creedal means, generally, is there is no test of faith. There is no catechism, there is no run down of "I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth..." that ticks off what you believe as a member of that church. The church community exists to create a defined space and time for you to connect with whatever spiritual forces call to you and to be surrounded by people who support you on your spiritual journey. It is a place to be uplifted and inspired as well as challenged (which, you know, all churches should be). But you can be a full member without accepting Christ as your savior or believing in transubstantiation or that the Sabbath should be on Saturday or the authority of Scripture or whatever other point of theology is a sticking point in another church.
Which also means that you can go in believing X today, and then when something happens in your life that makes you believe in Y instead, you don't necessarily have to go looking for a new faith community.
I'm obviously biased as I'm a UU (and the UUA and the UUC have a very close relationship). But going to church can still be an opportunity to connect with the divine and recenter yourself spiritually even without a creed.