Statistics have been released by Pew Research on the denominational affiliation of Americans. It appears that only. 0.3 percent Americans identify themselves as Unitarian Universalists, that's 3 in a thousand. You can read more about this topic at the Philocrites web site.
It should be noted that the number of U.S. adults who identify themselves as Unitarian*Universalists aka U*Us in the census data is about four times the actual adult membership in U*U churches. In real terms card-carrying adult U*Us make up a much lower percentage of adult Americans.
ReplyDeleteHere's something that Unitarian*Universalists might want to wrap their minds around before they get *too* puffed up about being "The Religion For Our Time". There are probably more Roman Catholic priests in the world than card-carrying adult Unitarian*Universalists. . .
Thanks for this post; it moved me to revisit the Pew Report (http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report-religious-landscape-study-full.pdf)
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot to chew on. The thing that caught my eye is on page 96. It shows the male:female ratio of those identifying as UU's or other liberal traditions as being 54:46. Our adult attendance is more like 40:60. This suggests to me that those non-attenders who identify as UUs are disproportionately male.