There have been many projects, resolutions, task forces and other strategies that have come from the Board, Commission on Appraisal and grassroots groups which encourage us to take a look at our principles, purposes, bylaws and rules. It is time for us to do a review and make changes so that we are living into the Unitarian Universalism of the future, a Unitarian Universalism that holds us in times of great need and ethical, moral and spiritual crises. We are in one of those times now.

In response to those discussions, the UUA Board committed to establishing this Article II Study Commission to complete this study and offer a revised Article II.

Charge to the Commission, adopted June 8, 2020

The Article II Study Commission is hereby charged to review Article II of the UUA Bylaws, and propose any revisions that will enable our UUA, our member congregations, and our covenanted communities to be a relevant and powerful force for spiritual and moral growth, healing, and justice. Proposed changes should articulate core UU theological values. The Board believes that one core theological value, shared widely among UUs, is love.

The Work of the Article II Study Commission

• Article II Study Commission (https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/article-ii-study-commission)
• Article II Report 2020-2023 prepared by the Study Commission
• Proposed Revisions to Article II – full text

Pastoral Responses

• In Quest of Living Religion, Parts I and II, by Rev. Bruce Bode
• Theological Reflection on the Proposed Revision to Article II, by Rev. Dr. Sheri Prud’homme