personal quote:
We need not think alike to love alike.

Francis David

The Unitarian movement
Our organisation, congregations and societies

PAKISTAN

Unitarian Universalist Christians of Pakistan (UUCP) was founded in 1991 as a confederation of self-help groups.

Contact: Inderias Dominic Bhatti
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PHILIPPINES

The Universalist Church of the Philippines was established in the early 1950s on the initiative of the Rev. Toribio S. Quimada. This body was renamed the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines in 1988. There are 15 Unitarian Universalist congregations, all on the islands of Negros, Panay and Mindanao with a membership of over 400 people.

Contact: Rebecca Quimada Sienes
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POLAND

In April 1997 the Polish Unitarian Church held its Founding Synod using a constitution registered with the Polish authorities in January 1997. This church is based in Warsaw, with some contacts elsewhere in Poland. It represents the merger of three post-World War I liberal religious strands: (a) a Panmonist (i.e. Universalist) group in Warsaw founded by Rev Marcin Lubecki; (b) a fellowship in Warsaw led by Rev Janusz Ostrowski but largely destroyed during the Second World War; and (c) the re-established Union of Polish Brethren started by Rev Karol Grycz-Smilowski in 1936. The latter suffered a takeover by Pentecostals who wanted a registered church organisation to get around their sect image so the Unitarians formed a new Union of Polish Brethren, Unitarian. This latter group is active today mainly in Silesia. The impetus for a merger and official registration came from wishing to avoid being considered a sect, which has real disadvantages under Polish law. Polish Unitarians are affiliated to the ICUU through the umbrella organisation, the Association of Unitarian Universalists in the Polish Republic.

Warsaw Unitarians meet in a Warsaw Reformed Church and can be contacted via Roger Domagalski, The contact person for the Silesian group is Dr Helmut Iwa, Wspolnoty Unitarian Uniwersalistow w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Rada Naczelna, ul. Wolnosci 91 A 10/5, 41-500 Chorzow, POLAND

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ROMANIA

A fully organised Unitarian church has existed in Transylvania since its foundation by Bishop Francis David in 1568. The total membership is 80,000.

Contact:
Dr Elek Rezi, The Bishop's Office, Unitarian Church in Transylvania, 3400 Cluj, B-dul 21 Decembrie Nr 14, ROMANIA
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RUSSIA

Two small groups have become established in recent years in St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Contact: Vitaly Veriguine
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