What do Unitarians believe?

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We believe that:

  • everyone has the right to seek truth and meaning for themselves.

  • the fundamental tools for doing this are your own life experience, your reflection upon it, your intuitive understanding, and the promptings of your own conscience.

  • the best setting for this is a community that welcomes you for who you are, complete with your beliefs, doubts and questions.

We can be called religious ‘liberals’

  • We unite to celebrate and affirm values that embrace and reflect a greater reality than self.

  • We claim no exclusive revelation or status for ourselves; because we afford respect and toleration to those who follow different paths of faith.

We are called ‘Unitarians’

  • Due to our traditional insistence on divine unity, the oneness of God.

  • We affirm the essential unity of humankind and of creation.

Our Mission Statement

  • Spiritual

    To develop and maintain a vibrant Unitarian Community providing worship, faith and spiritual care for the congregation.

  • Social

    To seek ways to promote social justice in the community, both independently and in partnership with other faiths and charities

  • Community

    To serve our local, wider, and virtual community by offering meaningful, spiritual engagement to meet their needs.

  • Environment

    To encourage and inspire a way of life which demonstrates care and consideration for the planet and all the life residing on it.

In some areas Unitarians are often made to feel that they are out on a limb because they do not adhere to any easily definable system of religious or spiritual belief. This is probably not true in Portsmouth where people have discovered us and are happy with our generally liberal approach towards things like the rites of passage – namings, marriage and funerals. Wherever possible, we like people to design and include personal touches in these ceremonies, hopefully in this way making them more meaningful to their families and their friends.

We welcome people of all faiths and none.

For additional information regarding the Unitarian movement - http://www.nufonline.org.uk/NewNUF09/index.php