All Souls Church, Unitarian is a Unitarian church located at 1500 Harvard Street NW, Washington, DC, roughly where the Mt. Pleasant-Columbia Heights-Adams Morgan neighborhoods of the city meet. Its current building, completed in 1923, is based on St. Martin's-in-the-Fields in London. All Souls, a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association of congregations, describes its theology as having evolved from a liberal Christian tradition into a "rich pluralism." Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... The flaming chalice is a widely used symbol for Unitarian Universalism. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It can also refer to the study of other religious topics. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ. ...

History

All Souls was founded in 1821; among the church's founding members were John Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun, and Charles Bulfinch. The All Souls bell was cast in 1822 by Joseph Revere, the son of Paul Revere; this bell, paid for with contributions by, among others, President James Monroe, originally served as a quasi-official town bell for Washington, DC. John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American lawyer, diplomat, politician, and President of the United States(March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829). ... John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a prominent United States politician from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. ... The Massachusetts State House, designed by Charles Bulfinch and completed in 1798. ... Portrait of Paul Revere by John Singleton Copley, c. ... James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth (1817–1825) President of the United States and author of the Monroe Doctrine. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...

All Souls has a long tradition of promoting liberal religious views and social justice issues. In the first half of the 1800s it was known for its opposition to slavery, and counts among its past ministers the prominent abolitionist William Henry Channing. The Revere Bell was stripped of its status as Washington's "town bell" after the congregation tolled it to commemorate the death of John Brown; it was thereafter often called the "Abolition Bell." This article is about the abolition of slavery. ... William Henry Channing (May 25, 1810 - December 23, 1884) was a United States writer and philosopher. ... John Browns Oath Engraving from daguerreotype by Augustus Washington, ca. ...

In 1943 All Souls called A. Powell Davies to be its minister. Davies became nationally prominent for his progressive views, advocating civil rights for African-Americans and women, desegregation, and for keeping control of nuclear weapons in civilian hands. It was during Davies' tenure that All Souls organized a large shipment of school supplies for the children survivors of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. During this period, All Souls also founded the first desegregated boys' club in the city, in response to the Police Boys' Club's reluctance to desegregate. Davies' popular ministry caused explosive growth both at All Souls and also in the formation of new Unitarian churches in the DC area. Hiroshima City Hall Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba Address 〒730-8586 Hiroshima-shi, Naka-ku, Kokutaiji 1-6-34 Phone number 082-245-2111 Official website: Hiroshima City , // The city of Hiroshima ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of... Nagasaki City Hall Mayor {{{Mayor}}} Address 〒850-8685 Nagasaki-shi, Sakura-machi 2-22 Phone number 095-825-5151 Official website: www1. ...

James Reeb, a civil rights martyr, was Assistant Minister at All Souls prior to his murder at Selma, Alabama in 1965. All Souls' progressive vision continued through the 1970s and 1980s as well, under the Rev. David Eaton, the church's first African-American senior minister. Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act revealed that J. Edgar Hoover was so deeply distrustful of the direction in which Eaton was leading All Souls that he planted an undercover FBI agent in the church to monitor the congregation and undermine Eaton's ministry. James Reeb was a white Unitarian minister from Boston, Massachusetts while marching for civil rights in Selma, Alabama, on March 12, 1965 he was beaten to death by segregationists[1]. James Reeb was born in Wichita, Kansas, on 1st January, 1927. ... Selma is a city in Alabama located on the banks of the Alabama River in Dallas County, Alabama, of which it is the county seat. ... Nearly sixty countries around the world have implemented some form of freedom of information legislation, which sets rules on governmental secrecy. ... Hoover in 1961 John Edgar Hoover KBE (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was the founder of the FBI in its present form and its director from May 10, 1924 until his death in 1972. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

All Souls has been performing interracial and same-sex weddings for decades.

On the evening of September 11, 2001, All Souls and its newly-called senior minister, Robert M. Hardies, held a memorial service which was covered by National Public Radio. Soon thereafter, All Souls hosted a public memorial service for Joseph Curseen Jr. and Thomas Morris Jr., two local postal workers who died from anthrax exposure. It was recently the site of a large conference of religious liberals and progressives, and on June 5, 2006, Rev. Hardies was shown speaking against the Federal Marraige Amendment in a clip from a National Press Club news conference on CNN's The Situation Room . September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... NPR logo NPR redirects here. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Press Club is an association of journalists based in Washington, DC. It is well-known for its gatherings with invited speakers, including many presidential candidates and other influential politicians. ... The Cable News Network, usually referred to as CNN, is a cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner [1][2]. It is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, owned by Time Warner. ... The Situation Room is an afternoon/early evening newscast on CNN hosted by Wolf Blitzer that first aired on August 8, 2005. ...

Prominent members of All Souls have included William Howard Taft, the Hon. Hilda Mason, mezzosoprano Denyse Graves, and Sweet Honey in the Rock member Ysaye Maria Barnwell. William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician, the 27th President of the United States, the 10th Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the Republican Party in the early twentieth century, a chaired professor at Yale Law... Sweet Honey in the Rock is an all-woman, African American a cappella ensemble that has been producing music for more than 30 years. ... Dr. Ysaye Maria Barnwell has been a member of the African American, a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock since 1979. ...

External links

• All Souls Church, Unitarian Home Page
• Biography of A. Powell Davies