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The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches is the umbrella organisation for Unitarian, Free Christian and other liberal religious congregations in the United Kingdom. A survey of members in 2004 found 61% regard themselves as Christian. However, leadership of the movement is generally undertaken by the 39% of non-Christian Unitarians who wish to reshape the movement according to the American UU model. An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. ... Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). ...
St Pauls Cathedral The United Kingdom is a traditionally Christian state, with two of the four home nations having official faiths: Anglicanism, in the form of the Church of England, is the established church in England. ...
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General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches official site
In June 1826 he and Mary Barnes married in the Church of England chapel at Portsea, because the law required that all marriages be made in the established parish church.
But Beard was certain that 'Unitarianism will not spread extensively among the people till the people legislate for themselves and have preachers from among their own ranks.' Beard was the first principal of the Unitarian Home Missionary Board and remained in post until 1874.
The J. Beard annual lecture was instituted in April 1996 by the Ministerial Fellowship of the GeneralAssembly of Unitarian & FreeChristianChurches in honour of Beard who made a signal contribution to ministerial education amongst Unitarians.
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