Membership in the UUMA is open to those in ministerial fellowship with the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA) and those in candidate status with the UUA's Ministerial Fellowship Committee.

To apply as a member: Fill out a membership application with the proper category selected and mail or fax to the UUMA office along with the correct membership dues. Your application will be forwarded to the UUMA Executive Committee for their consideration at their next meeting. Descriptions of the current membership categories and dues amounts follow.

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Membership Categories:

Regular:

All Unitarian Universalist ministers granted fellowship by the Ministerial Fellowship Committee of the UUA; and such other ministers serving Unitarian Universalist institutions, who meet our generally accepted academic standards.

Life:

UUMA members in good standing who retire from the active ministry as defined by the UUA Ministerial Fellowship Committee shall be granted life membership. Retired members must submit a request for life membership to the UUMA Office. Dues payments are optional for life members. In case of any question about life membership status, the decision of the Executive Board shall be final.

Candidate:

Students who have attained Candidate status with the Ministerial Fellowship Committee shall be eligible for Candidate membership. Such membership shall be non-voting and include such privileges as the Executive Committee may determine, but shall include the right to attend UUMA meetings and to be covered by the provisions of the Code of Professional Practice.

Associate:

Associate members have all the privileges and responsibilities of membership except voting. No person in active membership shall be involuntarily moved to associate status except as provided by these bylaws. Associate membership shall be restricted to: A. Ministers whose primary fellowship is not with the UUA -or- B. Other ministers as determined by the UUMA Executive Committee.

To apply as an Associate member: An initial application for membership is to include a UUMA membership application, annual dues, three letters of reference from ministers in fellowship with the Unitarian Universalist Association, including at least one local UUMA chapter leader, and a letter from the applicant describing their present practice of Unitarian Universalist ministry.

For the annual renewal of an Associate membership: Please submit, in addition to dues, one letter from you stating that your practice of ministry hasn't changed since the time you were approved as a member. If you have undertaken some other form of ministry in the meantime, we would like you to re-apply, with a letter from your self and three colleagues who are in fellowship with the UUA.

Honorary:

Honorary members shall be elected at a UUMA meeting upon nomination by the Executive Committee. Such members shall not be obligated for dues, shall have no vote, and shall be allowed such privileges as the UUMA shall determine.

Membership Dues:

* The UUMA maintains a very generous waiver policy of up to 75% of the dues for those members in financial difficulty. ** Canadian members are encouraged to pay using a credit card when possible.