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Sewell, Why Unitarians and Universalists Belong Together (HuffPost, 2011)

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Marilyn Sewell's "Why Unitarians and Universalists Belong Together: A Fifty-Year Recollection," published on HuffPost in 2011 for the fiftieth anniversary of the 1961 merger and read 2026-08-16, stating that the merger vote in 1960 certified a combined membership of 141,821, of which the Universalist Church of America supplied 36,864 members, about twenty five percent.

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Citation
Author
Marilyn Sewell
Publisher
HuffPost
Publication Year
2011
URL
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/unitarians-and-universalists_b_873972
Source Type
Article
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
Tier three: a named author, Marilyn Sewell, a Unitarian Universalist minister, writing a fiftieth anniversary recollection for a general interest outlet rather than a peer reviewed history. Used here only for the certified combined membership total at the 1960 merger vote and the Universalist share of it, figures she states as plain numbers rather than as her own interpretation.
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This source names Universalist Church of America directly: "membership of 141,821, of which the Universalist Church of America supplied 36,864 members, about twenty five percent."

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  • Denominations, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
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