The thing to keep in mind about UCC churches though, is they aren't homogenous. Generally, that's a good thing. But they are truly congregational in government, so V's roomie's experience may or may not have anything in common with the churches you'll find near your house. Some are ultra liberal (with one conference minister gleefully describing the area meetings to me as "bootcamp for radicals"); some are quite liberal; some are moderate; some are even conservative in comparison the the UCC as a whole, although still probably to the left of the Protestant mainstream both doctrinally and politically.
The more liberal ones will be just as glad to have you as an open atheist. The UCC is not big on proselytizing in general. I don't know what you'll run into, in your area, though.
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Date: 2005-09-28 08:21 pm (UTC)The more liberal ones will be just as glad to have you as an open atheist. The UCC is not big on proselytizing in general. I don't know what you'll run into, in your area, though.