Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Atlanta

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta has its roots in two separate congregations that were established in Atlanta in the late 19th century. In 1879 Rev. W. C. Bowman established a Universalist congregation that lasted less than a year. The next attempt was in 1893 when Rev. Q. H. Shinn succeeded in organizing a congregation that became the First Universalist Church in 1895.

George Chaney, a northern Unitarian minister and educator who founded the Artisan's Institute, a vocational school that later became Georgia Institute of Technology, conducted the first Unitarian service for a congregation of eight on February 19, 1882. The following year this congregation established the Church of our Father. The church experienced growth and decline in its membership and ultimately changed its name to The Unitarian Church of Atlanta on June 9, 1904. In 1915 the American Unitarian Association (AUA) financed construction of a church building at 669 West Peachtree Street.

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