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Members of the First Unitarian Universalist Church celebrate their annual water communion on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 in Nashville, Tenn. Unitarian Universalists believe in organized religion but are skeptical about doctrine. The denomination grew nationally by 15.8 percent from 2000 to 2010, according to the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies.

Members of the First Unitarian Universalist Church celebrate their annual water communion on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 in Nashville, Tenn. Unitarian Universalists believe in organized religion but are skeptical about doctrine. The denomination grew nationally by 15.8 percent from 2000 to 2010, according to the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies.

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