Article II Purposes and Covenant (to view the PDF, please click here) Section C-2.1. Purposes. The Unitarian Universalist Association will devote its resources to and use its organizational powers for religious, educational, and humanitarian purposes. Its primary purposes are: to assist congregations in their vital ministries, to support and train leaders both lay and professional, to foster lifelong faith formation and spiritual development. to heal historic injustices to support and encourage the creation of new Unitarian Universalist communities, and to advance our ...