Amy spotted this one: Unitarian leader proposes adding “God” to the association’s statement of beliefs. This may be a radical move for the heart of liberal non-creedal religion in America.
I wonder if many of us American Catholics realize this, but some religious bodies are non-creedal: they not only have different beliefs from those the Catholic Church proclaims, but don’t have any creed to which members must subscribe. Surprisingly, the various Baptist denominations are the foremost example of this, for they make the freedom of believers in Christ a principle, and traditionally impose no statement of faith other than what is contained in the words of Scripture.
A story is told about President Harry Truman, a Baptist; some prominent Baptist proposed censuring him after it became known that Mr. Truman sometimes drank liquor, but Truman responded reasonably enough that he and his co-religionists were not required to believe in abstaining.
In practice, this is not working out for some of the Baptist denominations, since they actually do believe in Christ, and when disputes arise, they end up formulating statements of belief, as for example, that of the SBC.