Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion that encourages individual beliefs and has roots in Christianity. It combines two ideas: Unitarianism, which believes God is one (not a Trinity), and Universalism, which believes everyone will be saved. In 1961, the two churches merged to form the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).

In West Virginia, there were five congregations in 2024, located in Charleston, Clarksburg, Huntington, Morgantown, and Princeton. Some groups, like one in Beckley, started small and now meet mostly online. The Charleston group began in 1953, though Unitarians had briefly gathered there earlier in the 1900s. In Wheeling, the Ohio Valley congregation started in 1975, and Morgantown's began in 1954.

One of the earliest Universalist churches in the state was built in 1835 at Fork Ridge in Marshall County. It later closed in 1998.