"Universalist Heritage and Spirit Today" and "The Oldest Continuously Published Liberal Religious Periodical in North America" are the subtitles of the modern edition.
For many years it was strictly a regional publication, serving the Universalist Church of America in Southeastern United States.
There was a succession of local editors, notably Nellie Mann Opdale, Argyle E. Houser, and Haynie Summers.
Then it began to shift its focus away from regional interests with editor William Balkan from 1985 to 1991, followed by Vernon Chandler and then Justin Lapoint.
The Universalist Herald is published quarterly, is owned by the Universalist Herald Publishing Company, and is governed by a Board of Directors: Linda Foshee, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Joyce Gilbert, Rochester, New York; Rich Koster, Fort Thomas, Kentucky; Ann Malpass, Mount Olive, North Carolina; Peggy Rawheiser, Wilmington, North Carolina; Doug Shaheen, Dorchester, Massachusetts; Ken Vincent, Houston, Texas.