What Unity Believes

God

God is Spirit, the loving source of all that is. God is the one power, all good, everywhere present, all wisdom. God is divine energy, continually creating, expressing and sustaining all creation. 
In God, we live and move and have our being. In Unity, some other ways we speak of God are Life, Light, Love, Substance, Principle, Law and Universal Mind.

Jesus

We believe that Jesus expressed his divine potential and sought to show humankind how to express ours as well. We see Jesus as a master teacher of universal truths and as our Way Shower. In Unity, we use the term Christ to mean the divinity in humankind. Jesus is the great example of the Christ in expression.

The Bible

Unity founders Charles and Myrtle Fillmore studied the Bible as history and allegory and interpreted it as a metaphysical representation of humankind's evolutionary journey toward spiritual awakening. In addition, Unity recognizes that the Bible is a complex collection of writings compiled over many centuries. We honor the writings as reflecting the understanding and inspiration of the writers at the time they were written. The Bible continues to be a valuable spiritual resource for us.

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Prayer and Meditation

Affirmative prayer is the highest form of creative thought. It includes the release of counterproductive, negative thoughts, as well as holding in mind statements of spiritual truth. Through meditation, we experience the presence of God. Prayer and meditation heighten our awareness and thereby transform our lives.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Our Teachings

• Heaven is not a place, but a state of consciousness; we create our own heaven and hell here and now.
  
• We all have an innate capacity to know God through direct experience.
  
• The “Christ” is that part of God that is in every person. There is a spark of divinity within all people, just as there was in Jesus.
  
• Prayer works.
  
• We are here to set a positive example and be a role model for others.
  
• We are here to make the world a better place.
  

The Nature of Humankind

We are each individual, eternal expressions of God. Our essential nature is divine and therefore inherently good. Our purpose is to express our divine potential as realized and demonstrated by Jesus and other master teachers. The more we awaken to our divine nature, the more fully God expresses in and through our lives.

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Unity and Diversity

Honoring Diversity Within The Unity Movement - We believe that all people are created with sacred worth. Therefore, we recognize the importance of serving all people within the Unity family in spiritually and emotionally caring ways. We strive for our ministries, publications, and programs to reach out to all who seek Unity support and spiritual growth. It is imperative that our ministries and outreaches be free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, physical disability, or sexual orientation. Our sincere desire is to ensure that all Unity organizations are nondiscriminatory and support diversity.
In our effort to reach out to all people as did our Way-Shower, Jesus Christ, we support the modification of our facilities to make them accessible to all people, regardless of physical challenges; the translation of our materials into Braille and other languages; and respect for the wonderful variety of human commitments and relationships.
We encourage ministers, teachers, and others within Unity to honor the strength of diversity within their spiritual communities. It is with love and in celebration of our unity, in the midst of our wondrous diversity, that we affirm this position.
Unity not only welcomes LGBTQ members and visitors in its centers but happily ordains LGBTQ ministers and credentials lay people as licensed Unity teachers. 
Adopted by: Unity and The Association of Unity Churches - January 23, 1995
​UCPC is recognized in the Memphis Travel website's LGBTQ Resource Guide

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The Daily Word

The Daily Word Daily Word offers inspiration and practical teachings through daily prayer messages to help people of all faiths live healthy, prosperous and meaningful lives. The magazine includes two months of daily affirmations messages, feature daily prayer articles and spiritual poetry. Subscriptions are available for print editions (regular size, large type or Spanish) as well as the new Digital Subscription Package, which includes the Online Magazine with audio, smartphone app and daily email. International editions are also available.

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Unity History

Our Founders: Charles and Myrtle Fillmore

Unity was founded in 1889 in Kansas City, Missouri, by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore. After Mrs. Fillmore's remarkable healing using prayer and affirmations, many friends became interested in how she accomplished this healing. Unity grew from small prayer circles in living rooms to the worldwide movement it is today.
Click HERE for A Timeline of Unity History​

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