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What is Unity?
 

Real estate developer Charles Fillmore and his wife, Myrtle, founded Unity in 1889 in Kansas City, Missouri. At the time, Myrtle was dying from tuberculosis, and Charles' finances were in disarray. Myrtle discovered that by repeating the affirmation, "I am a child of God, therefore, I do not inherit sickness," and praying for perfect health for two years that she was healed. Prayer and affirmation also healed Charles of afflictions he had suffered since childhood. Their friends started practicing this kind of prayer and the Fillmores began writing about their beliefs and experiences. Thus, the Unity movement began out of a desire for healing. When they started the movement, the Fillmores never intended for Unity to become a religion, but interest in these metaphysical principles grew.
 
Excerpts from "The Adventure Called Unity" by Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity.

  

I suppose the question most often asked me is, "What is Unity?" I find that trying to answer this question meaningfully is an interesting challenge. I believe that Unity can make one's life an adventure because Unity arouses interest in our spiritual nature. It stimulates our desire to find out what our true relationship with God is. It poses questions to which we must seek understandable answers.

  

True Religious Growth
Unity tells us that our minds are our connecting links with God and that if we are to control our spiritual growth and unfoldment, we must control our thinking. Unity says that other spiritually illumined people - ministers, priests, or religious teachers - can help one get started on the right path for finding God, but ultimately each person must find God individually. In other words, Unity says that true religious growth is a "do-it-yourself" project." Others can help you find a beginning; books and lessons can get you started by pointing you in the right direction, but if you truly want to know God, you must become acquainted with God yourself.

  

Finding God's Truth 
Unity does not emphasize formal membership and has never been preoccupied with gaining converts merely for the sake of numbers. In fact, Unity says that one can subscribe to its teachings and still retain membership in any other church. Unity's viewpoint is that there need be no conflict of religious beliefs. Unity believes that there is good in every religion and that we should keep our minds open in order to find the good when an opportunity is presented. One might describe Unity as a religious philosophy with an "open end," seeking to find God's truth in all of life, wherever it may be.

  

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Unity by the Bay provides first-time visitors to our Sunday Celebration with a Welcome Package containing material which gives in-depth information about Unity. You are cordially invited to attend any Sunday Celebration.