Unity World Headquarters offers resources to people of all faiths including magazines, booklets, videos, books, meditations, retreats, and events. The mission of Unity World Headquarters is to help and serve through prayer, publishing, and community. Governance was then converted to a CEO and board comprising Unity ministers and outside business people. Great-granddaughter Connie Fillmore stepped down as president in 2001. Originally a weekend getaway for the Fillmores' downtown employees, Unity Village is now headquarters for the prayer and publishing work of the Unity spiritual movement.Īfter Charles Fillmore's death, the movement was initially led by the Fillmores’ sons and grandchildren. Īfter World War I, Unity Village, which became a 1,200-acre incorporated town, was developed 15 miles southeast of Kansas City beginning with the purchase of a farm. Fillmore accepted ordination and ordained seven other ministers. In 1891 the Fillmores named the movement Unity and began publishing in 1903 with Lessons in Truth by H. Later magazines included Wee Wisdom (for children) and Daily Word. Weeks, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emma Curtis Hopkins and Mary Baker Eddy (the founder of Christian Science).Īlthough Unity School of Christianity was not incorporated until 1914, the Fillmores began publishing their first magazine, Modern Thought, in April 1889. To learn more about spiritual principles, the Fillmores studies the teachings of world religions and the links between science and religion. Fillmore had been cured of her tuberculosis, she believed, by spiritual healing. Unity was founded in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1889 by Charles Fillmore (1854–1948) and Myrtle Fillmore (1845–1931) after Mrs. Unity emphasizes healing by spiritual means, but it does not reject or resist medical treatments. It maintains that there is good in every approach to God and holds that one should focus on the potential good in all-that the essence of every human is divine regardless of current behavior. Unity describes itself as having no particular creed, set dogma, or required ritual. Unity welcomes all people regardless of race, color, gender, age, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, physical disability, or sexual orientation. Unity describes itself as a global, inclusive, spiritual community, offering practical tools and uplifting resources to help people of all faiths apply positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. Originally based in Christianity with emphasis on the Bible, Unity more recently has said it offers "positive, practical Christianity" and describes itself as "for people who might call themselves spiritual but not religious." Overview Unity School of Christianity Unity may be best known for its Daily Word devotional publication begun in 1924. It grew out of Transcendentalism and became part of the New Thought movement. Unity is a spiritual organization founded by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore in 1889. 'Three Initiates' (authors of the Kybalion).
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