This Statement of Faith was written by Leddy Elaine Hammock, minister
of Unity of Clearwater, FL.
1. We believe in
God, the Good omnipotent -- the one Presence and Power everywhere --our
Father --Mother God, Divine Mind, in Whom we live, move, and have our
being; and we believe in the supremacy and eternity of the Good.
2. We believe in
Christ, the Son of God, the perfect Word or Idea of God, which abides
in each person as potential perfection.
3. We believe in
Jesus Christ, the Son of God made manifest in Jesus of Nazareth, the
embodiment of all divine ideas, which exists eternally in the Divine
Mind.
4. We believe in
the Holy Spirit -- the whole Spirit of God in action, God's love and
grace ever ready to be poured out in spiritual baptism upon all who
receptively look to it for guidance.
5. We believe in
the Holy Trinity of God - Father -- Mother, Mind, Idea (the Son, and
Expression (Holy Spirit); we believe that the whole Spirit of God is
with us at all- times, as Jesus taught, supplying our every need.
6. We believe in
the trinity of mankind, the three-folf nature of each person as Spirit
(Superconsciousness or Christ Mind), soul (or mind, including conscious
and subconscious), and body (including all that appears in this plane
of embodiment), and that Spirit, soul, and body are a unit.
7. We believe that
the kingdom of heaven or harmony is within the individual, and that
through each person the law and order existing in Divine Mind are to
be established on earth.
8. We believe that the way to the experience and expression of the kingdom
of heaven is not through any material object or personality but only
through the indwelling Christ.
9. We believe that
the "second coming" of Jesus Christ is now being fulfilled,
that His Spirit is quickening the whole world.
10. We believe that
God's will for us is good and only good, including illumination, wholeness,
prosperity, harmony, peace, and joy, and that it is God's "good
pleasure to give us the kingdom. "
11. We believe that we are created in the image and after the likeness
of God, and therefore are co-creators with God, endowed with free will
and spiritual dominion.
12. We believe that
divine intelligence is present in every atom of mankind and matter,
always.
13. We believe in
the creative power of thoughts and words; whether spoken or silent.
14. We believe in
the power of prayer to illumine, heal, prosper, and bless, unlimited
by time or space.
15. We believe in
the law of mind action: that thoughts held in mind reproduce after their
kind.
16. We believe in
the Golden Rule: "So whatever you wish that men would do to you,
do to them; for this is the law of the prophets," (Matthew 7:12),
standard of life.
17. We believe that
we are to follow Jesus Christ in the Regeneration - the unification
of Spirit, soul, and body in eternal spiritual oneness, or unity.
18. We believe all
the doctrines of Christianity, spiritually interpreted, and we agree
with the universal truth evident in all religions, for each one is a
path to God.
19. We believe that
it is our divine purpose to provide a setting where the word of truth
is spoken, according to our highest understanding of the teachings of
Jesus Christ in the tradition of the Fillmores, Co-founders of the Unity
movement, for the Word of Truth illumines, heals, prospers, and frees.
"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."