Unity of Phoenix Spiritual Center is a loving spiritual community that welcomes all people and honors all paths to God. We are dedicated to transforming lives by inspiring and awakening individuals to discover God’s Spirit within them.
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Unity is a positive spiritual community that encourages every individual to seek and express the Spirit of God within them. We honor the universal truths in all religions and respect each individual’s right to choose their own spiritual path.
Our focus is on creating a healthy relationship with God that is free of fear and guilt. We emphasize the good in all people and believe the most important thing we can do as spiritual beings is to love God, ourselves and each other. Jesus said, “You will know my disciples by how they love one another.”
Come Find Your Spirit!
Join us to see what we have to offer, and experience the joy
of living a Spirit-led life in the loving arms of a church
that emphasizes the practical, everyday application of spiritual principles
to help you live a more abundant, peace-filled, meaningful and soul-full life.
Whether you’re seeking a deeper relationship with God, inspiring messages, fun and informative events, classes to improve your mental and physical well being, or simply a quiet place to relax and enjoy a beautiful ambience,
You’ll find it t Unity of Phoenix Spiritual Center.
- Uplifting worship services
- Life-changing speakers and events
- Prayer support
- Community connection
- Unconditional love and acceptance
- Inspiring classes
- Outreach with impact
- Dynamic youth programs
- A beautiful campus with numerous sacred spaces
- Ideal Venues for Your Life Ceremonies and Celebrations
- Thriving Small Groups
Our 5 Fundamental Beliefs
- God is the source and creator of all. God is good and everywhere present.
- We are all created in the image and likeness of God and God’s spirit is within us all.
- Prayer and meditation are the way to connect to the presence and power of God
- We create our lives through the power of our words and thoughts.
- Understanding is not enough; we must live these principles.
Our Vision
We envision a world filled with spiritually-centered people working together in peace and love to create heaven on earth.
Frequently Asked Questions
Unity welcomes all people and honors all paths to God, and we are dedicated to inspiring and awakening individuals to discover God’s Spirit within them. We can help you adopt a positive way of life by providing an easy-to-follow guide for spiritual living. We emphasize our oneness with God and one another, and offer a philosophy that is spiritual, not religious, and love-based, not fear-based.
Some aspects of the Unity movement are denominational and some are not. For example, there are about 1,000 Unity churches and study groups affiliated with Unity’s sister organization, the Association of Unity Churches. This is a denominational aspect of Unity. In addition, the Unity Institute at Unity Village trains approximately 60 students every two years to be Unity ministers. This is also denominational. However, the majority of the work done by Unity at Unity Village involves prayer, publishing, and education services to people of all faiths. These nondenominational aspects include the prayer ministry, Silent Unity, Daily Word (Unity’s nondenominational inspirational monthly magazine), retreats, and continuing education classes that are open to everyone and teach Unity principles in non-denominational settings.
What Is the Role of the Bible in Unity?
The Bible is Unity’s basic text. 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. Scripture comes alive when it is understood as a clear and helpful guide for today’s experiences.
What Does Unity Teach about 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.
Does Unity Believe in the Divinity of Jesus Christ?
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.
What Does Unity Teach about 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.
How does Unity View 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.
What are Unity’s basic 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 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.
What Is the Relationship of Unity to Other Churches?
Unity is a vehicle for instruction, inspiration, and prayer support for spiritual seekers, regardless of their religious affiliation. Unity freely shares its teachings with all churches.
What Does Unity Teach about Sin and Salvation, Heaven and Hell?
Sin is our separation from God, the Good, in consciousness. Salvation is now, not something that occurs after death. It happens whenever we turn our thoughts from fear, anxiety, worry, and doubt to thoughts of love, harmony, joy, and peace. The “fall” takes place in consciousness whenever we fall into negative habits of thinking. Heaven and hell are states of consciousness, not geographical locations. We make our own heaven or hell here and now by our thoughts, words, and deeds.
Does Unity Look for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ?
Members of the Association of Unity Churches understand the Second Coming as the individual expression of the Christ consciousness. This is not an event to be anticipated in the future. It is happening here and now, through prayer, meditation, study, and application.
Does Unity Believe in Reincarnation?
Many Unity students accept the concept of reincarnation (reembodiment after a period of soul rest). This allows us to attain new understandings in a new life experience, so that we can eventually express perfection and demonstrate eternal life. This is our ultimate goal. Unity’s real emphasis is on regeneration, not reincarnation. When we achieve this goal, as Jesus did, it will no longer be necessary to reincarnate. The belief that we could ever be re-embodied into a lower form of life is not accepted by Unity.
How Does Unity Regard the Trinity?
Unity interprets the religious terms Father, Son, and Holy Spirit metaphysically, as three aspects of mind action: mind, idea, and expression. This is the process through which all manifestation takes place.
Does Unity Practice Baptism and Communion?
Yes, symbolically. Whereas baptism by water represents the cleansing of the consciousness, spiritual baptism signifies the inflow of the Holy Spirit. Baptism is a mental and spiritual process that takes place within the individual as he or she aligns with the spirit of God.
Spiritual communion takes place through prayer and meditation in the silence. The word of Truth is symbolized by the bread or body of Jesus Christ. The conscious realization of God-life is symbolized by the wine or blood of Jesus Christ. Unity practices communion by appropriating, or partaking, of the spiritual energy represented by these elements.
What is Unity’s stance on LGBTQ?
In Unity, we believe God is absolute good. And because all people exist within and as part of this divine energy, each of us is also inherently good. The Unity movement is open and welcoming of all individuals regardless of race, color, gender, age, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, physical disability, or sexual orientation. We invite you to read our formal (yet ever-evolving) statement of diversity and inclusion.
Unity extends an explicit invitation to members of the LGBTQ+ community, who we know have often been rejected by spiritual communities because of who they are or who they love. We are committed to respecting the dignity of every human being—and that includes their gender
identity/expression.
Learn more about our Unity of Phoenix Rainbow Social Group as well as visiting our Unity LGBTQ Spiritual Resource Center.