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Prayer meetings held in 1889 in the Kansas City living room of Charles and Myrtle Fillmore were the beginning of what grew to be an international religious movement. Today there are 170,000 Unity students who are members of Unity centers and churches and attend classes both in the churches and at Unity School; the Association of Unity Churches provides services to over 1,000 ministries worldwide. Neal Vahle documents the lives of the visionaries who created and organized Unity. He explores the factors that led to the growth of the movement: the creation of the Unity School of Christianity; the development of Unity Village in Missouri; the publication program; the training of students; the development of centers and churches; and concludes with a look at the challenges facing the movement in the twenty-first century.
About the author
Neal Vahle has served as publishing director of Heldref Publications in Washington, DC, and as editor of several periodicals, including World Affairs, Current, New Realities, Re-Source, and Unity Magazine. He holds a PhD in American History from Georgetown University and has taught at The American University, The Catholic University of America, and George Mason University. He is also the author of Open at the Top: The Life of Ernest Holmes and Torchbearer to Light the Way: The Life of Myrtle Fillmore. He lives in Corte Madera, California.
Summary
Documents the lives of the visionaries who created and organized Unity.
