Liberation Theology

 

The Unity Fellowship Church Movement was founded in 1982 in Los Angeles, California. hen incorporated and chartered [as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization] in Los Angeles, California in the year 1985. The "Mother Church", also known as Unity Fellowship of Christ Church, is located in Los Angeles, CA. at 5148 West Jefferson Blvd.

The inspiration or vision to establish Unity Fellowship Church was given to its Founder, Reverend Carl Bean. After many years of study and seeking spiritual truth, it was revealed to Rev. Bean that the spiritual path is eternal and traveled by all. "We all partake of spirit for without spirit there is no life."

The one fact that was consistently revealed to Rev. Carl Bean in his dreams, visions and other heightened spiritual experiences is nothing compares with, equals or surpasses "LOVE" for "GOD IS LOVE" and "LOVE HAS NO RESPECT OF PERSON".

We are the very essence of Love as is all creation regardless of race, creed, color, religious affiliation, sex, sexual orientation or class. Whether animal, fish, plant life, planets, galaxies known or unknown, there is no place in creation where Love is not present.

If we, the world over, would learn to say yes to Love, regardless of what spiritual path we take, there would be no need to fear anyone and thereby we would embrace everyone.

GOD IS LOVE AND LOVE IS FOR EVERYONE

It is impossible to love each other without a sense of mutual (equal) worth and respect for each other.

ROMANS 13:10

Love worketh no ill to a neighbor: Therefore love is fulfilling of the law.

 

1st JOHN 4:20

It is impossible to love God, whom we've never seen and hate our brothers and sisters who we see every day.

God is neither male nor female, God is spirit and spirit has no gender.

• Not a male dominated hierarchy

• Not oppressive to women

• Not just European in scope

• Must relate to People of Color and their various cultures around the world

• Not oppressive to Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender people

• Allows us to think and discern through human reason and experience

• Not oppressive to Native Americans or their spirituality nor any other oppressive use of scripture

• We believe in the teachings of Jesus but we DO NOT dismiss all other faiths and beliefs as wrong or second to our way of believing

GOD IS GREATER THAN ANY RELIGION, DENOMINATION OR SCHOOL OF THOUGHT

God is spirit, alive and at work in the Moslem Mosque, and the Jewish Synagogue, the Christian Church, and the Tribal Ritual. God is everywhere present.

We believe the bible and all great spiritual writing or guides must be read taking into consideration the time of the writing, the traditions practiced at that time and the fact that we have the right to question and examine all interpretation.

A person's belief system:

...MUST be supportive of HEALTHY SELF ACCEPTANCE

...MUST support SPIRITUAL GROWTH

...MUST encourage PHYSICAL, PSYCHIC, and MENTAL HEALTH

ENLIGHTENMENT AND REVELATION ARE CONTINUOUS AND DID NOT STOP WITH THE BIBLE WRITERS

• We believe in order to practice Love we must be involved in the affairs of society, fight for social justice and provide for all according to need

• Feed the Hungry

• Clothe the naked

• Providing education

• Visiting the sick and shut-ins

• Visiting Prisons

• Housing the Homeless

• Protecting and preserving human, animal, plant and marine life

• Consoling the bereaved

• Burying the dead and the many other ways that we might be of service to our Human Family.