The Quest for Spiritual Culture: Toward a Paradigm of Spirituality for the Twenty First Century, David A. Kantor
Meta-Values II, Larry Mullins
Living the Family of God, Marvin Gawryn
The Principles of Jesus’ Teaching, Richard I. Bain
Preparing for a New Spiritual Paradigm
Creeping Fundamentalism
Urantia Movement Growth
Science and Theology
In Plain Speech
¶ The Spiritual Fellowship of Students of The Urantia Book
A Journal Established to Promote Theological, Philosophical, and Polity Discussions Germane to An Appropriate Symbolism and Socioreligious Expression of the Fifth Epochal Revelation.
The central objective of a group of people interested in initiating a new religious organization based on the teachings of the Fifth Epochal Revelation should be to create a polity with maximum flexibility that would function with small groups or large congregations, utilize lay leadership and/or ordained clergy, have crosscultural adaptibility, and broad theological inclusiveness.
Such an institution would be “ a gathering of persons who have accepted a common purpose, and a common discipline to guide the pursuit of that purpose, to the end that each involved person reaches higher fulfillment as a person, through serving and being served by the common venture, than would be achieved alone or in a less committed relationship.”[2]
Editorial Committee
Bud Bromley
Judy Smith
Irene Sprunger
Jack Williams
Editorial Consultants
Larry & Joan Mullins
Andre Radatus
Resource Consultants
David Biggs
David & Rebecca Kantor
Rosey Lieske
Victor McGonnegal
The Spiritual Fellowship Journal is an ecumenical publication published twice yearly jointly by The Christian Fellowship of Students of The Urantia Book in Fort Wayne, Indiana and the Christ Michael Corps for Publishing and Outreach in Boulder, Colorado.
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Preparing for a New Spiritual Paradigm
Publications in our contempory society show a marked increase of interest in spirituality. This interest transcends present day religious organizations.
Creeping Fundamentalism
It appears that many readers of The Urantia Book view it as an inerrant document. Hopefully, this uncritical attitude will not lead to a new religious fundamentalism.
Urantia Movement Growth.
Compared to the rise of Christianity, the Urantia movement is growing at a rate very close to the expansion of the early Christian Church.
Science and Theology
There is a growing conversation between science and theology. It appears to be beneficial to both discipline.
Articles
The Quest for Spiritual Culture
Plenary address given by David A. Kantor at SpiritQuest 2000, International Conference, 1999.
Meta-Values II
Understanding how to work with Meta-Value energies is as important as anything we will ever learn.
Living the Family of God
Doing the Father’s will is a multi-faceted enterprise that encompasses a complete lifestyle.
The Principles of Jesus’ Teaching
We who aspire to be teachers of The Urantia Book would do well to consider and adopt the principles used by Jesus in his teaching for he was a consumate teacher.