Universal Life Church Archives - Page 13 of 15
May 28th, 2012
As voters were preparing to vote on an amendment to ban same-sex unions, a local pastor told his congregation to beat effeminate boys. May has been a busy month for anti-equality advocates in North Carolina.
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May 25th, 2012
Does religion nurture trust and cooperation, or create conflict? This question is the focus of an article recently published in a special edition of the magazine Science.
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May 17th, 2012
The day before U.S. president Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage, North Carolina voters approved a constitutional ban on gay marriage and other legally recognized same-sex unions.
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May 5th, 2012
Nanhi Kali's "Buy A Girl" campaign tries to fight trafficking by funding girls' education, but the controversial use of satire has elicited mixed reactions from the public. Should ULC ministers support it?
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April 24th, 2012
In Britain, there's no such thing as formal separation of church and state and schools must teach religious education classes. Now some schools are teaching Paganism alongside Christianity.
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April 17th, 2012
Within one week, the Arizona legislature has passed measures banning abortions after twenty weeks and legalizing the teaching of Bible classes in public schools. Is this a dangerous precedent?
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April 2nd, 2012
A district court in Maine has released an internal document from the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) outlining the group's strategy for fighting marriage equality.
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March 26th, 2012
More people are searching for spiritual fulfillment by exploring the "feminine" side of spirituality which is central to so many pagan and New Age traditions, including Wicca.
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March 15th, 2012
How would you react if you drove past a billboard depicting a Bible verse that read "Slaves, obey your masters"? Incensed, perplexed, or curious? That's how Pennsylvania commuters reacted to a new billboard.
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The Universal Life Church Ministries proudly welcomes all who feel called to get ordained, regardless of creed. We enable all faiths; Christian, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Pagan, Wiccan, Atheist – and more – to join our growing non-denominational congregation. Underlying everything we do is a simple core belief: that we are all children of the same universe.