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UNITY is the world’s premier resource for spiritual support. Our mission is to help and serve millions of all faiths through publishing and media, events and retreats, and a 24/7 prayer line. For more than a century, Unity has offered inspiration and education to all. Whether you consider yourself spiritual but not religious or you’re involved in a church, mosque, synagogue, or sangha, you are welcome here. We live up to our name—Unity. The Unity movement was founded by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore in 1889. The world headquarters at Unity Village, Missouri, is located in Eastern Jackson County of the Kansas City metro area. Unity provides people around the world with positive, spiritual messages of hope, healing, prosperity and peace. Our core areas of service include: Prayer Ministry— Silent Unity®, the prayer ministry of Unity, responds to nearly 2 million requests per year from people who write, call, text, instant message or email for prayer support. Publishing— Unity publishes two magazines to inspire and advance personal growth: Daily Word® and Spirituality & Health®. Unity offers hundreds of books, pamphlets and CDs on a variety of spiritual subjects and current events. Retreats and Events— Workshops with top names and engaging material, retreats that offer spiritual enlightenment, and special events including weddings and conventions are all a part of that core process.

The official organization founded in 1920 by Paramahansa Yogananda to teach scientific methods of meditation and principles of spiritual living that lead to direct God realization. For more than 85 years, Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) has been dedicated to carrying on the spiritual and humanitarian work of its founder, Paramahansa Yogananda, widely revered as the father of Yoga in the West. SRF is a worldwide religious organization with international headquarters in Los Angeles. As expressed in the Aims and Ideals formulated by Paramahansa Yogananda, the society seeks to foster a spirit of greater understanding and goodwill among the diverse peoples and religions of our global family, and to help those of all cultures and nationalities to realize and express more fully in their lives the beauty, nobility, and divinity of the human spirit.

The Code of a Scientologist requires every Scientologist to make a solemn commitment to benefit others: "As a Scientologist, I pledge myself to the Code of Scientology for the good of all. ... To use the best I know of Scientology to the best of my ability; to help my family, friends, groups and the world. ... To make this world a saner better place." Churches of Scientology and their parishioners carry out and support many humanitarian initiatives and affiliated social betterment programs. Where there is a need for assistance in improving conditions, the Church of Scientology and its members step in. The scope of the activities is limitless—from caring for the environment to looking after the elderly and raising funds for worthy charitable causes. Of particular address is the global devastation and human misery wrought by drug abuse, illiteracy and moral decay—to say nothing of natural and man-made disasters. They threaten to rip the social fabric to shreds and in many parts of the world these societal ills have already caused irreparable damage. Further, and to realize Scientology’s greater humanitarian objective, the Church has made readily available, easily assimilated and rapidly distributable multimedia tools to raise awareness, educate and activate millions. The goal is at once bold and ambitious: to resolve broad planetary ills and arrest a creeping cultural decline, all while uplifting society by instilling commonly shared values. Each campaign is founded on the proposition that education is the cornerstone of change. They acknowledge that only when truly informed can individuals make lasting and transformative decisions to live drug-free, ethical, respectful lives in harmony with their loved ones and neighbors. Inspired by the words of L. Ron Hubbard that “a being is only as valuable as he can serve others,” Scientologists assume responsibility not only for self and family, but also for the larger community.