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The Universal Life Church was founded by Kirby J. Hensley, "a self-educated Baptist minister who was deeply influenced by his reading in world religion". [4] Religious scholar James R. Lewis wrote that Hensley "began to conceive of a church that would, on the one hand, offer complete freedom of religion, and could, on the other hand, bring all people of all religions together, instead of ...
In 2019, Tennessee passed a law specifically barring ministers ordained over the internet from performing weddings. Universal Life Church Ministries, a Seattle-based offshoot split from the ULC, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee seeking to have the law declared unconstitutional. [91]
The Universal Life Church (or ULC) is a religious organization that offers anyone semi-immediate ordination as a ULC minister free of charge. The organization states that anyone can become a minister immediately, without having to go through the pre-ordination process required by other religious faiths. The ordination application, however, must ...
As the footer for ULC.org states, this is the website for Universal Life Church Ministries, branched from the original Universal Life Church, and is based in Sacramento, CA. ULC.net seems to operate out of Modesto, CA, where the Universal Life Church originated. Finalfenix 23:57, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
Universal Life Church Monastery's mantra is "We are all children of the same universe." [6] It also has two core tenets: Do only that which is right. [6]Every individual is free to practice their religion in the manner of their choosing, as mandated by the First Amendment, so long as that expression does not impinge upon the rights or freedoms of others and is in accordance with the government ...
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The Universal Life Church, founded as the "Life Church" in 1959 by Kirby J. Hensley in Modesto, California, has long offered ordination by mail and has been at the centre of multiple court cases in which it has sought equal recognition with other denominations on freedom of religion grounds. In 1970, the US Army's Office of the Chief of ...
Hensley founded the Universal Life Church in 1962. He remained president of the church until his death on March 19, 1999. He remained president of the church until his death on March 19, 1999. He compiled many sermons and once appeared on 60 Minutes (also available in printed version — final highlight on page 24, still with Morley Safer , who ...