Editing Unity Church (section)

==Overview==
[[File:Unity Village.jpg|thumb|Unity School of Christianity]]
Unity describes itself as a global, inclusive, spiritual community, offering practical tools and uplifting resources to help people of all faiths apply positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. Unity welcomes all people regardless of race, color, gender, age, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, physical disability, or sexual orientation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions about Unity |url=https://www.unitystl.org/unity-faq/ |access-date=2012-12-29 |publisher=Unity.org}}</ref><ref>Kornfield, Jack, "The Wisdom of Not Knowing"  Unity Magazine Nov–Dec 2005  p. 10</ref><ref>Gaither, Jim, Metaphysical Musings, Unity Magazine, Jan–Feb 2008, p. 10</ref><ref name="NewBrit">"Unity School of Christianity, The New Encyclopædia Britannica, 1987, Vol 12 P, 162.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=McQueeney |first1=Krista |title="We are God's Children, Y'All:" Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Lesbian- and Gay-Affirming Congregations |journal=Social Problems |date=2009 |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=151–173 |doi=10.1525/sp.2009.56.1.151 |jstor=10.1525/sp.2009.56.1.151 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/sp.2009.56.1.151 |issn=0037-7791|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Unity describes itself as having no particular creed, set dogma, or required ritual.<ref>Rosemergy, Jim "No More Dogmas, No More Creeds, Unity Magazine, March–April 2003, p 17</ref> It maintains that there is good in every approach to God and holds that one should focus on the potential good in all{{emdash}}that the essence of every human is divine regardless of current behavior.

Unity emphasizes healing by spiritual means, but it does not reject or resist medical treatments.{{sfn|''Britannica''|loc=online}}

Unity is the largest group connected with the [[New Thought]] movement, and the only one to maintain a significant Christian identity.{{sfn|Shopf|2018|pp=34, 94n266}}