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The Family of God Fellowship
You may be one of the many spiritual seekers around the world who yearn for a living relationship with God. All such seekers are part of a growing global community that is emerging both within and outside of religious traditions. This universal family of God will one day embrace all human beings and transcend all human institutions.
The Family of God Fellowship supports the emergence of this world-wide spiritual family by fostering two fundamental relationships:
A loving relationship with God, our spiritual parent.
This is a personal spiritual experience open to all.
A loving relationship with our fellow human beings.
As God's children, we are all sisters and brothers
in the universal family of God.
The Family Way
Participants in the Family of God Fellowship aspire to an actual way of living. The Family Way centers around seven essential truths or experiences in spiritual family relationship:
The Spiritual
Parent-Child Relationship
To God, each human being is a special and beloved child. We gain our most profound insights into God’s nature by experiencing God’s parental qualities. We find our deepest satisfaction in childlike worship of our heavenly Parent.
The Indwelling
Spirit
Life in the family of God is spiritually intimate. An actual fragment of God resides at the center of each human personality, devoted solely to our spiritual welfare. God's ever available presence loves and guides us in our spiritual journey towards God on Paradise.
The Spiritual
Sister-Brother Relationship
The spiritual relationships we can enjoy with each other flow inevitably out of the ideal parent-child relationship we each have with God. It is because our heavenly Parent cares so fully for each one of us that we are called to love and serve each other as family.
The Will of God
Life in God’s family is forward-moving. God rejoices in our spiritual growth. The divine will, God’s desire for us, is that we share our inner lives with our heavenly Parent. The practice of seeking to understand and live in harmony with God’s will is a core part of The Family Way.
Love
True love, which originates in God, flows in many directions. We are each healed and nourished by the affection of God’s Indwelling Spirit. We can in turn pour out our love to God in the depths of our worship. And we can bestow the overflow of our love in service to our spiritual sisters and brothers.
Eternal Life
Death cannot deprive us of our relationships in God’s family. Our eternal lives are just beginning. The Family Way is an endless spiritual path forward through the cosmos, our universe home, an endless adventure of discovery and growth.
As we progress toward Paradise at the center of all things, our transcendent goal is God's divine perfection.
Faith
Genuine family relationships are always trusting. The children of wise and affectionate parents have implicit faith in them. It is just such simple childlike faith that opens the way to eternal relationship with God. As we increasingly exercise our faith, we begin the eternal process of growing up in God’s family.
Our Mission
To live more fully in spiritual family, God calls us to gather together for worship and inspiration, fellowship and mutual support, growth in spiritual family relationships, and service outreach. In this way, all people may be uplifted and transformed in spiritual community.
To accomplish these purposes, the Family of God Fellowship dedicates itself to:
1. Spread the values of a way of life in the family of God by all possible means.
2. Establish and support local fellowships as places of worship and spiritual community.
3. Train ministers, teachers and leaders to help accomplish the purposes of the Fellowship, and support them in their efforts.
