“We like to call ourselves practical, progressive, positive Christianity,” Perry said. So you will find people in the Unity church that self-identify as Buddhists if there is no temple around.”

“We honor all paths to God, so we don’t claim to have the one and only way. “Unity is a very progressive, open version of Christianity,” he said. The church has something unique to offer to spiritually curious people, according to Perry. “I don’t know many funds we’ll be able to raise this time, but what we wanted to do was increase our visibility in the community and let the people in the neighborhood know we’re here, because people who drive by that building don’t even know that it’s a church,” Perry said. The church has been located on the same property in the 2800 block of Highland Avenue since the 1940s. Charles Perry, said the church began as a study group in 1919, and was organized officially in 1926. There was also live music - some student rock bands from Mason Music and a jazz band from the church. The Unity Prayer: East Birmingham network is organising a gathering of church and Christian ministry leaders from 9.00am to 3.00pm on Tuesday 6 June at. The event included local vendors, a bake sale, food and beverage and a silent auction of artwork and other items. To help raise its local profile, Unity held its first-ever Party in the Park fundraiser in Rhodes Park on Saturday, May 13, despite intermittent rain showers.

Unity of Birmingham is a progressive Christian church on Highland Avenue that is not particularly well-known in Southside, despite having been in existence for nearly a century.

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