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New
Thought
Arrives
in DeKalb
County
By
Deborah
L. Shelton-Ogiste
January
20, 2002
was the
inauguration
ceremony
of Christ
Unity
Temple
of Stone
Mountain
located
at 5513
Mountain
East,
Stone
Mountain,
GA. During
his inaugural
sermon
Rev. James
Fife,
founding
minister,
remarked
on the
historical
implications
of having
the first
meeting
of an
African
American
New Thought
Church
at the
base of
Stone
Mountain.
[Editor's
note:
For those
unfamiliar
with the
area's
history,
Stone
Mountain
has been
the site
of Ku
Klux Klan
meetings
in the
past.]
Christ
Unity
Temple
of Stone
Mountain
follows
the teachings
of Rev.
Johnnie
Coleman,
founding
minister
of Christ
Universal
Temple
of Chicago,
Ill.,
and Dr.
Barbara
King,
founding
minister
of Hillside
Chapel
and Truth
Center
and the
Barbara
King School
of Ministerial
Studies
in Atlanta,
GA.
Rev.
Fife began
his studies
at Christ
Universal
Temple
in 1966
as a member
of the
congregation.
He worked
with Rev.
Coleman
as they
set the
stage
to revive
the Christ
consciousness
to the
I AM.
Christ
Universal
Temple
is currently
the largest
African
American
New Thought
Church
in the
nation.
Rev.
Fife moved
to Atlanta
in 1987
and became
a member
of Hillside
Chapel
and Truth
Center
and continued
his studies
at Barbara
King School
of Ministerial
Studies.
Dr. King,
founding
pastor
of Hillside
Chapel
and Truth
Center,
built
her ministry
with the
understanding
that people
are searching
for inner
peace,
and through
teaching
the truth
as taught
by Jesus
the Christ
they would
find that
inner
peace
by finding
the God
within
them.
Rev. Fife
remained
at BKSM
as an
instructor
for many
years
teaching
many students
who went
on to
become
ministers
and teachers
all over
the world.
Rev.
Fife was
inspired
by Spirit
on December
17, 2001
to start
a church
on the
East Side
of Atlanta.
“When
I finished
with my
meditation
it was
clear
that I
was to
start
a church,”
Rev. Fife
recalls,
“Once
I spoke
the words
the church
came fully
clothed.
Within
days of
speaking
the words
all necessary
arrangements
started
falling
into place.”
Listening
to Spirit,
Rev. Fife
was led
to surround
himself
with a
Board
that assisted
in getting
the church
up and
going
by January
20, 2002.
His dream
came to
actualization
in the
matter
of one
month.
The congregation
has been
growing
steadily
since
its inauguration.
Each board
member
brings
to the
table
unique
gifts
and backgrounds.
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