Welcome to Unity Church of Flint

The number 12 shows up in the bible more times that any other number. The number 12 is highly symbolic in biblical literature, usually representing divine order, government, or completeness in organization. Some key examples include: The 12 tribes of Israel (descendants of Jacob) The 12 apostles chosen by Jesus Christ, The 12 stones in the high priest’s breastplate, The 12 gates and 12 foundations of the New Jerusalem in the book of Revelation. Rather than focusing only on the exact count, biblical scholars (including those in metaphysical traditions like Unity) tend to emphasize the spiritual meaning of 12 as a representation of spiritual authority, completeness, and divine governance. 

In the teachings of Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity, we are invited to see ourselves not as limited beings, but as expressions of Divine Mind, endowed with inherent spiritual capacities. Among his most practical and transformative insights is the understanding that every individual possesses twelve spiritual faculties—divine ideas within consciousness that, when awakened and rightly directed, shape our lives from within outward.

Throughout this lesson series, we will explore these twelve powers as both gifts and responsibilities. They are the inner tools through which we think, believe, love, act, and ultimately realize our oneness with God. As we come to understand and consciously develop these faculties, we begin to align our thoughts and lives with Truth, bringing greater harmony, strength, and purpose into our daily experience. This journey is not about becoming something new, but about awakening to what has always been present within us—the living activity of Spirit expressing as our true self.