1,000 Study Groups: The Next Great Step for the Urantia Revelation

By Mo Siegel, president, Urantia Foundation, Colorado, United States

Every Tuesday night for the past 45 years, my calendar has been booked for our study group. This group has been together since the 1970s, evolving from in-person meetings into a Zoom family after COVID. It is, simply put, a spiritual family: a place for learning and loving.

Since the first printing in 1955, the priorities of the revelation have included translations, book distribution, socialization, and building the financial infrastructure to support all of these efforts. We are now moving into the next important phase—creating and expanding into thousands of independent study groups worldwide.

Thousands of study groups must be brought into existence and the book must be translated into many tongues. Thus will the book be in readiness when the battle for man’s liberty is finally won and the world is once more made safe for the religion of Jesus and the freedom of mankind.

—Mandate to the Early Leaders

Why Study Groups Matter

The Urantia Book teaches that religion is primarily a personal connection between the individual and God. However, it also reminds us that sharing spiritual insights enhances that connection. Study groups offer a space to ask questions, explore teachings, pray, worship together, and reflect on how to live as a child of God. For both new and experienced readers, they help build friendships grounded in spiritual values and intellectual growth.

Why Decentralized Study Groups?

Decentralized study groups allow the revelation to grow naturally and resiliently. From on high, they may appear like shining lights spreading across the world. When thousands of small circles of believers study and live these teachings, the revelation becomes both unstoppable and strong. The power of decentralization is based on several key truths:

• Thousands of small independent groups don’t have a single point of institutional failure—no imposed hierarchy, no fossilized truth.

• Each independent group adapts naturally to its own culture and community while remaining unified with all readers through the teachings.

• Decentralization fosters personal religion while fulfilling the deep human need for spiritual fellowship.

• History teaches that no transformation of religion comes without conflict. Thousands of independent groups, however, are extraordinarily difficult to attack and silence.

There’s a Study Group for You

The Urantia Book was never meant to be read alone. Find your group—in person or on Zoom. Study, companionship, and spiritual growth await you there. You will find it a place to open your mind to the light of truth and to let your light shine. Let there be a thousand such points of light that will help transform this world.

To find a group, please visit the Urantia Book Study Group Directory.