Provisional Charter
URANTIA Association of Canada

Amended 1 March 2003


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Article1 - Statement of purpose Article2 - Structure Article3 - Membership Article4 - Financial

Article5 - Incorporation/Bylaws Article6 - Amendements Article7 - Dissolution Appendix - Tasks of IUA

Some of the key tasks that may assist members of IUA in achieving IUA's goals and objectives are described below.

Fostering Study Groups

One of the most important tasks of IUA members is to encourage and foster the formation of The Urantia Book study groups. The local study group is the place where teamwork and service are cultivated, where spiritual growth is fostered, and where teachers and leaders evolve.

IUA members can facilitate the formation of study groups by volunteering to be study group hosts, by attending study groups in their local areas, by assisting in producing materials that may assist study group hosts and participants, and by any other appropriate activities.

New Readers

IUA members can assist the Reader Service Department of Urantia Foundation by being listed as a contact point for new readers in their area, and by welcoming and mentoring new readers.

Developing Teachers and Leaders

The Urantia Book emphasises the importance of leaders and teachers:
Religion does need new leaders, spiritual men and women who will dare to depend solely on Jesus and his incomparable teachings. [2082:9]

The cultural civilizations of the past and the present have been based upon the intelligent co- operation of the citizenry with wise and progressive leaders; and until man evolves to higher levels, civilization will continue to be dependent on wise and vigorous leadership. [911:2]

The IUA will foster the development of teachers and leaders‹men and women who are well versed in the teachings of The Urantia Book and who are moved to impart, and to assist others to impart, the teachings of The Urantia Book to their fellow man. Good leaders are essential to the formation of stable and dynamic study groups and membership Associations. Such leaders will naturally emerge from the readership. The IUA may not presume to designate who is and who is not a leader, but it will assist in the development of teachers and leaders by ensuring that readers have an opportunity to participate in leadership and teaching roles at conferences, at study seminars, and in study groups. Urantia Associations and local study groups naturally choose the people whom they view as well-informed, insightful, service-minded, and successful communicators to teach, speak, and lead activities.

Conferences, Seminars, and Lectures

The IUA may organise conferences, meetings, lectures, and seminars to bring readers of The Urantia Book together in an effort to assist them in their study of the book, to give students an opportunity to develop their leadership and teaching skills, to meet and fraternise, and to introduce the teachings of The Urantia Book.

By sponsoring gatherings from time to time, IUA may stimulate deeper understanding of the teachings of The Urantia Book, strengthen readers' commitment to its teachings and their dissemination, and eventually stimulate creative activities in the arena of human society beyond such meetings.

Forums for the Exchange of Ideas and Experiences

Publications and communication vehicles such as newsletters, periodicals, journals, websites, study aids, derivative works, and interactive Internet services will be important tools for communication among the worldwide membership of IUA. These tools may serve as forums for the exchange of ideas and experiences pertaining to The Urantia Book and for keeping readers abreast of news and reader activities.