2025 Annual Report

And when the feelings of service for your fellow men arise within your soul, do not stifle them; when the emotions of love for your neighbor well up within your heart, give expression for such urges of affection in intelligent ministry to the real needs of your fellows. 157:2.2 (1745.1)

Jump to Highlight:

• Online Education for Leaders and Facilitators
• Latin American and African Urantiathons
• Constituent and Committee Activity

• Belgium: The Belgium Association installed a new president, Martine Rouart. Martine and the new board initiated a new website, a new Facebook page, a new name of the association, and updated their bylaws. Previously Association Francophone Belge d’Urantia (ABFU), it is now Les Lecteurs Belges du livre d’Urantia (LBLU). The new board met every three weeks to give a new dynamic to the association.
• British and Dutch: Stichting Urantia Nederlandstalig (UAI SUN) and Urantia Association of Great Britain & Ireland (UAGBI organized a mini-conference held October 3-5 in Holland. Here, twenty readers came together to immerse themselves in Learning to Live Each Day Loyally as a Tadpole. Topics included; Sharing the Inner Life—Prayer and Worship: What is the Difference; A Conspiracy of Spiritual Forces—the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth and Thought Adjuster; and How Do I know If I Am Growing? Hallmarks of Religious/Spiritual Living.
• Estonia: Eesti Urantia Assotsiatsioon (EUA) holds a weekly virtual study group and one seminar in every month. They also translated the Study Group Guide into Estonian, which will be ready for publication in 2026.
• The European study group continues to meet every two weeks via Zoom.
• Finland: Suomen Urantia-Seura (SUS)  held a winter conference in Vantaa and on Zoom. They also host weekly Zoom and face-face meetings. The Urantia Book made its way into a TV series in Finland, on new spiritual trends and the sequence was published in February. Their Facebook group increased from 40 to 120 members.  A Facebook advertising campaign during Christmas led to approximately 700 visits to Paper 85 of The Urantia Book, and they created Urantia presentations on YouTube Live for new readers.
• France: Association française des lecteurs du Livre d’Urantia (AFLLU) hosted the 2025 European Conference in Paris from June 6-9. The theme was The Distributivity of God: Man as God’s Heir. They welcomed approximately 186 participants who connected with global readers and enjoyed four excellent plenaries, four workshops, talks, music, art and a bit of sightseeing. Additionally, during the conference Study Group Guides were distributed by Line St-Pierre, president, and interviews with attendees were conducted by the Association’s multimedia chair, Antonio Scheffer.
• DACH, the Association for German speakers, holds a weekly study group, and they helped with translation of the new Urantia Foundation website.
• Italy: Host online meetings on Urantia Book topics, held every Friday evening. They created a 600-page Urantia Book Commentary, which is a manual to facilitate study for new readers while also helping more experienced readers.
• Russia: Created videos on Urantia Book topics. Distributed children’s book on Urantia Book topics (Estonian version). Working on creating online Urantia Book courses and an improved website.
• Spain: Asociación Urantia de Espaňa (AUE) held weekly virtual meetings of various study groups via Zoom, and monthly in-person meetings of other study groups. Bi-weekly virtual meetings were held for the development of ongoing projects. Various virtual talks and presentations were given throughout each month. They created a detailed presentation on the history of the Spainish Association since its establishment in 1997, which was published in the June Tidings – 2025.
• Sweden: Urantia Association (SUA) hosts a study group every second Saturday.
• Australia and New Zealand:Australia & New Zealand Urantia Association (ANZURA) held its annual October conference in Brisbane, Australia, themed Sails of Faith Unfurled—Faith is to Religion What Sails Are to a Ship. ANZURA publishes a regular newsletter to keep students of The Urantia Book throughout Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific in touch with Urantia related news, activities and events from their local region as well as from the global Urantia Book reader community. They assist in coordinating an annual Study Day, where study groups host a special study group day where a particular paper from The Urantia Book is studied on the same day (or over the same weekend). In this way ANZURA attempts to foster a sense of belonging and cohesion among Urantia Book readers in the region.
• Canada: Urantia Association of Canada (UAC) held a gathering from April 17-19 in Grand Forks, BC., where some 14 persons gathered to fraternise and keep the Urantia flame alive. UAC has made many improvements to its website, affording quality and quantity  information to better serve The Urantia Book readership as well as the general public. More improvements will be unveiled in 2026.
• Association Urantia du Québec (AUQ) held six weekly study groups, in person and on Zoom, and sent a monthly newsletter. They initiated four online and one in-person conferences, and two social gatherings, to bring French-speaking readers from Québec, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Africa. They invested CAD $5,000 to purchase and distribute Urantia Books and secondary works for readers to share with new seekers. And they collaborated with Center for Unity on the French translation of their digital outreach tools such as Urantia Book Tutor, Discover Jesus, and Urantia Podcast, which are available on the Québec website.
• United States: Urantia Association of the United States (UAUS) welcomed its new president, Alice Wood. Alice worked with an experienced team to update the UAUS bylaws which would allow for a modernized structure. Their goal was to simplify administrative requirements of local associations, and make its structure more inclusive of those who primarily meet virtually. UAUS supported Moonlight Worship, a musical worship Zoom gathering coordinated by Vice President Marc Boucher. Outreach efforts of dedicated Urantia Book readers were supported with the funding of booths at expos around the country. Local Associations within UAUS organized social gatherings for their members, and some conducted service projects in the form of book distribution and providing financial support to a Urantia family abroad.
• Other US Local Associations continue to study together and support each other as they prepare to give presentations to the wider Urantia community. Local associations include Greater Lake Michigan Urantia Association, Hawaii Urantia Local Association, New York Pennsylvania Urantia Association, Virginia Carolina Readers, Urantia Book Service Corps of New England.

• Argentina: Urantia Asociación Argentina (UAA). created an inspiring presentation that was given to the International Representative Council by President, Jorge Wilczyk, about the history of the Argentine Association. He began by praising Carlos Rubinsky, who has personally symbolized the Urantia movement in the Southern Cone of Latin America, and whose motto has always been “Never give up!” Carlos’ home serves as a spiritual headquarters for Urantia Book readers, and their history is preserved in a massive book that logs every meeting, what they studied, and who attended. Founded in 1999 as Urantia Association del Cono Sur, its first members were from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Uruguay. Two important ministries of the Association are Urantia Radio (“Latitud Sur 2.0”) which has hosted 85 programs and offers podcasts on Spotify, and the Grupo de estudio descubriendo Urantia which meets weekly on Saturdays.
• Brazil: Associação Urântia do Brasil (AUB) are the hosts for the Association’s 2027 International Conference. Their conference team continued with its preparations, ongoing since 2024, including selecting a city and accommodations, designing the logo, developing an event website, and planning the event details.
• Members of the Association deliver a Urantia Radio podcast that has seen as many as 85,000 listeners in a month. The Urantia School in Brasília (known as escolaurantia) holds Zoom classes every Wednesday night. They created a pathway that helps newer students deepen their understanding, while more advanced students are trained and supported to become facilitators and instructors. The school has provided 200 courses to students.
• Bolivia: Participated in three Book Fairs in 2025: June in Santa Cruz; August in La Paz; and October in Cochabamba.
• Columbia: Asociación Nacional Urantia de Colombia (URANCOL) participated in Bogota Book Fair where 23,000 flyers were distributed. They started a study group for new readers. They participated in the Cali Book Fair, which was small but lively, where they handed out brochures with a QR code for people to download the book. Three-and-a-half years of recordings of study group readings of the four Supreme Papers (115-118) were made available on their YouTube Channel: Urantia en Profundidad. They are working on a pilot project in Columbia aimed at promoting The Urantia Book through online question-and-answer sessions and distributing educational materials.
• Mexico: Asociación Urantia de México (AUM) held its usual study groups and monthly public conferences. They initiated dialogue for a national conference and hosted a virtual debate for advanced readers in October on The Architects of Master Universe and Co-Absolutes.
• African Continental Coordinator, Khatukhira Bernard, participated in an online meeting with three study groups, and he had inspiring interactions with Joel Chongo Mvula of the National Association of Zambia, and a held a meeting with Moustapha Ndiaye of Senegal about the progress of The Urantia Book in the country.
• European Continental Coordinator, Karmo Kalda, gave quarterly reports to the International Representative Council for the European Associations, and worked with its leaders in many of their endeavors.
• Latin American Continental Coordinator, Andrés Ramírez, worked with many of the continent’s leaders, including help with organizing their book fairs, and he provided updates on activities at the monthly International Service Board meetings.

Committees

• Conference: Assisted with the Latin American and African Urantiathons. Attended planning meetings with the Brazilian conference team and reviewed an initial version of the event website in preparation for the 2027 European Urantiathon. They also assisted the French Association with its Paris conference, which was held in June, 2025.
• Dissemination: Responded to 237 new members and sent $2,000 to Asociación Urantia Bogotá in Columbia for its Bogota book fair, and $1,200 for them to participate in its sixth Cali International Book Fair (FILCALI) in Colombia.
• Prisoner Inquiry Response Team (PIRT): Shipped 296 books to inmates and responded to more than 500 letters.
• Education: Worked on a new training platform for leaders and facilitators. We invite you to read the Highlight to learn the details of this welcome development.
• Study Group: Oversaw translation of the Study Group Guide into Spanish, French and Italian, and translation into Estonian was started. Worked with the Study Group Directory Committee on improvements to the website and hosting platform in hopes of reducing website costs. The committee also collaborated with the Education Committee to create a training module for study group hosts, further detailed in Highlights.
• Membership: Held regular team meetings and developed strategies for the Membership Committee’s evolving roles/process to meet the changing needs of the Association.
• Communications: Created a new page on its main website called Urantia Happenings, dedicated to posting events and announcements from other groups, published its quarterly Tidings newsletter and bi-annual Journal publication, and posted announcements for Constituent Associations’ activities.
  Website Subcommitte: Oversaw website maintenance and updates, and trained several Constituents on updating content on their sub-sites.
• Social Media Subcommitte: Grew its Facebook study group page from 2410 to 2931 members, monitored its regular Facebook page, continued growing our Instagram page (please give us a Follow), created posters for other committees, and served as co-host for the Latin American Urantiathon.
• Multimedia Subcommitte: Conducted twelve interviews at the Paris conference, edited and posted the first five to our YouTube channel, and spent time learning AI video creation for future projects and Constituent support.

Thank you to all our leaders and teachers for your loving service.

In April, I began my second year as president of Urantia Association International with humility, gratitude, and a deep desire to serve. Each passing month allows me to better understand the responsibilities of this role and, above all, the human and spiritual richness of our worldwide community.

Over the past year, I have continued reaching out to grassroots leaders from our national and local associations. Some meetings took place in person, others through Zoom, but all of them helped create sincere connections, deepen our understanding of the cultural realities unique to each region, while identifying essential needs to better support our common mission.

This initiative is about more than offering help, it’s about building lasting connections, encouraging collaboration, and empowering local leaders with the tools, training, and resources they need to thrive. If you represent an association or are aware of needs in your region, I warmly invite you to share them. Together, we can build a more unified and dynamic spiritual family. 

Thanks to modern technology, we are witnessing a quiet spiritual revolution. It has never been easier to connect students of The Urantia Book across continents, cultures, and time zones. Online study groups now flourish around the world. One notable example was the 2021 international virtual conference, A Virtual Experience, organized by our Peruvian Association. Born of necessity, it became a model of creativity and resilience, inspiring dozens of similar online events that followed—welcoming new readers and strengthening faith everywhere. 

More than ever, we realize that the dissemination of the teachings does not rest solely on distributing a book, but on creating living spaces of brotherhood, exchange, and spiritual growth.

The Publication Mandate reminds us that The Urantia Book is given to those who are ready for it, long before the day of its worldwide mission. It also invites us to study the life of Jesus so we may better understand our brothers and sisters and learn how to reach seekers of truth with wisdom, love, and understanding. And this is precisely where study groups become so important.

Study groups are shining centers of light. They allow truth seekers to feel welcomed, heard, and supported in their spiritual journey. They create authentic human connections and provide spaces where the teachings can be lived, shared, and integrated into daily life. We need thousands of study groups around the world.

A unified effort is underway to update and improve the jointly sponsored Study Group Directory so it may better serve readers, facilitators, and truth seekers throughout our worldwide community. The goal is to create a more accessible, dynamic, and welcoming platform that will more easily connect students with study groups, resources—and one another—across cultures and continents.

This vision is already coming to life. Weekly study groups are emerging and growing throughout Europe, Africa, Latin America, and beyond, creating spaces of brotherhood, spiritual discovery, and shared growth.

This is why several of our committees—Education, Constituent Support, and Study Groups—are now working more closely to develop tools, training, and accessible resources to support our work in the field. The development of online training for leaders and facilitators will also help those who wish to open and lead study groups within their regions. When we work together in a spirit of service, the difference is tremendous.

As our mission continues to expand throughout the world, the needs of the Association are also evolving. For many years, much of the work accomplished has rested upon the remarkable dedication of volunteers and the work of a single employee. This spirit of loving service remains at the very heart of who we are.

Responding to the growing realities of our time and to adequately support the development of international projects, more dedicated workers will be needed to answer the call to service. Whether in education, communications, technology, administration, translation, or study group support, every talent can help move the mission forward.

In the coming years, the Association will also evaluate the gradual addition of contractual collaborators to assist with certain administrative and specialized responsibilities that are becoming increasingly important within a growing worldwide organization. This evolution is intended to better support our volunteers, strengthen our structures, and allow the mission to continue developing in a harmonious and effective way.

At the end of April, a great sense of hope emerged during the roundtable meeting organized by Urantia Foundation, bringing together representatives from the Urantia Book Fellowship, UUI, UBIS, the Center for Unity, and our Association. Despite having different approaches and structures, these organizations share the same mission: advancing the revelation and serving humanity in a spirit of collaboration, unity, and brotherhood. A meaningful vision for future collaboration among our groups also emerged from these sincere and constructive discussions.

Effective tools also continue to emerge through new technologies and artificial intelligence. When wisely used, these resources do not replace the human being; rather, they become instruments that help facilitate organization, the creation of educational materials, and the development of new ways to disseminate the teachings.

The Association’s website is in need of an update; we are exploring the possibility of developing a new digital platform better adapted to today’s realities and to the needs of truth seekers. Such a project represents far more than a technological upgrade; we are going to create a fresh, inspiring, and accessible space where more people may discover the teachings and connect with our worldwide community.

But beyond the tools, structures, and projects, the true testimony of the revelation will not simply be The Urantia Book itself, but the inner transformation of those who sincerely live its teachings. The way we love, serve, listen, and work together will become the living reflection of the meanings and values we wish to share with the world.

Regional conferences will take place in Europe and South America, bringing readers together to encourage one another and strengthen enthusiasm for the work ahead.

And with great joy we look forward to welcoming you from May 27–30, 2027 to Brazil for our next International Conference, graciously hosted by the Urantia Association of Brazil in the breathtaking setting of Iguazu Falls. Under the theme, The Urantia Book and the Challenges of Today: A Spiritual Answer for the Modern World, this gathering will offer an inspiring opportunity for our worldwide spiritual family to come together in fellowship, reflection, learning, and shared purpose, surrounded by the warmth of Brazilian culture and the beauty of nature.

Urantiathons also continue to gather hundreds of readers from different cultures and languages in the same spirit of global brotherhood, demonstrating that the revelation unites hearts far beyond borders. Along with book fairs and countless local initiatives, these efforts continue to disseminate the teachings and inspire a more spiritual and brotherly consciousness throughout the world.

The future of the revelation is being built now.
And it is being built together.

Because in the end, to love… is to serve.

Line St-Pierre, President