Association for Global New Thought Leaders
Rev. Michael Beckwith Rev. Carol Carnes Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell
Rev. Argentina Glasgow Dr. Barbara Fields Rev. Dr. Kathy Hearn
Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith,
D.D. (Agape International Spiritual Center, Culver City) is the Founder and Spiritual Director of the Agape International
Spiritual Center, an 8000 member transdenominational spiritual
community. A Co-founder and President of Association for Global
New Thought, Dr. Beckwith is the originator of the Life Visioning
Process, an author and composer. He shares with Dr. Arun Gandhi
and Mary Manin Morrissey the national Co-directorship of A Season for
Nonviolence, and is an assembly member of the Parliament of the World’s
Religions. Dr. Beckwith is a keynote speaker throughout the
nation. His commitment to world peace has drawn public
recognition including awards such as The Gandhi-King-Ikeda Award from
Morehouse College, the Humanitarian Award of the National Council for
Community and Justice, The Howard Thurman Stained Glass Window Award
and many others.
Websites: www.agnt.org;www.agapelive.com
Rev. Carol Carnes
(Center for Positive Living, Calgary, AB).
Currently the senior minister of the Center for Positive Living in
Calgary, AB, Rev Carnes carries on the tradition of New Thought to
"liberate religious thinking of superstition and dogma." As a
member of the leadership council of the Association for Global New
Thought, she was inducted into the Board of Preachers of Martin Luther
King International Chapel at Morehouse College in 2000. She has
participated in the Synthesis Dialogues with HH Dalai Lama in India and
Italy and is active in the Season for Nonviolence Campaign convened
annually by AGNT.
Websites: www.agnt.org; www.positiveliving.org
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell
(The
Unity Center, San Diego, California). Wendy is a
graduate of the Unity School of Christianity and was ordained in 1980.
She is founder and CEO of The Unity Center, a 1500-member spiritual
community located in San Diego, California, in 1983. She has been a
part of the Association for Global New Thought since 1999 and currently
serves as Vice President. She participated in all three AGNT-sponsored
“Synthesis Dialogues,” which brought together some of the world’s
leading thinkers to dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet
in Dharmsala, India in 1999 and in Italy in 2001 and 2004; and traveled
to Istanbul, Turkey in November 2006 as part of the planning for the
Abraham Path Initiative, in partnership with the Harvard Negotiation
Project, to open up a pilgrimage route in the Middle East retracing the
footsteps of the prophet Abraham. With a strong interest in Spiritually
Motivated Social Action, Wendy & The Unity Center were instrumental
in the early formation of the San Diego Department of Peace grassroots
group in the fall of 2004. That initial group, Americans for the
Department of Peace (AFDOP), now encompasses all of Southern California
with The Unity Center providing ongoing support. In addition, Wendy
serves on the board of the Foundation for Affordable Housing in San
Juan Capistrano. Her service awards include the Gandhi
Non-Violence Award from the Tariq Khamisa Foundation and induction into
the Martin Luther King Jr. board of Preachers Hall of Fame.
Websites: www.agnt.org; www.theunitycenter.net
Rev. Argentina Glasgow
(Detroit, MI). is a peace activist and the former Senior Minister (1992 - 2005) of Detroit Unity Temple and CO-minister of Detroit Unity Temple from July 2005 through March 2008. She is a licensed and ordained Unity Minister. Her commitment for peace is undergirded by the scripture, Isaiah 26: "He will keep you in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee. Rev. Glasgow has received numerous awards such as The Gandhi-King-Ikeda Award from Morehouse College, an International Peace Award from the Universal Federation of Peace; a Unity Pioneer Award honoring the Africa American's in Unity, The Ruth Mosley Award and many others. She was inducted into the Board of Preachers of Martin Luther King International Chapel at Morehouse College; and participated in the Synthesis Dialogues with HH Dalai Lama in India and in Trent, Italy. Under her tenure at Detroit Unity an Outreach Ministry, The Holistic Development Center was formed and is thriving as one of the crown jewels of the city. She blessed both the City of Detroit, which she refers to as the Holy City, and the previous Mayor, Mayor Dennis Archer at his second inaugural ceremony. She is currently formulating a ministry entitled Spiritual Interfaith Center of Light Ministries which has as its main focus a world that works for everyone. She is both humbled and honored to be the fourth African American to chair the Board of Trustees for the Association of Unity Churches International in over 100 years. She has served on numerous boards and has served as a leader locally, regionally, national and internationally.
Websites: www.agnt.org; www.peaceunitychurch.org/ArgentinaGlasgow.htm
Dr. Barbara Fields
Executive Director, The Association for Global New Thought
Co-founder and Project Director – The Gandhi King Season for
Nonviolence 1998-2006; Program Director - 1993 Parliament of the
World's Religions in Chicago; Co-founder and Project Director of the
Synthesis Dialogues with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama of Tibet,
Dharamsala, India, 1999, Trent, Italy, 2001, and Rome, 2004;
Co-director, with Dr. William Ury, Harvard Global Negotiation Network’s
Abraham Walk Initiative in the Middle East; Conference and Program
Director for the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies 1996 (Chicago)
and 2000 (Tacoma, WA); Program Director - International
Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter, Purdue University and the
Lilly Foundation 1998-2004; Participant - UNESCO Seminar on Religion
and Peace, Granada, Spain, 1998. Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters,
United Church of Religious Science, 2005, and Religious Science
International’s first Peace Award in 2003; Recipient of The Peace
Museum's 1998 Community Peacemaker Award, in the area of Diplomacy.
Serves on the Boards of EarthAction, the Foundation for Conscious
Evolution, and La Casa de Maria in Santa Barbara, CA. Co-founder of The
Earth Network, a non-profit alternative television organization
dedicated to the environment, social action, and the human spirit for
which she received the 1994 Visionary Award from the Center For
New Television; Contributing author, The Community of Religions
(Continuum Press, 1996).
Website: www.agnt.org
Rev. Dr. Kathy Hearn
(Community Spiritual Leader (President) of United Church of Religious Science/United Centers for Spiritual Living), an international organization with 200 communities and ministries and publisher of Science of Mind magazine; actively engaged in spiritual organization development to expand spiritual living through personal and global transformation; monthly contributor to Science of Mind magazine; Chair of Organizational Renewal Project and member of New Organization Design Team; Vice Chair International Board of Trustees; Chair and Vice Chair of United Clergy of Religious Science; instructor for Holmes Institute School of Consciousness Studies. Member of the Leadership Council for the Association for Global New Thought; traveled to the Middle East as AGNT's representative and sole female religious leader for Harvard's Abraham Path Initiative, November 2006; Abraham Path Initiative Tourism Conference, Sanliurfa, Turkey, November 2007; presented at the 2004 Parliament of the World's Religions in Barcelona, Spain; attended Synthesis Dialogues with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1999. Founded Pacific Church of Religious Science in San Diego, Senior Minister for 15 years.
Websites: www.agnt.org; www.revkathy.com; www.unitedcentersforspiritualliving.org
Rev. Mary Omwake
(Maui, HI) Mary Omwake is a spiritual teacher, writer, radio host and retreat leader. Ordained a Unity minister in 1989, she has served ministries in Overland Park, Kansas, where she developed the Love in Action sacred service program and the Unity Basics One curriculum and Maui, Hawaii. A founding member of the Association for Global New Thought, Mary has spoken United Nations for the Season for Peace and Nonviolence, worked on the Synthesis Dialogues with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and worked within her community on numerous peace projects. She was inducted into the Martin Luther King Board of Preachers in 1998. She has served on numerous boards and committees, including The International Association of Unity Churches and chaired the church growth and development teams for both the AUC and INTA. Mary lives on Maui and leads retreats for churches and sacred tours to Assisi, Dharamsala, Africa and Maui. You can hear her on www.conversationswithfriends.org or contact her at mary@maryomwake.com
Websites: www.agnt.org; www.maryomwake.com
Tom Zender
(Unity of Tustin, CA; Former President & CEO, Unity). Tom joined the Unity executive team in 2001 and served as President & CEO for five years. He was the first president of Unity who was not a member of the founding Fillmore family. Tom has extensive experience with board governance and operating leadership. He held management positions at General Electric, Honeywell and ITT, and was an officer in three publicly held corporations, one NYSE listed and two NASDAQ listed. Tom is a board member of Peerless Systems, a NASDAQ listed digital imaging company and is the board chair of VillageEDOCS, an OTC:BB listed Internet messaging services company. He has been on several other boards, including public and private corporations, and not-for-profit organizations. Tom holds a Business Administration degree from Ottawa University, with focus areas of management, marketing, and information technology. He has been instrumental in AGNT's participation in the Abraham Reunion and the Harvard University Abraham Path Initiative for interfaith dialog, economic development and peacemaking in the Middle East and Holy Land. Tom has initiated a Peace Initiative within his Unity of Tustin community.
Websites: www.agnt.org; www.tomzender.com