The Church of the Creator is a small group headquartered in Ashland, Oregon, that integrates elements of New Age thought with Christianity and Jewish mystical traditions such as Kabbalah and Gematria. The organization was founded in 1969 as a church association by Grace Marama Uri and her husband, James Germain Uri. From its inception, the church emphasized the figures of the archangel Michael and the high priest Melchizedek, stating that its central objective is the unification of humankind “with the highest truth and justice for all.”
The Church’s theology centers on what it describes as the “ongoing unfoldment of God’s Divine Plan,” guided by Divine Directives from what it refers to as the Creator’s Heavenly Hierarchy. This hierarchy includes The Office of The Christ, associated with the Orders of Michael, Metatron, and Melchizedek, which the Church teaches hold administrative authority related to planetary purification and the development of consciousness. Within this framework, Melchizedek is identified as a representative of his Order and is said to have re-established the perpetuity and link of the Spiritual-Physical Family through Abraham.
Grace Marama Uri, who died in 2006, is commemorated by the organization as “Always the Mother.” The Church presents her as having fulfilled a pact and covenant with the Heavenly Father, and it identifies her legacy with its formal Foundations, Principles, and Practices.
The legal name of the group has changed several times, and it operates today as the TE-TA-MA Truth Foundation-Family Of URI, Inc., a California nonprofit corporation. But it remains based in Oregon and uses the name “Church of the Creator” publicly. The group won a lawsuit against a white supremacist Creativity Movement church that also used the name.
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Uri, G. M. (2019). GRIDS of Consciousness Unification – Compendium of Living Unity Consciousness: Principles & Practices – Aligned Collective Service to God and Humanity. COTC Publications & Productions.
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