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| death_place =Chicago, Illinois | residence = | nationality = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | other_names = | known_for = New Thought Movement | television = | education = BA (1943) | alma_mater = Wiley College | employer = | occupation = Theologian & Megachurch Pastor | years_active = | religion = | spouse = Richard Colemon Don Nedd〔 Leon C. Blair | partner = | children = | parents = | relations = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = (UFBL Leadership ) (CUT Founder ) | footnotes = }} Johnnie Colemon (February 18, 1920 – December 23, 2014) was the founder of several large organizations within the African-American New Thought movement, including Christ Universal Temple (CUT)〔(Johnnie Colmon ), CUT Founder Biography, accessed July 21, 2014.〕 and the Universal Foundation for Better Living (UFBL).〔(UFBL Leadership, accessed July 21, 2014 ).〕 The Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary is named in her honor.〔(JCTS web site, accessed July 21, 2014. )〕 Colemon was born in Centerville, Alabama on February 18, 1920 but her family moved to Columbus, Mississippi at an early age, and she identified more with that location as her birthplace, leading others to misidentify Columbus, Mississippi as her place of origin. She attended Union Academy High School and graduated from Wiley College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1943.〔 She then taught at schools in Mississippi and Chicago. Colemon was ordained as a Unity Minister in 1956 and promptly founded Christ Universal Temple, a Chicago-based megachurch.〔 In 1974 Colemon founded the Universal Foundation for Better Living, "an international association of Bible-based New Thought Christian churches, centers, and study groups."〔 Colemon retired in 2006.〔 She died on December 23, 2014 at the age of 94.〔 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johnnie Colemon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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