Unity Truth Center, Minneapolis

This congregation was founded in 1913 as a branch of the Unity Church, a national movement led by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore that emerged out of New Thought in the 1890s. The Minneapolis congregation was founded by charter members Ruth Ridges and Anna H. Ray and met at 1198 Nicollet Avenue. In February 1919, the first ordained pastor, Lila Webber Ranney, joined the congregation, which at the time had 25 members. By 1936, the congregation had moved to rooms at 1108 Nicollet Avenue and the congregation totaled some 140.  The congregation moved to Golden Valley in 1976.