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John grew up in Atlanta Unity and was ordained in 1976. He served as Senior Minister two years each in Jacksonville, Florida and Santa Rosa, California before moving to Unity Village, Missouri where he served as Administrative Assistant (’79-’84) and Director (’84-91) for Silent Unity.

 

John served as Associate Minister for Eric Butterworth at Unity Center of Practical Christianity in New York for six months before moving to Hawaii to serve as Senior Minister in 1991.

 

John has been Vice President of the Board of Trustees of Unity School of Christianity for nearly ten years, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Unity Churches in ’98/’99, and was the Unity movement’s only delegate to the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Cape Town, South Africa in 1999.

 

Reverend John Strickland, in 2003, received the Unity Movement’s highest award:  The Light of God Expressing.  He was both humbled and honored to receive this award from his colleagues.

 

John and his wife were delegates to the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Barcelona, Spain in 2004 and again to Melbourne, Australia in 2009.