Urantian Ministry and More on Urantia Book Religion With Thomas Pirie

Tom Pirie was an ordained minister who managed a ministry for homeless teens in Seattle for many years. He has had invaluable experiences with traditional churches and will bring a unique perspective to this discussion on whether or not a Urantia based religion should be established.

Tom says he was introduced to Jesus as a very young boy by his mother and that it was her sweet and loving interpretation of Jesus' character and attitude toward all people, particularly young children, that so impressed him and created a hunger in him to know Jesus. He says he was blessed with an attitude of heart and mind which caused him to never look back nor doubt Jesus' watch care in his life.

For many years, the Christian Church provided a safe and loving place to fellowship and grow in his faith, but he also grew increasingly perplexed by the Bible's mixed messages of a God who was at one time loving, and other times wrathful and vengeful towards his children. He was unable to reconcile these inconsistencies in his heart and became an earnest truthseeker, determined to leave no book or theism unexplored until he could put the pieces of the puzzle together.

He found The Urantia Book on a friend’s coffee table and literally could not put it down. Now, 42 years later, after having saturated his mind and heart with it's profound narrative of God's awesome nature and creation, he is filled with a sense of gratitude and anticipation for what awaits humanity.

Tom is married to his beautiful and loving wife Ruth and has two grown sons Andrew and Matthew who are both growing in their search for the truth day by day.

He feels deeply fortunate to have been able to teach and minister to teenagers most of his adult life and has found the fountain of youth in the shared joy of serving and being served by youth.