Universal Life

The founding of Universal Life was through teachings distributed by Gabriele Wittek. These works were claimed to be revelations from Jesus Christ Members of Universal Life run, among other institutions, a school, two kindergartens, a natural healing clinic and five publishers. The beliefs of the group are propagated by Radio Santec of Marktheidenfeld through three TV stations, Die Neue Zeit TV, Sender Neu Jerusalem and Sophia TV, transmitted from SES Astra 1KR satellite at the 19.2° East orbital position. They operate agricultural establishments, which farm according to the principles of organic farming. However, these establishments are not officially connected to Universal Life. ==History==

Gabriele Wittek claims to have heard the first "inner words" after the death of her mother. ==Adherents==

Exact numbers are hard to determine, since there is no formal membership within Universal Life. Georg Schmid estimated, in his book Churches, Sects, Religions, the number of members to be 100,000 worldwide, including 4,000 in Germany. as well as in Austria, ==Beliefs==

, which promotes vegetarianism Members believe in reincarnation and promote vegetarianism. In consequence, a characteristic feature of Universal Life is the fomenting of resentment against "established religious leaders," especially the Roman Catholic Church, which is the predominant religion in Bavaria. In 2010, for example, Universal Life failed in a lawsuit before the Freiburg Administrative Court in which it sought to prohibit the Catholic Church from calling itself "Christian." Since Jesus in UL reading is believed to have rejected violence against humans and animals as well as ecclesiastical institutionalism, Universal Life, according to the Catholic diocese of Trier, appeals primarily to "idealistically minded people" in search of "authentic Christianity" despite the fact that the group's teaching contains Far Eastern elements. ==See also==