December 31, 2014
Rev. Dr. Johnnie Colemon.
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Rev. Johnnie Coleman Dies at Age 94
Elected officials, along with her church community and friends are mourning the death of Rev., Dr. Johnnie Coleman, who died Dec. 23 at age 94. Referred to as the “First Lady of the New Thought Christian Community,” Dr. Coleman founded Christ Universal Temple, that first opened on 61st and Cottage Grove Ave. in Chicago in 1956, and today stands at 11901 S. Ashland Ave., as a progressive, new thought church. Rev. Coleman served as Senior Minister there for 50 years and founded the Universal Foundation for Better Living, an international organization of affiliated ‘new thought’ churches and study groups that embrace a metaphysical interpretation of the Bible with a focus on healing, meditation and positive thought.