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Business Profile

Religious Organizations

Universal Life Church World Headquarters

This business is NOT BBB Accredited.

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Information and Alerts

BBB RatingA

Reasons for rating

  • Failure to be transparent about ownership, location, or products/services offered.

Alert Details

This business has 3 alerts.

General Section (same as Additional Information) 1

Business states this company is located in Boca Raton, FL however, mail sent on November 6, 2015 and November 12, 2015, to the address 1825 NW Corporate Blvd #10 Boca Raton, FL 33431, was returned to sender by the US Postal Service and the US Postal Service provided the forwarding address 803 Tallahassee St Carrabelle, FL 32322.

General Section (same as Additional Information) 2

On December 3, 2015 the business requested that the BBB cease and desist in contacting them regarding complaints or for any other reason. The email states, "You are hereby advised to cease and desist with respect to any and all future contact with us regarding this complaint, or any complaint and for any reason with our office or employee or officer thereof. Don't contact us again or we will hold you accountable."

Even though the business has requested that we cease and desist contacting them regarding complaints it is our responsibility to inform them of communications from their customers. .

General Section (same as Additional Information) 3

The BBB serving Northwest Florida has been notified by someone sending emails from brothermichael@universalonechurch.org that "There is no Michael J. Cauley at this address". This email was signed by Brother Michael Jordan Francis. Someone from this same email address also states, "you are wrong to assume Brother Michael is Michael Cauley. Michael Cauley is the Presiding Bishop only. Just because his picture appears on our website, that does not mean Brother Michael is Michael Cauley. Michael Cauley is the Presiding Bishop for 1000's of Churches throughout the world". The Florida Department of State Divisions of Corporations lists Michael J. Cauley as an officer of both Universal One Church and Universal Life Church World Headquarters. The BBB serving Northwest Florida doubts the claim that Michael J. Cauley is not receiving these emails.
On 6/11/2015 the website ulcnetwork.com stated "The Original Faith Based Universal Life Church has changed it's name to Universal One Church".Per the company's website
"So Why Did We Change Our Name From Universal Life Church To Universal One Church?
We needed to do so to preserve the good name of our Lord Jesus Christ, in addition to the integrity of the Christian Church and to the sacrament of ordination itself. These spin off Universal Life Churches which began in 1959 with Kirby Hensley, the self proclaimed Second Coming, Modesto Messiah and Conman as he himself stated on 60 Minutes have tarnished the Universal Life Church name beyond any chance for respectability ever again. The Universal Life Church name has become the butt of jokes, it is a laughing stock made fun of for ordaining dogs, cats, goats and whatever else someone has filled into an online ordination form. Very few take the Universal Life Church name seriously or recognize their ministers as real ministers. In many instances marriages are annulled or the minister is denied to even officiate the wedding to begin with." -

Service Area

  • Carrabelle, FL

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