Current research is attempting to identify the human sources used in this undertaking. Although the Urantia Papers have been in print for nearly fifty years, no formal religion has sprung from their teachings. The spiritual insights of the book are used by teachers, ministers, and lay persons of many faiths to enrich the highest values in their own traditions. Many individuals outside established religious institutions have developed rich, personal spiritual lives as a result of reading The Urantia Book. An international network of independent study groups continues to develop.
Several translations exist and more are currently in progress.
Like all other sacred texts, the contents should not be evaluated by relying on claims of authorship or authority, but rather upon the enhancements of personal spiritual life which they produce. The new reader might explore the book as a fascinating piece of religious literature until such time as its spiritual quality authenticates its message and its source.