Unity's founders examined spiritualism, but for good, practical reasons decided to base their teachings exclusively on the study of the Bible. Their method of affirmative prayer and their reliance on the indwelling presence of the Christ rest upon biblical authority. Channeled material may have been helpful to many, but Unity does not teach or endorse it. In some Unity centers or churches, you may hear Truth presented in such a way that you might think you were in a traditional Christian church, and in others Truth might be presented in strict scientific and psychological terms, with emphasis on positive thinking. Unity does not have a creed that you must swear to or rites and practices that you must perform.
Unity is more a teaching than a creed and more an attitude than a teaching.
Unity is an open-ended religion. Unity's teachings are more a set of directions than they are a doctrine. If Unity has one cardinal teaching, it is that the true spirit of God, to which we all should turn and listen, is within us. The way to God is not through a channel or any other intermediary. You must make the quest for yourself and in yourself.