Born in 1949 in Pennsylvania, Schulz was passionate about social justice and participated in many marches and protests for women’s rights, minority rights, and environmental rights. He raised awareness of the importance of diversity within Unitarian Universalism.

Schulz became very involved with the Transylvanian Unitarians after the fall of the Ceausescu regime and founded the Partner Church Program. He also turned the Unitarian Universalist World newspaper into the UU World magazine in order to reach more people.