Interfaith Ministers serve you
Our ordained Interfaith Ministers and Spiritual Counsellors carry out a range of services and functions in the community. These vary, depending on the interests of each individual minister.
This area of the website will give you an idea of what is available to help and support you through all the major ceremonies of life and death, and through spiritual support, listening and healing.
You can use our Find-a-Minister directory to search for a minister to provide a particular service, or use the Minister's Map to locate a minister near you. You can expect most ministers to offer many of the following services:
- Weddings, Handfastings and Civil Partnerships
- Funerals and Memorials
- Baby Blessings and Namings
- Worship Services
- Healing Services
- Spiritual Counselling, Direction and Coaching
- Gay and Lesbian Ministers
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Interfaith Seminary training
The One Spirit Interfaith Seminary trains interfaith minsters and spiritual counsellors. This is a ground-breaking study programme for spiritually committed people who feel called to broaden their spirituality and their appreciation of other traditions, and to open to a life of service.
We welcome enquiries and applications to join the seminary programme at any time.
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Minister community
Our 2013 Minister and Student Convocation will be a 2 day residential retreat at the wonderful Gaunts House in rural Dorset from 17 to 19 May. For details and booking click here.
Full details of the community are contained in the Community Handbook which also includes information about the Interfaith Ministers Association (IMA), our professional body and membership organisation. This is the spiritual community that provides the ground from which we go out to minister in service, and to which we return for support and sanctuary.
The community brings us together in an inclusive and mutually-nurturing body for the sharing and growth of our spiritual life. It provides a means by which we can engage together in practice, supervision and reflection.
Our ordained ministers and counsellors undertake a diverse range of ministries with the public including ceremonies, rituals, spiritual counselling and healing. Ministers are also engaged in leading retreats, running meditation groups, teaching, and public speaking. Together, they form the community of interfaith ministers.
The Association maintains a public register of all ministers who offer their services to the community and the public can find a minister for their needs either online or by contacting the office.
Also within this section of the website, you will find a comprehensive Resource Library for ministers to which you are welcome to contribute and share (Login required) and details of our expanding range of Post-Graduate training events for ministers.
Further resources are provided in the listing of Supervisors, the various Groups and Networks of ministers, and our directory of Recommended Suppliers.
IMA members can contribute to the various Discussion Forums and post their Prayer Requests.
Finally, we maintain a Memorial Page for ministers who have passed on.
How to join the Interfaith Ministers Association
Please see the IMA Membership page for details of the membership requirements, benefits and joining process.
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