About the Interfaith Foundation
The Interfaith Foundation is inclusive, embracing the universal truth at the heart of all spiritual traditions. Incorporating the Interfaith Seminary and the Interfaith Ministers Association, the Foundation celebrates the values of respect, reconciliation, forgiveness and fellowship. We honour and support peace-making and the awareness of our unity in Spirit. We believe that difference, when approached as a potential source of enrichment, need not be experienced as a threat. Old dichotomies of 'us' versus 'them' do not serve the healing of our world. Thus our focus is on removing, within ourselves, the obstacles to unity. The Interfaith Foundation believes there is One God, One Truth, and that many paths lead to the Source of All.
We whole-heartedly support all the many interfaith initiatives that encourage dialogue and understanding between religions. We look for even deeper dimensions of unity, where we can recognise every human being as a facet of the One Spirit, a reflection of something in ourselves. We see the interfaith concept as a powerful invitation not just to tolerance, but acceptance; not only to dialogue, but brother/sisterhood.
In keeping with our Code of Ethics, we keep our hearts and minds open to everyone, celebrating difference but not separation. We refuse to marginalise people on the basis of age, disability, state of health, race, gender, nationality, religion, sexuality, economic status or any other distinction.
We are not creating a new religion, but filling a growing spiritual gap in modern society. It's not our aim to convert anyone away from their faith, but to support people who wish to enquire more deeply into their own spiritual tradition and their own soul.
‘I founded the Interfaith Seminary so that people of any spiritual tradition and none could have a supportive holding environment in which to remove all that keeps us bound in separation, division and suffering; a place where we could join together and participate in liberating our souls from our own egoic tendencies, so the universal spiritual directives of love, compassion, understanding and wisdom could land in our actual human experience."
Miranda Macpherson, now based in the USA and teaching internationally, is the founder of the Interfaith Seminary now the training arm of the Interfaith Foundation.
Vision and Mission Statements
The Interfaith Foundation's vision: Serving Divine Love, Unity and Eternal Wisdom
The Interfaith Foundation's mission: Recognising, honouring and celebrating the essence of the Divine at the heart of the many pathways to Truth by:
- Training, accrediting and ordaining Interfaith Ministers and Spiritual Counsellors
- Maintaining a professional body for practising Interfaith Ministers and Spiritual Counsellors
- Serving the spiritual needs of the community and society
- Co-creating partnerships with organisations committed to spiritual awareness and application.
