About the Ministry

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The Open International Interfaith Ministry is a division of the Prince Edward Island Interfaith Ministry, and was created in 2002 to enable the PEI Interfaith Ministry to work without the limitations of geography. The Prince Edward Island Interfaith Ministry is a member unit of the international Council of Community Churches which is affiliated with teh World Council of Churches and the United Nations.

Celebrating all religious traditions

Our Ministry is inclusive, celebrating all religious traditions and diverse approaches to spirituality and understanding God. When we look at the beautiful, diverse world that God has created for us to live in, it is clear to us that God is a God of diversity. There is not just one type of tree, or one type of bird, or one type of flower, or one type of person. The world is populated with a multitude of forms which are trees, and birds, and flowers, and people in all shapes, sizes, and colour. This diversity makes the world more beautiful.

If we believe that God is infinite, then one place to begin to understand God is to embrace the knowledge that in this diverse and beautiful world created by God, it is only natural that God should manifest the message of unconditional love in many ways to many peoples. There is one God, but it is a God of many faces. We in the interfaith ministry celebrate these many faces of God represented by different religious traditions and rejoice that we have been given such a beautiful and diverse world. We express this truth with the phrase, "The paths are many, the truth is one. Love thy neighbour."

Rev. Barry King, Ph.D.

 

The iNtuitive Times Institute -- OIIM's Seminary Program

One of the roles of the Open International Interfaith Ministry is to evaluate training and confer certificates of accomplishment through the Intuitive Times Institute (NTI). The Ministry maintains a registration list of professional Spiritual Counselors and confirms CEU's (continuing education units) allowing for the renewal for a 3 year period for each professional in: a) Certificate of Applied Spiritual Counselling, b) Registered Professional Spiritual Counsellor, c) Ordained Interfaith Minister.

 

We are Intefaith in Perspective

Our Ministry is interfaith in perspective and encourages participation by persons from all faiths and traditions. At any meeting or service, you may find Christian Priests, Ministers, Jewish Rabbis, Hindu Swamis, Sikhs, Buddhist Lamas, Jain Monks, Spiritualist Ministers, Native Medicine Men and others sharing the platform. Most people attending our services and activities bring to them their connection to their own faith and traditions. If one phrase reflects the nature of the Ministry it is: The Paths are Many, the Truth is One: Love the Neighbour.

We are a community, not a religion. The ministry is neither a sect nor a cult, nor part of a particular world religion. We have created no dogmas or creeds and give place to no single figure or sole religious authority in matters of faith. We arose out of a need to promote an atmosphere of informed and free thought and enquiry where individuals could explore their understanding of Spirity and Spirituality.

Another valuable service the Interfaith Ministry performs is the validations of people's experiences with Spirit and the psychic world. As a community, we are strong, not only because of the things which we believe in common, but also because of the differences in our individual understanding.

There are a number of common denominators which unite us in the Interfaith Ministry. One is our desire to eliminate intolerance and prejudice in spiritual practice. Another is our readiness to testify to the reality of the Spiritual world and of the subtle faculties of psychic and Spiritual vision through which it may be perceived. Our activities help people find their own personal understanding and proofs as to the reality and nature of Spirit and the Spirit world.

 

Our Unifying Principles

As a community, members of the Interfaith Ministry embrace a number of principles. We believe these principles are universal in nature.

The Open International Interfaith Ministry is inclusive in nature and welcomes persons of all traditions. We understand God to be infinite and believe that it is only natural that an infinite God should manifest his message of unconditional love in many ways to many peoples. There is one God but it is a God of many faces. We celebrate the many faces of God represented by different religious traditions and express this truth with the phrase, "he paths are many, the truth is one. Love thy neighbour."