Bridging Inter-Faith and
Inter-Spiritual Communities
by Linking Spirit, Service and Care
Reciprocal Partners
All Faiths Seminary International is an international interspiritual seminary established by Rabbi Joseph H. Gelberman. His motto was “Never instead of, always in addition to”. He believed whatever your faith tradition is, go deeper into it, but in addition open your heart, ears and mind to the wisdom that is in the other faith and religious traditions. He believed God gave some of his wisdom to each religion, so if you want to learn all of God’s wisdom, we must talk to each other, learn from each other. AFSI offers a one year ministerial program leading to ordination. Each student receives a New York State certification as a legal minister with registration at the New York marriage License Bureau. The seminary offers various tracks of study and advanced degree programs in affiliation with Commonwealth Open University.
View All Faiths Seminary's Affirmations and Principles guide.
View All Faiths Seminary's Affirmations and Principles guide.
We are an educational and social good interfaith organization. We envision a world where people have good access to strategies, methods, and ideas that promote social harmony and enable bridge-building across divides. To us the term 'interfaith' means the continual improvement of interrelations between people who strongly believe in different worldviews. Our primary goal is to support and supplement new and ongoing efforts.
At World AWAKE, networking is one of the many great benefits of membership. You can connect formally or informally with organizations or individuals. Search our site to find fellow members with similar interests and talents, or perhaps learn something new from others unlike yourself. Opportunities to connect are endless.
Connect with fellow Interfaith-Interspiritual Clergy and interfaith activists, locally and around the world via:
- World AWAKE classes, seminars and events
- World AWAKE's friendly relations to Interfaith Minister groups in Canada, the UK, Asia pacific and Australia
- Links and friendly relations to related organizations, including CIC_USA, Council for the Parliament of world religions (CPWR), Temple of Understanding and seminaries
- World AWAKE’s relationship with Seminaries include: One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, New Vision Interspiritual Seminary, The New seminary, Chaplaincy Institute of Maine (CHiME), International academy of interfaith Studies, Tree of Life School of Sacred Living, One Spirit interfaith Foundation (UK), East-West Seminary, Sacred Journey Interfaith Seminary, New Vision Interfaith Seminary
- Connection opportunities for smaller regional gatherings or events for Interfaith and Interspiritual Clergy (currently Maine and California’s Bay Area are under discussion)
- Publicize yourself, books, etc., among your peers in World AWAKE's monthly newsletter.