What is an Ordained Interfaith Minister?
The lay and licensed ministry levels are stages in OIIM’s training for Ordained Interfaith Ministers. All Ordained Interfaith Ministers, in addition to being a Registered Spiritual Counsellor, are clergy within OIIM and as such are able to pursue provincial, state or country licensing as clergy. An Ordained Interfaith Minister is fully trained to perform all religious services such as weddings, funerals, baptisms, etc. OIIM Interfaith Minister has studied at least three, and usually six, different major religious traditions and is trained to help the individual to develop a sense of personal spirituality, drawing on the spiritual practices of many different religions. There is specific doctrine with respect to matters of faith for the interfaith minister, as well as a set of basic principles and ethics within which the Ordained OIIM Interfaith Minister must function in order to maintain his/her status. On the road to ordination, a student may apply to OIIM for the status of CASC (Certi
