Ministerial Program

Ministerial Training with Journey Within Ministers

Welcome!

The Journey Within Church offers a two year path of training to Ordination as a Missionary Spiritualist Minister. This process is thorough and respected and will have the candidate feel they have been prepared for their individual path as a Spiritualist Minister.

The course takes place via monthly teleconference training and lectures on an extensive amount of topics involved in becoming a Minister.

Suitability to our program is determined after an extensive interview and application are submitted by the candidate. Almost 95 percent of the candidates who apply will be accepted to the program if their intent is in accordance with the role of a minister in our Spiritualist religion. The candidate should be a fully involved active Spiritualist for at least one year prior to applying. The Journey Within is open to various and diverse life-styles and backgrounds and believe all of us are children of the same God.

Upon completion of the training and the submission of required course work, the candidate will be ordained in a ceremony at The Journey Within Church.

Our Ministers will have the knowledge basis and support to open their own centers and churches, this has already taken place in several states in the United States. Our Ministers perform weddings, funerals, baby namings and hospice work as just a few of there responsibilities as a minister.

Support and further training is open and encouraged to the new Minister once ordained. A new group of candidates will be accepted yearly, with training beginning in January.

The Ordination is by The Journey Within Church.

Once the candidate has completed and forwarded their application and has had their interview, they will be notified of acceptance to our program. The annual fee of $750.00 per year for the two year program may be made in payments.

Some of the areas and topics to be covered:

* Prayer
* Weddings
* Funerals
* Baby Namings
* Hospice and Prison work
* Formation of a church/the running of a church
* Spiritualist Healing/Mediumship
* The History of Spiritualism
* The Principles of Spiritualism
* Public Speaking
* The Wholeness/wellbeing and Healing of the Ministerial Candidate
* Rituals
* Comparative Religions
* Community aspects of a Church/Center

PLEASE NOTE: THE 2023 TRAINING PROGRAM WILL COMMENCE IN FEBRUARY RATHER THAN IN JANUARY – there is still time to submit your application if you’d like to

Application

Ministerial Training

Name *

First

Last *

Last

Email *

Street Address *

City, State/Province, Zip/Postal Code *

Home Phone

Work Phone

Cell Phone

Occupation

Date of Birth

Contact in case of emergency (Name, Relationship, phone number):

How did you hear about Journey Within?

I have enclosed or will forward three letters of recommendation from three individuals not family that I have known for over 5 years:

Please list briefly your education/work history:

Are you a professional Medium?

Are you a Certified Healer?

Are you a Spiritualist?

if so, for how long

Why would you like to be ordained?

Why do you want to be ordained through The Journey Within?

Please give a brief description of your past and current religious/spiritual beliefs:

Have you had personal experience of psychotherapy and personal growth work? For what reasons and for how long?

Are you on any current medications?

Are you currently experiencing and major health concerns?

Have you been under the care of a psychiatrist or psychologist? If so, when and for how long, and what is the diagnosis?

Have you been on psychotropic medications while under a psychiatrist’s care? If so, what Medication(s) and for how long?

Do you have any history of abuse? (physical, emotional, sexual, Satanic, child)

Have you ever been addicted to drugs or alcohol? If so, what is your status in recovery?

Write a paragraph about how you perceive yourself:

Are there any intentions of opening a Spiritualist Church?

What do you plan to do with your ministry once ordained?

I affirm that all the above statements are true. False information can be grounds for dismissal from The Journey Within. If taking psychotropic medication, an additional letter of recommendation is required from your psychiatrist. Please Sign (Print Name):

Is this your legal name not a stage name?

If you are accepted into the program you will then be required to have a fingerprint background check. The Journey Within will direct you to facilities in your state that are acceptable. You must clear this next step to continue. Failure to complete this step will result in termination of the process.