Welcome to All Faiths Seminary International
Uniting Diverse Faiths in Pursuit of Spiritual Harmony and Community Leadership
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AFSI’s Retreat, Graduation & Ordination
Retreat Intensive – June 22 – June 25, 2025
Graduation/Ordination – June 26, 2025
Keynote Speaker – Rev. Denise Scotto
Discover Radically Inclusive Interfaith Graduate Education
Rabbi Scott Matous, AFSI President
Why Students Choose All Faiths Seminary International
For over a quarter century, All Faiths Seminary International has served to empower the collective with an uplifted vision of human unity. The Seminary offers a robust and respected curriculum that stands firmly rooted in a more integrated understanding of our shared human history.
- Experienced Leadership: Our faculty, pastoral team, and professional administration are not just leaders in their fields, but are also deeply committed to their own inner spiritual practices as well as scholarly research and community building.
- Global Respect and Credibility: With decades of respected foundational leadership and a legacy of expansive teaching, our programs are recognized worldwide for their comprehensive and compassionate approach to interfaith education.
- Practical Emphasis on Community Building: We train our students to be leaders not only in thought and philosophy but in living action and daily society—emphasizing the cultivation of harmonious interpersonal relationships based on respect across diverse communities.
Explore Interfaith Ministry Training
Feel called to make a difference?
Interfaith ministry training is for those inspired to serve as bridges between diverse spiritual communities.
Through this training, students gain the tools to support understanding, peace, and cooperation
among different faith and cultural groups, addressing universally human spiritual needs inclusively and compassionately.
Why Study Interfaith Ministry?
Whether you’re seeking to deepen your own inner faith, expand your personal ministry, or lead from the heart within your community, we offer the deep commitment and study of thoughtful, service-minded professors, mentors, and fellow students who share your vision of human goodwill.
Professional Advancement
For those involved in pastoral care, social work, education, or community service, interfaith leadership training can enhance their professional skills and positive impact in diverse environments and communities.
Social Justice & Human Advocacy
Interfaith leaders are often at the forefront of social justice initiatives, using their positions to advocate for marginalized communities and address issues of inequality and injustice that intersect with religious identities.
Educational & Teaching Roles
Many feel called by a desire to uplift others and teach a more harmonious vision of interfaith cooperation. Educators can integrate valuable insights to foster safe environments informed by religious tolerance and coexistence.
Expand Chaplaincy Skills & Impact
For chaplains working in hospitals, universities, military, or other settings, understanding multiple faith perspectives is crucial, particularly when facing death and dying; training empowers students to better care for a diverse population.
Inner Exploration & Personal Growth
Deepen your own spiritual understanding by stepping into a wide range of perspectives, exploring various beliefs and practices as lenses for introspection.
Peace Building & Conflict Resolution
Gain skills to mediate and resolve conflicts that arise from religious differences by building bridges of shared values to cultivate harmony and compassion.
Create Harmonious Communities
Interfaith leaders strengthen communities by modeling inclusivity and fostering cooperation among diverse groups to help them work in unity for the common good.
Spiritual Leadership Development
As both fellow-traveller and guide, interfaith study expands your capacity to provide effective pastoral guidance to others with honesty and connection.
Accredited Graduate Interfaith Studies with Four Tracks of Emphasis.
Masters and Doctorate tracks are designed for students who have completed ASFI’s Interfaith Minister Program or the equivalent, and hold at least a Bachelor degree. If past academic study or vocational training has been in another field, the Interfaith Ministry training program is a recommended first step before commencing graduate interfaith study.
Interfaith Minister Training Programs
One-Year Interfaith Minister Program
The One-Year Interfaith Minister Program at All Faiths Seminary International offers intensive training designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become modern interfaith ministers in our diverse, complex, and fast-changing world. This program is tailored for those seeking to enhance their understanding of diverse religious traditions and practices, culminating in ordination and eligibility to register legally as clergy.
Students can select a specialized area of interest, such as A Course in Miracles, Judaic Studies, and Mysticism tracks.
Interfaith Foundations
Dive into a comprehensive exploration of the world’s major religions, comparing their beliefs, practices, philosophical foundations, and unifying principles. This program offers advanced Master’s and Doctorate concentrations which provide deep, scholarly engagement with interfaith practices and perspectives to inform spiritual development.
A Course in Miracles
Integrate the transformative teachings ofA Course in Miracles into your study of the core interfaith study curriculum. This uniquely personal and practically-applied track based on a time-tested text offers an ideal approach for those seeking to deepen their understanding through both academic and inner spiritual lenses while pursuing graduate study.
Judaic Studies
Delve into the depths of Jewish scholarship and practice with our Judaic Studies track, offered through The Joseph H. Gelberman Rabbinical School. This program provides an in-depth exploration of Jewish theology, history, and culture, examining its profound teachings, sacred rituals, and ethical directives. Designed for those seeking a comprehensive understanding of Judaism within a broader interfaith context, our courses prepare both Master’s and Doctorate level students to appreciate and integrate Jewish wisdom in diverse spiritual environments. A student must be an interfaith minister to take this program.
Mysticism Studies
Embark on a journey into the heart of spiritual experience with our Mysticism Studies program. This track examines the cross-validating mystical, inner aspects found across various ancient religious traditions from around the world, emphasizing interfaith understanding alongside techniques designed to bring direct divine experiences that transcend ordinary understanding. Through comparative study and contemplative practices, students engage deeply with the mystical pathways that illuminate the interconnectedness of all spiritual experiences.
Masters In Kabbalah Quantum Mechanics Healing
In this comprehensive master’s program, inspired as a foundational study course for Rabbi Joseph H. Gelberman’s Physician of the Soul, participants will learn the constructs of Kabbalah healing models. Students will become deeply familiar with the Tree of Life and it’s Wheels and Pathways. Students will be awakened to the interconnectedness of all living things and be able to utilize such knowledge to enhance their healing practice. Working easily with other mystical constructs, this Quantum healing model allows the Practitioner, Clergy, or Professional to use a new perspective in seeing the world and engage others with this.
Physician Of The Soul
Doctorate Program
In this highly interactive and groundbreaking Doctorate program, inspired by Rabbi Joseph Gelberman’s Physician of the Soul, Master students will delve deeper into the archetypal and perceptive angles of the Tree of Life as a healing modality. Students will learn attunement, energy, and breath practices with the Names of God and the sacred wheels and pathways.
Students will work in the field providing 200 hours of one-on-one treatment. Students will be grounded in a highly ethics-focused learning environment with weekly group sessions and client verbatims being reviewed.
Our Students Light Up the World
Over the past quarter-century, All Faiths Seminary International has trained hundreds of beloved spiritual teachers, community leaders, and heart healers. Our students have expressed gratitude credit their All Faiths interfaith ministry training for expanding their capacity to contribute to their communities and provide spiritual care.
I found the All Faiths Seminary International’s program invaluable in changing my priorities and aligning them with the love and power of this magnificent program. I made the right choice… I highly recommend as much participation as possible. This is a fabulous program with a great future. I would do it again in a heartbeat!
Rev. Nancy Omaha Boy
All Faiths Seminary GraduateThis focus on what divinely connects us, what is within us, and yet beyond us is why I love All Faiths Seminary International. We get to explore all the World’s Faith traditions in the best possible light. We are all truly divinely connected and divinely blessed, and AFSI makes a point of encouraging every student to deeply explore their personal connection with the Divine— and go deeper.
Rev. Dr. Bud James
All Faith Seminary GraduateCurrent Faculty and Mentor
Seminary International encourages all students to deepen their own investigations into the worlds’ major religions. Attending services and interviewing the spiritual leaders at a variety of local churches/temple/ mosques and monasteries in my area also connected me to my community in unique ways. It was an invaluable spiritual gift to think globally and act locally to touch and be touched by the many faces of the Divine.
Rev. Judi Bachrach
All Faiths Seminary GraduateLet’s Learn to Build a More Beautiful World Together
Take the next step in your spiritual expansion alongside a big-hearted group of experienced teachers and like-minded students. Train in the inner development and community-building skills that can expand your ability to uplift your global siblings at a critical time.
Office
Main Office:
17 Jennings Court
Woodbury, NY 11797
Mailing Address:
Bursar/Registrar Office
PO Box 266
Lebanon, TN 37088
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Office
Main Office:
17 Jennings Court
Woodbury, NY 11797
Mailing Address:
Bursar/Registrar Office
PO Box 266
Lebanon, TN 37088
Phone
Tel: 212-866-3795
Hours
Mon-Fri: 8am – 5pm
Sat: 8am-9pm
Sun: 8am – 2pm