- The Love Church Worldwide
The Positive-Thinking Church
for Positive-Thinking People
for Positive-Thinking People
To love...there is no greater commandment - Mark 12
The Love Church's mission is to
provide ethical, spiritually
sound education to the world
community
Ordination
Study to become a Minister, On-site, or
On-line! Study by distance learning for the
ministry -- online ordination studies -- and get
assistance to start a church. Our world-class
seminary's Center for Ministerial Education
offers online training leading to ordination for
adults who are called to this challenging life
of service.
Sadly, there are many frauds and shams
operating on the internet...but The Love Church
and its educational programs are fully government
chartered and legitimate in every way. We would
be honored to assist you.
The Love Church's mission is to
provide ethical, spiritually
sound education to the world
community
Ordination
Study to become a Minister, On-site, or
On-line! Study by distance learning for the
ministry -- online ordination studies -- and get
assistance to start a church. Our world-class
seminary's Center for Ministerial Education
offers online training leading to ordination for
adults who are called to this challenging life
of service.
Sadly, there are many frauds and shams
operating on the internet...but The Love Church
and its educational programs are fully government
chartered and legitimate in every way. We would
be honored to assist you.
ORDINATION STUDIES
from the world's pioneer online seminary
from the world's pioneer online seminary
"Follow me and I will make you
fishers of men." -- Matthew 4:19
The Love Church Worldwide and its seminary programs at
Saint James College Seminary, The Women's College
Seminary and The American Chaplain Training Institute
offer an affordable, convenient online way for busy adults
to receive divinity studies.
However...there's an honest, ethical way to study for the
ministry on-line. If you feel called to enter the ministry, we
will help, should you seek our training and assistance. We
take ministry seriously: it is a sacred calling to live a
selfless and exemplary life in service to others. The
Center for Ministerial Education is a unique distance-
learning program owned by the interfaith, non-
denominational, inclusive Love Church Worldwide.
The Center shares some staff and facilities as co-
ministeries as each shares the Bible's's vision of bringing
God's love and peace and prosperity and mental,
physical, and spiritual health to all.
RAPID - BUT NOT INSTANT - ORDINATION: Virtually all
of our students are adult learners who have been
involved in some form of ministry for years...but were
never ordained.
Perhaps you will see yourself in the following list:
It often happens that unordained adults discover that God
is working in their hearts to lead them into a into a ministry
that requires ordination.
Typically, these are people who have been working in
unordained ministry as outlined above. Others are
individuals who've always wanted to be a priest, minister,
or a sister and have accumulated enormous theological
knowledge and "minister street savvy" and want to apply
what they've learned to an online distance learning
program that will ordain them fairly quickly. If this
describes your situation, The Center for Ministerial
Education may be able to help.
Our online ordination / ministerial training can lead you
down one of two pathways....
Pathway #1: - After your ordination, you may start a
church of your own, found a spiritual community, you
Love Church of Deluth," or "The First Love Church of
Denver," or "St. Theresa's of Dallas, a member of The
Love Church Worldwide communion." We would then
provide you with organizational assistance, continuing
ministerial training, fliers, even building you a website,
should you need help. We can provide you with website
hosting as well.
Essentially, by joining The Love Church Worldwide
communion as an affiliated church, you would receive the
recognition and assistance needed to develop and
sustain your independent ministry.)
Pathway #2: You as an independent minister - After your
ministerial studies online and your ordination, you can
become an "independent" minister, one who, perhaps, fills
in at established churches when the pastor is away. Or,
maybe you'll want to become a missionary, or write
articles, start a radio ministry. . .or provide services as a
wedding officiant. Others also enroll to become Certified
Professional Chaplains at our American Chaplain Training
Institute. This would enable you to apply for a chaplaincy
position at a hospital or Hospice facility.
fishers of men." -- Matthew 4:19
The Love Church Worldwide and its seminary programs at
Saint James College Seminary, The Women's College
Seminary and The American Chaplain Training Institute
offer an affordable, convenient online way for busy adults
to receive divinity studies.
- There are on-line "ordination mills" that
will "declare" you to be ordained for
payment of a fee. On some websites,
you push a button and, presto, out
comes an "ordination" certificiate.
However...there's an honest, ethical way to study for the
ministry on-line. If you feel called to enter the ministry, we
will help, should you seek our training and assistance. We
take ministry seriously: it is a sacred calling to live a
selfless and exemplary life in service to others. The
Center for Ministerial Education is a unique distance-
learning program owned by the interfaith, non-
denominational, inclusive Love Church Worldwide.
The Center shares some staff and facilities as co-
ministeries as each shares the Bible's's vision of bringing
God's love and peace and prosperity and mental,
physical, and spiritual health to all.
RAPID - BUT NOT INSTANT - ORDINATION: Virtually all
of our students are adult learners who have been
involved in some form of ministry for years...but were
never ordained.
Perhaps you will see yourself in the following list:
- Unordained Youth Minister
- Music Minister
- Pastoral Calling Minister
- Recruiting / Church-building Minster
- Eucharistic Minister
- Substitute / "Supply" Preaching Minister
- Maybe you have been ordained for a local church
or specific denomination that rescinds your
ordination if you should decide to (or be forced) to
leave - You have been experiencing a "Call" to the Ministry
It often happens that unordained adults discover that God
is working in their hearts to lead them into a into a ministry
that requires ordination.
- real-life experience. Yes,
with our online distance
learning study, you can
be ordained quickly, yet
ethically and respectfully.
We've found that most of
the applicants for our
online ministry classes are
later-in-life minister
vocations, people seeking
a fast-track to legitimate
ordination.
Typically, these are people who have been working in
unordained ministry as outlined above. Others are
individuals who've always wanted to be a priest, minister,
or a sister and have accumulated enormous theological
knowledge and "minister street savvy" and want to apply
what they've learned to an online distance learning
program that will ordain them fairly quickly. If this
describes your situation, The Center for Ministerial
Education may be able to help.
Our online ordination / ministerial training can lead you
down one of two pathways....
Pathway #1: - After your ordination, you may start a
church of your own, found a spiritual community, you
- could affiliate with other
churches or, if you prefer, you
could establish your own church
under the "umbrella" of The
Love Church Worldwide. (The
Love Church was formed out of
a long-term calling to establish a
platform with which independent
spiritual communities and / or
Love Church of Deluth," or "The First Love Church of
Denver," or "St. Theresa's of Dallas, a member of The
Love Church Worldwide communion." We would then
provide you with organizational assistance, continuing
ministerial training, fliers, even building you a website,
should you need help. We can provide you with website
hosting as well.
Essentially, by joining The Love Church Worldwide
communion as an affiliated church, you would receive the
recognition and assistance needed to develop and
sustain your independent ministry.)
Pathway #2: You as an independent minister - After your
ministerial studies online and your ordination, you can
become an "independent" minister, one who, perhaps, fills
in at established churches when the pastor is away. Or,
maybe you'll want to become a missionary, or write
articles, start a radio ministry. . .or provide services as a
wedding officiant. Others also enroll to become Certified
Professional Chaplains at our American Chaplain Training
Institute. This would enable you to apply for a chaplaincy
position at a hospital or Hospice facility.
We ordain women and men
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Legitimate Women's Ordination...
The Love Church Worldwide
inter-faith denomination ordains
women
perform priestly duties. Akkadian and
Sumerian priestess were common 2,500
years before the birth of Christ.
The early Christian church permitted women
to serve as deacons, priests, and Bishops.
Even today, there are
women priests and bishops
within the Anglican
Communion, United
Methodist, Presbyterian,
United Church of Christ...
and within The Love Church
Worldwide, among others.
Legitimate Women's Ordination...
The Love Church Worldwide
inter-faith denomination ordains
women
perform priestly duties. Akkadian and
Sumerian priestess were common 2,500
years before the birth of Christ.
The early Christian church permitted women
to serve as deacons, priests, and Bishops.
Even today, there are
women priests and bishops
within the Anglican
Communion, United
Methodist, Presbyterian,
United Church of Christ...
and within The Love Church
Worldwide, among others.
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World religion's policies regarding
Ordination of Women
As you undoubtedly know, many Christian churches
will ordain women, as will various world religions.
There are women serving in Buddhist and Shinto
priests, and women in non-Orthodox Judaism leading
congregations as rabbis.
- Bishop Katharine
Jefferts Schori was elected in 2006 as the first
female Presiding Bishop in the American Episcopal
Church. In so doing, Bishop Schori simultaneously
became the first woman primate in the entire
Anglican Communion
World religion's policies regarding
Ordination of Women
As you undoubtedly know, many Christian churches
will ordain women, as will various world religions.
There are women serving in Buddhist and Shinto
priests, and women in non-Orthodox Judaism leading
congregations as rabbis.
Southern Baptists
ban women from
being pastors:
It is the Southern Baptist
Convention's policy that when
women preach from the pulpit,
they are violating the scriptures
that they are teaching.
In 1st Corinthians, Paul was
very clear in stating his views
regarding women in the curch
and female education: "Let
your women keep silence in the
churches: for it is not permitted
unto them to speak; but they are
commanded to be under
obedience, as also saith the
law. And if they will learn
anything, let them ask their
husbands at home: for it is a
shame for women to speak in
the church."
The Love Church and its Saint
James College Seminary and
The Women's College
Seminary teach that each
woman must make her own
decision as to whether or not to
believe as Paul did.
WE ARE IN THE
EVER-GROWING BODY OF
RELIGIONS WHO DO
ORDAIN WOMEN.
ban women from
being pastors:
It is the Southern Baptist
Convention's policy that when
women preach from the pulpit,
they are violating the scriptures
that they are teaching.
In 1st Corinthians, Paul was
very clear in stating his views
regarding women in the curch
and female education: "Let
your women keep silence in the
churches: for it is not permitted
unto them to speak; but they are
commanded to be under
obedience, as also saith the
law. And if they will learn
anything, let them ask their
husbands at home: for it is a
shame for women to speak in
the church."
The Love Church and its Saint
James College Seminary and
The Women's College
Seminary teach that each
woman must make her own
decision as to whether or not to
believe as Paul did.
WE ARE IN THE
EVER-GROWING BODY OF
RELIGIONS WHO DO
ORDAIN WOMEN.
What services may I perform as an Ordained Minister or Priest? Your ordination will be legally- recognized nationally and worldwide. While you'll want to check to see if registration is required in your state or nation, you will be able to officiate at services and ceremonies, or serve in the same capacity as any other priest or minister. • You will be able to officiate at weddings • You'll be able to lead funeral services • Baptisms • Do spiritual counseling as befits your training • Visit the sick in hospitals and long term care facilities • You'll be able to "administer" last rites (which are really a final attempt at healing, by the way, called "extreme unction.") • You'll be empowered to teach and preach, not to be "above" anyone but to be true to your "call" to spread the good news of the redeeming power of God's peace and love and activity in our lives. Fees: You pay only a modest tuition fee. Since we do not have "collections" and conduct no fund drives, tuition fees are the sole manner in which we underwrite our administrative costs. Deacon: The course of study leading to ordination as a deacon costs $150.00. Entry-level Ordination to a Local Church: $250. This is an introductory level and is used by men and women whose local churches have an immediate need for an ordained minister. This program will teach you the basic essentials for pastoral ministry. However, the expectation is that you will continue your studies in order to qualify for full professional ministrial/priestly ordination. Professional-level Ordination: $750. Please ask for additional information, which will be sent to you by email. All you need to is fill out the simple, no-obligation application- information form at: http://saintjamescollege. org/Application.html |
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Will I have to believe as you do?
Oh, no! Each is called according to what she or he has been "given" by God --
and God has different plans for each of us. We will provide you with a historical
perspective. We'll train you in the practical ways in which many ministers and
priests serve, including rudimentary lessons in prayer, meditation, chaplaincy
(outreach), spiritual development, spiritual counseling, and will offer some
pointers for operating the organizational side of a ministry. But, we will not
spoon-feed you a creed to which you must subscribe.
You will receive a general background into world religious traditions, a
historical perspective, and exposure to various belief systems and spiritual
practices. Because our seminary, while inter-faith, emerges from the world of
Christianity, we will look at Christ as savior (from ourselves),
redeemer (restoring us to our God-given state of "grace"), rabbi (Teacher), and even as one of the world's most-
competent psychologists (although this side of Christ is rarely explored in today's Church). In the final analysis,
you have come to the point of requesting training leading to ordination because the God of your understanding
has tapped your heart and whispered to your soul that you should enter ministerial service. ("I have called you by
name - You are mine." -Isaiah 43:1.)
___________________________________________________________
Will I have to believe as you do?
Oh, no! Each is called according to what she or he has been "given" by God --
and God has different plans for each of us. We will provide you with a historical
perspective. We'll train you in the practical ways in which many ministers and
priests serve, including rudimentary lessons in prayer, meditation, chaplaincy
(outreach), spiritual development, spiritual counseling, and will offer some
pointers for operating the organizational side of a ministry. But, we will not
spoon-feed you a creed to which you must subscribe.
You will receive a general background into world religious traditions, a
historical perspective, and exposure to various belief systems and spiritual
practices. Because our seminary, while inter-faith, emerges from the world of
Christianity, we will look at Christ as savior (from ourselves),
redeemer (restoring us to our God-given state of "grace"), rabbi (Teacher), and even as one of the world's most-
competent psychologists (although this side of Christ is rarely explored in today's Church). In the final analysis,
you have come to the point of requesting training leading to ordination because the God of your understanding
has tapped your heart and whispered to your soul that you should enter ministerial service. ("I have called you by
name - You are mine." -Isaiah 43:1.)
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- Continuing Education...
- We can provide you with continuing education, offering more comprehensive
training in spiritual counseling, parish management, outreach ministry, theology,
as well as how to organize and lead groups studying the Bible or other sacred
literature, comparative world religions, history or religion, and spiritual healing.
You will be able to complete these advanced studies through online lessons with
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