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| The Church of Divine Inspiration is a member of the General Assembly
of Spiritualists. The Assembly is an ecclesiastical governing body,
incorporated by a special act of Legislature of the State of New York, Laws of
1914, with jurisdiction in the several states of the United States of America
and the Dominion of Canada. |
The General Assembly's website can be found at:
www.generalassemblyofspiritualists.com
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- It is empowered to
issue charters to churches and auxiliaries.
- It is empowered to
ordain ministers with the right to perform the marriage ceremony and all other
offices of the church.
- It has the right to
extend its operations to the several states of the United States of America and
the Dominion of Canada.
- The status of its
churches and ministers is the same as that of all other religious
denominations, having the highest authority that may be vested by law in any
religious body.
- Its tenets are those
accepted by Spiritualists of the world.
- It supports freedom
of thought in religion, and adheres to the American principle of separation of
Church and State, opposing and legislative effort of compulsory religious
training in the public school system.
- It recognizes the
demonstration of magnetic and spiritual healing as one of the tenets of
Spiritualism.
- It recognizes the gift
of prophecy, clairvoyance, trance and other forms of mediumship.
- It is governed by a
Constitution duly adopted by a convention of its member churches. Its policies
between annual conventions of the member churches are formulated by a Board of
Directors elected at annual convention.
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The General
assembly believes in the advancement of the Spiritualist religion as an
idealistic, humanitarian, and inspiring movement, that gives aid to the sick,
through spiritual healing, and aid to the sound of body, by well founded hope
and faith. The General Assembly is firmly and permanently opposed to all
fraudulent and dishonest imitations of real mediumship, and to the sensational
display thereof. The ideal of the General Assembly is continually to raise the
standards of the Spiritualist movement, to encourage study classes, reading
courses, dissemination of Spiritualist literature, and research work, to the
end that others may learn of the reality of the Spirit World and its meaning to
mankind.
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DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES |
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We
believe in Infinite Intelligence.
We believe that the phenomena of
nature, both physical and spiritual are the expression of infinite
intelligence.
We affirm that a correct understanding of such expression
and living in accordance therewith constitute true religion.
We affirm
that the existence and personal identity of the individual continues after the
change called "Death".
We affirm that communication with the so-called
"dead" is a fact, scientifically proven by the phenomena of Spiritualism.
We believe that the highest morality is contained in the Golden Rule:
"Whatsoever ye would that others should do unto you, do ye also unto them".
We affirm the moral responsibility of the individual and that he makes
his own happiness or unhappiness as he obeys or disobeys Nature's Physical and
Spiritual Laws.
We affirm that the doorway to reformation is never
closed against any human soul, here or hereafter.
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GENERAL ASSEMBY OF SPIRITUALISTS BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
AS AT
NOVEMBER 28, 2004 |
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| President |
Reverend
Aloma Y. Cason
Rochester, NY |
| Vice-President |
Reverend
Sharon Lee-Hairston
Elmira, NY |
| Secretary |
Reverend
Colleen Gordon
Rochester, NY |
| Treasurer |
Reverend
Tom Burkholder
Verplanck, NY |
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Board Member |
Reverend
Sheila Cahill
Rochester, NY |
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Board Member |
Karlean
Henry
Queens Village, NY |
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Board Member |
Reverend
Linda Hodge
Rochester, NY |
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Board Member |
Reverend
Jude Inniss
Englewood, New Jersey |
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Board Member |
Reverend
Enid Jester
Brooklyn, NY |
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LOCATION |
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The General Assembly’s Headquarters is located
at:
27 Appleton
Street
Rochester, NY 14611 585-454-9419
Inquiries
can be forwarded to the above address or e-mail:
CLICK
HERE
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