International Community of St John the Divine
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The International Community of St John the Divine is a not-for-profit inter-faith community founded in 1993 in Bournemouth, England.
Comprising (in late 2006) over 400 independent clergy in every continent on the globe. It is headed by a World Patriarch; His Beatitude Juan de Dios I (The Mt Rev Dr Barry Rathbone DD(hons) Dip LSR KGCSJ) and the Congress of Clergy and Laity.
The Community is also known by the acronymn "ICSJ". It is a collective for independent (ie non-affiliated) ordained and pastoral clerics and their lay members from a number of spiritual bodies, from Liberal Catholic to Buddhist, Pagan to Spiritualist. They work together for the collective growth of spiritual awareness, following their own inherent traditions but working together to break down barriers through social inclusion and pastoral outreach.
