Foundation
for Inner Peace (FIP): the original and current publisher of A
Course in Miracles under the direction of Judith Skutch Whitson and Robert
Skutch. Also manages the worldwide translation project under the direction
of William Whitson.
Foundation
for A Course in Miracles (FACIM): Historically allied with FIP
with an overlapping Board of Directors, FACIM is the current copyright holder
and has been at the center of the “copyright controversy.” Also
runs one of the oldest Course teaching academies under the direction of Kenneth
Wapnick, Ph.D., and Gloria Wapnick.
Miracle
Distribution Center (MDC) : Since
1978, a leading clearinghouse and distributor of Course-related materials
in Southern California. Also holds a major annual Course conference in Anaheim,
California. The founder and President is Beverly Hutchinson McNeff.
Community
Miracles Center (CMC): A
Northern California teaching center and certified church that graduates its
own Practitioners and Ministers. The website features a comprehensive guide
to study groups and over 60 Course-related links. Founded by the Rev. Tony
Ponticello and Rev. Larry Bedini.
Foundation For the Awakening Mind: A worldwide ministry established by David Hoffmeister for the purpose of teaching and learning true forgiveness. Gatherings and retreats are held around the world to inspire and practically apply the teachings of the Course.
Course in Miracles Society: Publisher of the so-called “Original” edition of ACIM, a version that existed before the editing was complete for the standard edition.
One
Heart: A St. Louis, Missouri, center founded by Ruth Hanna and Robert Ferre
in 1981.
One Mind Foundation: a “worldwide online ministry for healing and oneness" based in Hastings, NY, and host of ACIMGather Radio,
featuring 24/7 streaming of Course discussions and interviews
Miracles
Atlanta: A study center serving Atlanta and
the Southeast, founded by African-American student Nanette Massey
Northwest
Foundation for ACIM: This
center in Kingston, Washington, was founded by Paul Norman Tuttle who claims
to channel an entity named Rajpur who provides commentaries on Course teachings.
This site is also the home of The Gathering Place, a popular online
discussion group.
Endeavor
Academy (and
the New Christian Church of Full Endeavor): By far the most controversial
of Course-related teaching organizations, this academy and residential community
in southern Wisconsin was founded by the late “Master Teacher” Charles Anderson
and has been labeled “cultist” a number of times by ex-members as
well as the CBS news show “48 Hours.”
Joseph
Plan Foundation is
a study and charitable organization founded by Tara Singh, who had a long
and sometimes rocky student-teacher relationship with Helen Schucman, the
Course scribe. Singh is the author of such popular titles as How to Learn
from ACIM and A Gift for All Mankind, published by Life Action
Press.
A Center for Inner Peace: a Course study organization in Marin County, California, founded byveteran ACIM teacher Sharon Sherrard
MiraclesOne Foundation:a multi-faceted ACIM ministry including the “MiraclesOne Light University,” based in Madison, WI and founded by Revs. Deborah and Paul Phelps
“The Church of Oprah Exposed”: This YouTube video from “Our Eyes Are Open Ministries” opens with some direct but uncredited quotes from the Course, and documents Oprah’s promotion of Eckhart Tolle and Marianne Williamson.
RELATED ACTIVIST GROUPS
Corstone (formerly Attitudinal Healing Centers: Follow
this link to the home page for the international network of service groups founded by Jerry Jampolsky and adhering to 12
basic principles drawn from the teachings of ACIM
Lionheart
Foundation: Dedicated to teaching “emotional
literacy” to prisoners and the free dissemination of founder
Robin Casarjian’s book Houses of Healing.
Read an interview with Casarjian on
this site.
Visions for Prisons:
Winner of an International
Jampolsky Award, this organization founded by Dan Millstein is
dedicated to raising “the awareness of every thinking being
that prisoners are more than their crimes.”
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