Home›Sufi Orders›Ordination Practice›Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationBrowse ByAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationThis page groups religious orders by how they recognize a member as a minister. Wikipedia notes that Jehovah's Witnesses "consider an adherent's qualified baptism to constitute his ordination as a minister," a very different practice from a seminary ordination. Browsing this way lets a visitor compare how differently orders mark someone as formally set apart for ministry.FactsAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationFilter Results71 entriesFounded ByAllAhmad al-Badawi (1)Ahmad al-Tijani (1)Amadou Bamba (1)Baha al-Din Naqshband (1)Haji Bektash Veli (1)Mawlana Khalid (1)Rumi (1)Who may joinAllOpen to All Genders (41)Kind of orderAllOther Islamic Movements and Sects (2)Sufi Orders (61)PolityAllCentralised Corporate Polity (1)Decentralised Polity (2)Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent) (56)Originated InAllAlgeria (1)China (2)Egypt (2)India (2)Indonesia (1)Iran (3)Iraq (1)Morocco (7)Senegal (2)Somalia (1)Sudan (1)Turkey (6)Turkmenistan (1)United States (1)Yemen (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1127 (1)1145 (1)1181 (1)1190 (1)1200 (1)1209 (1)1244 (1)1276 (1)1301 (1)1318 (1)1367 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(68)Suppressed, then revived (1)ApostolateAllCharitable and Medical Work (2)Spiritual Direction and Dhikr (63)Teaching and Education (3)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (64)Classical Persian (1)Vernacular Language (9)Rooted InAllSufism (52)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50AkhiyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationAliansAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationBa 'AlawiyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationBaba SamidAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationBadawiyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationBawa Muhaiyaddeen FellowshipAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationBayramiyeAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationBektashi OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationBudshishiyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationBurhaniyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationChishti OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationDarqawiyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationGalibi OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationGulshaniAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationHamadshaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationHamallayyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationHurufismAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationIdrisiyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationInayati OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationIsawiyya orderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationIshq-Nuri TariqaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationIsmailaga JamaahAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationJahriyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationJaririyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationJelveti OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationJerrahi OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationJilalaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationKasnazaniAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationKhalidiyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationKhatmiyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationKhufiyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationKhwajaganAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationKubrawiyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationLayeneAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationMadariyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationMaizbhandariAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationMalamatiyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationMaryamiyya OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationMenzil CommunityAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationMevlevi OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationMujaddidi OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationMurabitun World MovementAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationMuridiyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationNaqshbandi Haqqani Sufi OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationNaqshbandi OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationNasiriyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationNasuhiAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationNimatullahi OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationNoorbakhshiaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationNur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationShowing 1 to 50 of 71, page 1 of 2.12Next →Sources1. 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