Ministerial / Religious

Ordination — Minister of the Van Kush Syncretic Temple of Angels

Ordains the recipient as a minister of the Temple, empowered to perform the rites the Temple recognizes.

Issued by

The Shaivite Temple / Van Kush Syncretic Temple of Angels — IRS church § 508(c)(1)(A); First Amendment free exercise

How you earn it

Affirm the Temple’s tenets and complete the ministerial orientation.

An ecclesiastical credential issued by an IRS-recognized church under the First Amendment. It is a religious credential, not a state license.

The credential you receive

A verifiable Open Badge 3.0 with a unique id (e.g. MELEK-MIN-…) and a SHA-256 verification hash over its fields. Anyone can confirm it on the Verify page; it is built to anchor on the MELEK/PRANA chain for a permanent public record.

Issuance is gated to the issuing authority (the Temple / MELEK Press / MELEK Academy) — you cannot self-mint a credential here. Enroll through the course or ministry track, and the credential is issued to you on completion.