Founders & Credentials

The founders and master teachers of One Heart-One Mind are Dr. Thomas C. Sannar and Dr. Gisela Sannar. They are the Co-pastors of One Heart-One Mind.

Dr. Tom Sannar has been a minister of Religious Science since 1984. He has served on the Religious Science International Board of Directors and currently serves on the RSI Board of Education. He is the Practitioner Chair for RSI, chair of Policy and Bylaws Committee and Chair of RSI Legal Committee. He is also on the Committee of Co-operation and is dedicated to working for a common curriculum for all churches teaching Science of Mind. He is committed to bring the finest and clearest Science of Mind teaching to the world wide web. He is currently working on a project in conjunction with the International Committee to help form Science of Mind groups all over the world. He has trained over 15 RSI ministers and has spoken and conducted classes, workshops and seminars at throughout the United States and Canada.

Dr. Tom is a graduate from University of California at Berkeley. He has a life-time teaching credential from the State of California. He has a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Pacific Mc George School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in the State of California. He holds a Doctorate of Religious Studies from the Emerson Institute and a Doctorate of Divinity from Religious Science International. Dr. Tom is a prolific author and has written more than fourteen books and workbooks on the teachings of Science of Mind. He believes that at depth Science of Mind is not just about changing our thinking. It is about transforming the thinker. Dr. Tom is dedicated to bring this transformation to our planet by training teachers and ministers.

Dr. Gisela Sannar has served as a minister of Religious Science since 1984. She presently serves on the Board of Directors of Religious Science International and is the Department of Placement Chairperson. She is trained as a facilitator in Sacred Days of Co-creation, a process that frees one from fear while establishing faith. She also serves as Chairperson for the RSI Church Growth and Development Committee.

Dr. Gisela is a graduate from the University of California at Davis and has a Masters Degree in German and a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology. She has a life-time teaching credential with the State of California. She also hold a Doctorate of Divinity with Religious Science International. She has spoken and conducted classes at Religious Science and other New Thought Churches throughout the United States and Canada. She has sponsored and co-hosted nationally known speakers Deepak Chopra, Joan Borysenko, Wayne Dyer and Swami Beyondananda in at her churches in Fresno, California and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Dr. Gisela has taught thousands of people how to master their lives through her intuitive teaching and counseling.

Personal vision of Dr. Gisela: I stand for love and healing. I am here to help awaken others so that they may experience love and healing in their lives.

Together, through the vehicle of One Heart-One Mind Ministries, Dr. Tom and Dr. Gisela are committed to train ministers and teachers to bring the teaching of Science of Mind to the World.

It is the vision of One Heart-One Mind Ministries to train professional ministers and teachers to bring Science of Mind to the world by offering educational degrees and ministerial training, creating courses that can be taught all over the world through the internet, by email, correspondence and tape, facilitating small groups to bring people together to study and apply this teaching in their lives, and therefore, "Bring peace to our planet through universal spirituality."