Who Are Chaplains?
As a Chaplain, you provide spiritual support to people who cannot attend regular organized religious services due to health or other circumstances. Chaplains are usually attached to a secular facility or location. Your primary responsibilities as a Chaplain are to act as a faith leader to people who need guidance or counseling and offer support to individuals who are struggling. Your job duties as a chaplain are to answer questions, lead interfaith or non-denominational religious services, and provide spiritual guidance. You can find Chaplaincy jobs in hospitals, prisons, and the military.
Exploring a career in chaplaincy or spiritual care? Supporting individuals as they grow, change and face life’s challenges can be very rewarding.
It’s important to think about several questions from the outset. Where do you want to work? What training will you need? How do you feel about working with people from a range of backgrounds?
There are many credentialing bodies and GCLU is one of such accredited institutions.
Become an internationally certified Chaplain today.
necessary over the next few years.
Duties And Responsibilities Of A Chaplain
A chaplain provides spiritual services and guidance while respecting people’s unique experiences in order to create meaningful relationships
Collaborate with the spiritual care team to create robust educational programs regarding practical theology
Create an open and inviting environment, reflecting diverse life experiences, free of judgment
Counsel distressed and bereaved individuals and families while providing helpful strategies for understanding and healing
As society becomes increasingly complex, faith communities are asked to provide trained, certified chaplains to serve government institutions and other agencies worldwide. For far too long, the church has sat passively in the background and let support agencies or disaster relief staff do what only the church should. It’s time to take our place in relief efforts through a highly trained crisis Team.
Hurting people need trained, qualified believers to respond to the unique needs of victims of crime, terrorism, hurricanes, floods, Tsunamis, earthquakes, and the list goes on. Disasters are unexpected and devastating. Events such as these and others will always require comforting people in a manner appropriate for the time and circumstances.
The Need Is Great! But Trained Qualified Chaplains Are Few!!