Many companies are discovering the benefits of having a chaplain on hand to help employees deal with stress, marital problems, financial issues, grief, and a host of other personal and professional matters.
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I'm a RN and a chaplain/psychologist. i'm looking for a position in the hospital/correction/colleges/universities
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i am a pastor for care net and do a out reah ministries i have serval degree i bible studys and help our police dept with chaplain duties
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Laura
Excellent information, helpful. Thanks! Looking into hospital chaplaincy. I'm already an RN with a BA in Religious Studies. I will be pursuing an MDiv.
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I am looking for a chaplaincy position in hospitals, hospices, cerrectional institutions, or colleges/universities.
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Job Links
- The Chaplaincy Job Network
- Nearly every state in the U.S. has openings for chaplains: military, corporate, hospital, hospice, and geriatric positions. There are many excellent benefits and salary packages throughout the country. Please check out the state-by-state listings on this Squidoo lens!
Articles
- "Chaplains in the workplace"
- An article by Joseph Allen, Science & Theology News.
- "Deskside help for troubled workers: companies hire outsourced chaplains"
- An article by Nancy Randle, Workforce, Sept, 2003.
- "Spiritual guidance... in the workplace?"
- Companies that hire workplace chaplains find that besides helping employees, they may help their bottom line, too. An article by By Jane Lampman, staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
- "Hey, Reverend. Let's do lunch!"
- There are an estimated 4,000 chaplains tending employee flocks nationwide, and their ranks are growing. Chaplains can be found at firms as diverse as Summit Electric in Albuquerque, N.M., snack food maker Herr Foods in Nottingham, Pa., and Texas-based poultry processor Pilgrim's Pride. An article by Melba Newsome, USNews.com, 1/31/2005.
- "A demanding time for chaplains who give at the office"
- The events of Sept. 11 have intensified worker demand for a prayer-based approach to challenges and businesses are responding by contracting out for chaplains. Article by Shelley Donald Coolidge, special correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.
- "Here Come the Chaplains: Outsourced spiritual teams thrive"
- Outside contractors you can hire to provide chaplains at work offer two big advantages over doing it yourself, they say: They cost less, and they can ensure that whatever they're told is kept strictly confidential. MSNBC.com's Alex Johnson reports.
- "Should you hire a workplace chaplain?"
- Clad not in collars and robes, but in polo shirts and khaki pants, workplace chaplains regularly visit with employees at their work stations and offices, establishing a rapport with workers and making them aware that counseling is available at any time, especially during emergencies. Article by Keith Starcher, Regent Business Review.
- "Chaplain to the New Economy"
- Mark Cress quit his job as a CEO to become a minister. Now, through his new nonprofit Inner Active Ministries [now, companies hire him to help employees with their personal problems.
Corporate Chaplaincy Organizations
- Chaplains at Work
- Chaplains at Work provides non-denominational, faith-based, confidential support as well as crisis intervention, programs for worship or prayer, referrals to other professionals and agencies, as well as management consultation, training and education for employees and supervisors. We also provide conventional clergy services including weddings, funerals, hospital and prison visitation, divorce support and marital care.
- Corporate Chaplains of America
- The organization employs full time, long term, career chaplains who combine workplace experience with professional chaplaincy training. In addition to holding seminary level or higher degrees, all chaplains will pursue certification through 154 hours of continuing education within the first year of tenure.
- NIBIC HomeNational Institute of Business
- Business-industrial chaplaincy is an interdenominational, ecumenical counseling ministry to people in business and industry, responding to individual and family needs, as well as work-life concerns such as job stress and career.
- COMISS Network
- The COMISS Network is the product of many years of interfaith cooperation in the development and delivery of pastoral services to persons in a variety of specialized ministry settings. Among these ministries are chaplaincies in healthcare facilities, correctional institutions, mental health settings, the armed forces, business settings, industrial settings, pastoral counseling, clinical pastoral education, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Transport For Christ (TFC)
- A mission organization dedicated to reaching, supporting and encouraging truck drivers. TFC places permanent chapels with fully trained chaplains at strategic truckstops in North America.
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Photos from "Chaplains: Ministers in the Marketplace"
A Flickr group
Biker Chaplain
Police Chaplain
Hospice Chaplain
Navy chaplains assigned to 1st Marine Division, Vietnam
Hospice Chaplaincy Links
- Association of Hospice & Palliative Care Chaplains (United Kingdom)
- The Association of Hospice & Palliative Care Chaplains, AHPCC, is the professional organisation for promoting good standards among Chaplains involved in the pastoral and spiritual care of people facing death from a life threatening illness
Healthcare Chaplaincy
- European Network of Health Care Chaplaincy
- A network for those who organise health care and hospital chaplaincy in Europe.
- Assembly of Episcopal Healthcare Chaplains
- The Assembly of Episcopal Healthcare Chaplains has served the Church and its chaplains since 1950. The organizations title represents the Episcopal Churchs long standing tradition of ministry in hospitals.
- Network of Chaplains in Healthcare (United Kingdom)
- The aim of NOCH is to enable chaplains to meet each other for prayerful support and reflection. The meetings have no formal agenda, allowing time for individual and group discussion over lunch. The agenda/activity is set by those attending the meeting, it may include; sharing good practice, talking over an issue, peer supervision, prayer.
- Healthcare Chaplaincy Training and Development Unit for Scotland
- Providing resources for spiritual care and healthcare chaplaincy in Scotland.
Chaplaincy Credentials & Professional Organizations
- Association of Professional Chaplains
- An interfaith professional pastoral care association of providers of pastoral care endorsed by faith groups to serve persons in physical, spiritual, or mental need in diverse settings throughout the world.
- National Association of Catholic Chaplains
- The National Association of Catholic Chaplains is a professional association for certified chaplains and clinical pastoral educators who participate in the healing mission of Jesus Christ. We provide standards, certification, education, advocacy and professional development for our members in service to the Church and society.
- National Association of Jewish Chaplains - Home
- NAJC is a professional organization for Rabbis, Cantors, and other Jewish professionals functioning as Jewish Chaplains in hospitals, nursing homes and geriatric centers, psychiatric facilities, correctional centers, and the military. In addition to offering collegial support to and professional cer
Ministry to Truckers: Transport for Christ
The Transport for Christ ministry provides active ministries at 30 truckstops across North America. In addition, there are three chapels operating in Moscow, Russia (two are placed permanently at local truckstops, and the third is a mobile chapel ministering on Moscow's Ring Road, which encircles the city); and there is ministry underway in Zambia and Kenya.
Chaplain Bob
A mobile chapel service
Open House
Mobile Chapel
Chapel setup
Visitor looks around
Gospel "to go"
New rig
