Ordinary
Everyday People Called to an Extraordinary Ministry
CHAPLAINS
ARE NOT JUST WINNING SOULS, THEY ARE SAVING LIVES
Ecclesiastical endorsement - legal ministry license - ordination
- Ministry & Crisis Training
John
15:16-17
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit
should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my
name, he may give it you. These things I command you that ye love
one another.
People
were Jesus' top priority. He involved Himself in the lives of people
who were considered the worst of sinners, and He met them where
they had needs. In doing so, He helped elevate their sense of self
worth. One of the ways Jesus gave worth to the people was by showing
them their value in God's eyes, by comparing God's care for other
creatures with His care for them.
The
authority of Jesus was opposed because He was a poor carpenter's
son from the village of Nazareth. The majority of ministry and
missionary activity in the early Church and Ministry was accomplished
by nonprofessionals, ordinary men and women involved in secular
work as their occupations. Jesus entrusted ordinary everyday
people with major responsibilities of spreading the Gospel.
He took fishermen from their boats, He made them fishers of
men. Jesus knew that ordinary everyday people would become extraordinary
in ministry. When the Lord calls us into ministry He does not
place limitations on us, we are only limited by our own imaginations.
We look forward to speaking with you about your calling
and how we may be able to help you further your reach in the
ministry.
2
Peter 1:5-7
- Make every effort to add to your faith , goodness; and to
your goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to
self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and
to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love."
Chaplain
Fellowship Ministries is a Christ centered, Christ rooted ministry
dedicated to recruiting, training, ordaining, licensing, motivating,
and mobilizing an international network of chaplains and ministries
who have been called to serve where ever needed. From the beginning,
the spread of the Gospel was a lay movement. Men like Peter
and John were untrained fishermen.
The majority of ministry and missionary activity in the early
Church and Ministry was accomplished by nonprofessionals, ordinary
men and women involved in secular work as their occupations.
Jesus entrusted the laity "ordinary people" with major
responsibilities of spreading the Gospel. He took fishermen
from their boats, He made them fishers of men. Jesus knew that
ordinary everyday people would become extraordinary when empowered
by the Holy Spirit. When the Lord
calls us into His ministry He does not place any limitations
on us, we are only limited by our own imaginations.
The
members of Chaplain Fellowship Ministries are ordained and licensed
as nondenominational chaplains and ministers. We are a one of a
kind ministry of presence with members and affiliate ministries
serving Nationwide. We come from all faith groups, ethnic, gender
and educational backgrounds. Chaplain Fellowship
Ministries by God's grace and guidance has been molded and shaped
after the Ministry of Jesus, and we are growing by leaps and bounds
every day. We are looking for real people who are serious about
their calling. The members of Chaplain Fellowship Ministries are
very real hard working people with the heart and compassion
to reach out to those who are lost or in need.
The
great commission: Chaplain Fellowship is about the great commission.
Do you feel like you are being called to do something that will
make a difference in your life, but you don't know where to start?
I think that maybe we have all felt that call at some point in our
lives. Becoming ordained and licensed as a Chaplain and Minister
will take you far beyond your wildest imagination,
it will make you a much larger person in the spirit of the Lord
than you ever dreamed you could be. As Chaplains and Ministers
if we see someone in need and have the ability to help them and
don't, how can we say that the love of Jesus abides in us? Never
forget that what we go after here on earth, determines where we
go in the hereafter. We make a living from what we get, but we make
a life from what we give. Anyone can give
without loving, but no one can love without giving.
Proverbs
11:25
- Be generous, and you will be prosperous. Help
others, and you will be helped. Those who are good are rewarded
here on earth, so you can be sure that wicked and sinful people
will be punished.
Chaplain
Fellowship Ministries is internationally recognized as a faith based
nondenominational ministry of presence that offers everyone including
the every day hard working man or woman an opportunity to serve
in the position of an ordained Chaplain and Minister through specific
ministry programs. Chaplain Fellowship offers ordination, ecclesiastical
endorsements and certifications in your chosen field of ministry
thereby allowing anyone who feels God has called them to be able
to minister at some level as a ordained Chaplain and Minister. Our
Mission is to ordain, qualify, equip and offer training to officially
recognize those seeking legal ministry license, ordination, endorsement
and certification documentation as ministers, pastors, priests and
chaplains.
The
picture on the right is a very real person and the best example
we have to prove the need for nursing home Chaplains, no one should
ever be treated this way. When Chaplains make regular visits to
nursing homes, it cuts down on this type of mistreatment. Not all
nursing homes have this type of abuse, but there are many that do.
This little lady is a child of God, and there is no doubt that there
is a special place in Heaven for her. This type of abuse is a disgrace
and we should all be ashamed to allow such treatment of our senior
citizen. As legally ordained Chaplains we CAN make a difference
in this world, we just need to get out there and do it. All it takes
is good hearted people who have compassion, mercy, kindness, love
and understanding. If you don't want to be a legally ordained chaplain
or minister fine, just please do something in your life to make
a difference in the
lives of those who are hurting, suffering, who have lost
everything, or have nothing, and no where to turn. We have to be
there for each others, as brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ,
it is up to us! You can make a difference
to get started!
James
2:14 - Dear
brothers and sisters, what's the use of saying you have faith if
you don't prove it by your actions? That kind of faith can't save
anyone.
We
know by building and strengthening our communities and proclaiming
the Gospel of Jesus to the world at large we are doing what He has
called us to do. Jesus has poured out His Spirit upon us, we are
to help the lost who are seeking salvation,
we are to help those seeking healing for the spirit soul and body
with the anointing that rests upon each of us in the name
of Jesus.
James
1:27 -
What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is
this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and
to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.
Chaplain Fellowship Ministries will not judge you, belittle you
or criticize you for your past, or your lack
of a formal education. Please understand it takes all of us to get
the job done, just as Jesus recruited many from different backgrounds.
It does not take a college graduate to walk into a biker bar full
of bikers, in fact we would not advise it, it takes a biker who
has been there. Nursing home chaplaincy or ministry takes a chaplain
who is ordained and has compassion, mercy, love and understanding,
it takes those who have the love of Jesus Christ in their hearts.
It requires someone who knows how to listen, and many times someone
to just be there with them when they are dying, the thought of dying
alone is very scary for senior citizens. Who better to work with
our returning troops or veterans of other wars than veteran who
are chaplains themselves that have been there and understand their
pain, suffering, fears and disappointments.
James
2:13 -
For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy.
Mercy triumphs over judgment. Does anyone not want a merciful judgment
from God, before whom all must stand?
When
we begin our work as an ordained chaplains and ministers we can
be confident that the Lord who has already started a good work in
us and He will complete it. Please never let anyone tell you that
you are not good enough for the Lord's ministry, or that the Lord
has not called you into HIS ministry. There is no human being on
the face of this earth who has the right to judge or decide who
has been called, or who has not been called. We understand that
it is the Lord who ordains, we simply recognizes what He has already
done.
We
all need Jesus as our Lord and Savior in our everyday lives. He
is the one who can lift us above the degrading forces of evil in
the world that tries to tell us we are not good enough. It is Jesus
who holds all things together, including our lives. Become a member
and receive your God given right to ordination and license as a
legal member of the clergy. Take a leap of faith, and watch your
whole world, and the way you see thing, literally transform before
your very eyes.
Galatians
1:6-9 -
Spiritual enemies also include false teachers. We must be extremely
cautious about whom we listen to. Never let anyone tell you that
you are not good enough or smart enough to follow the Lords' calling
in your lives.
Those
Who Share In His Suffering Shall Also Share In His Glory!
We
believe all Christians have been given spiritual gifts to fulfill
their callings. Ministry ordination is a spiritual gift and calling
directly from God and is not to be taken lightly. He chooses to
call who he will, or to use any instrument, to accomplish His will.
When we act upon our calling, we become a member of HIS Ministry.
Chaplains
are ministers called to serve God's people as commissioned by the
sacred Word of God. In Christian grace and duty Chaplains respond
with love and compassion to people's needs in their whole existence.
Chaplains embrace the understanding that human beings are created
in the image of God with uniqueness and freedom to think, act and
feel. When we do our best, God will do the rest. Jesus
made it clear if we give a man a fish, we feed him for one day,
but if we teach him to fish, we feed him for a lifetime. God carries
out His plan through those obedient to Him in spite of their human
frailties.
Galatians 6:4-
You should each judge your own conduct. If it is good,
then you can be proud of what you yourself have done, without having
to compare it with what someone else has done.
Ministry Videos - Slide Shows - Global Incident Maps: Chaplain
Dave Fair, Chaplain Larry Todd, Chaplain Skip Straus and Chaplain
Jim McNabb have done several videos on different subjects involving
Chaplains. All our members need to take advantage
of their wisdom and many years of service as chaplains.
To view ministry videos & Slide Shows
Chaplain
Fellowship offers training to anyone who feels they need it. For
all those who want to seek training on their own they might find
the following self help training materials to be helpful: Chaplain
Books and Training Materials, Wedding Manuals, Funeral Manuals,
Hospital Visitation Manuals, How - To Manuals, Minister's Manuals,
Minister's Service Manual, Premarital Guidance, Ordination, Crisis
Chaplaincy, Anger Management, On Death and Dying, Endorsing Agency,
Emotional Freedom Techniques, Grief Recovery Workbook, Impact Ministries,
Crisis Intervention, Faith Based Training, Start a Church, Counseling,
Military Chaplaincy, Helping People Through Grief, Pastoral Care,
Women in Ministry, Aging, Spirituality and Religion, Becoming Ordained,
Restorative Therapy, Anger Management, The Principles of Prison
Ministry, Ordaining, Ecclesiastical Endorsement, Ministry to the
Incarcerated, Prison Ministry, Under standing Prison Culture Inside
and Out, and a lot more. You can check them out
Homeland Crisis Institute is the official training department of
Chaplain
Fellowship
Ministries. HCI an
official continuing education provider for the following. The Texas
State Board of Social Work Examiners, The
Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors and the
Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists.
Homeland Crisis Institute has been approved by the Bell and
Lampasas county departments of probation to provide court ordered
anger management. For more information on anger management
Romans
12:1-4-8
- Just as each of us has one body with many members,
and these members do not all have the same function, so in Jesus
we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the
others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.
If a mans gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion
to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching,
let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is
contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if
it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy,
let him do it cheerfully.
Chaplain
Fellowship Ministries is legally Incorporated as a Nonprofit public
charity, please
for verification. Chaplain Fellowship Ministries International also
holds a 501(c) 3 group exemption.
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