James
1:22
Do not deceive yourselves by just listening to his word; instead,
put it into practice. 23
If you listen to the word, but do not put it into practice you
are like people who look in a mirror and see themselves as they
are. What do you see when you look into the mirror dear friends?
We
would like to welcome you to the official web site of Chaplain
Fellowship Ministries™. We are a one of a kind ministry of
presence with members, affiliate ministries, and churches worldwide.
We come from all faith groups, ethnic, gender and educational
backgrounds, molded after the Ministry of Jesus. We are looking
for real people who are serious about their calling. The members
of Chaplain Fellowship Ministries are very real hard working people
reaching out to the needy and lost all over the United States
and around the world. Many times those they are reaching out to
have no where else to turn, or no one to turn to.
Chaplain
Fellowship Ministries is about the great commission. Do
you feel like you are being called to do something that will make
a difference, but you don't know where to start? I think that
we have all felt that way at some time in our lives. Becoming
ordained as a Chaplain and minister will take you far beyond your
wildest imagination, and it will make you a much larger person
in the spirit of the Lord, than you ever dreamed you could be.
As children of God 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.
Pro
11:25
- 31- 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 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 chaplaincy
and ministry programs. Chaplain Fellowship Ministries offers ecclesiastical
endorsements and certifications in your chosen field of ministry,
thereby, allowing any one who feels God has called them to minister
at some level as a ordained Chaplain and minister. Our Mission
is to ordain, qualify, equip, train and officially recognize those
seeking legal ministry license, ordination, endorsement and certification
documentation as ministers, pastors, priests and chaplains.
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 is an outreach ministry of presence dedicated
to recruiting those who have been called into the Lord's ministry.
Please understand it takes all of us to get the job done, just
as Jesus recruited many from different backgrounds including educational.
It does not take a college graduate to walk into a biker bar full
of 1%ers, it takes some one who has been there, it takes an hard-core
ordained biker Chaplain. Nursing home chaplaincy or ministry takes
a chaplain who is ordained and has compassion, understanding,
and the love of Jesus 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 veterans themselves who have been
there.
For
all those who want to be a military chaplain, you must have a
Masters, no way around it period. If you want to work in a hospital
as a paid chaplain, you have to go through a CPE program. If you
are a crisis response chaplain who wants to deploy to disaster
areas, you will need CISM, CISD, Nims and other specialized crisis
training. For those who work as street chaplains you need to be
street wise, who better than those who have been there. Many times
in hospice chaplaincy it is an OJT type situation. There are many
different types of chaplaincy and ministries for chaplains to
serve in our Lord's ministry of presence with degrees or without
degrees. IT TAKES ALL OF US!
Psalm
41:1-3,
Blessed is he who considers the poor; the Lord will deliver
him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him and keep him
alive, and he will be blessed on the earth; He will not deliver
him to the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him on
his bed of illness; He will sustain him on his sickbed.
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 abuse. 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 chaplains we CAN do something
about this, if we will just get out there and do it. We do not
have to be super Christians, just good people who have compassion,
mercy, love and understanding. If you don't want to be an ordained
chaplain or minister, that is fine, please just do something in
your life to make a difference in the lives of those who hurting,
suffering or have nothing and have no where to turn.
When
you begin your work as an ordained chaplain and minister you can
be confident that the Lord who has already started a good work
in you, will complete it. Please never let anyone tell you that
you are not good enough for the Lord's ministry, no one on this
earth has the right to tell you any different. 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 our 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 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.
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?
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. God chooses
to call who he will, or to use any instrument, to accomplish His
will. Jesus said, "I will build My church and the gates of
hell will not prevail against it." Never let no man stop
you from doing what you have been called to do. When you act upon
your calling, you then become a member of HIS Church. If you have
done your best, God will do the rest!
A
wise man once said that our decisions determine our direction,
and our direction determines our destiny. Let your direction be
true, and let your destiny be one of greatness for the glory of
God's kingdom. No one knows when Jesus will return, maybe it will
be today, or maybe in a 1000 years. His return is something we
have no control over. The only control we have in this life is
this moment in time, so let us live every moment as if it is our
last, for the glory of His kingdom.
Isaiah
54:17
No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any
use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged
false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their
righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.
Chaplain
Fellowship Ministries International, Inc., offers training through
Chaplain Fellowship Bible Institute. For all those who want to
seek training elsewhere, the following training materials might
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, 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, Understanding Prison
Culture Inside and Out, and a lot more. You can check them out
here 
For a weekend of fellowship and fun, this is the only time during
the year for our members to meet our Board of Directors and other
chaplains within our ministry. It is my pleasures to announce
our fifth Annual Chaplain Conference scheduled for September 12-14,
2008.
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Fellowship Ministries International Inc™. is a faith
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