An Association of Churches
We are a 501c3 Non-Profit "Association of Churches." An Ecclesiastical Ministry set apart for the Evangelical Protestant Christian Church to serve laity to teach, train, ordain and endorse qualified candidates to serve as Pastors and Chaplains. Our Pastors plant and serve churches based on a model of "Missional Community" while developing Chaplains for community ministry. Our Pastors and Chaplains serve in both volunteer and professional capacities. We encourage church planting. We collaborate with churches who wish to partner with us in a voluntary association for ordaining and endorsing their members to Chaplaincy, and to collaborate with those who wish to partner with us in Pastoral training and church planting.
(1) Providing a nonsectarian and nondenominational association of churches for ordination of pastors and chaplains, church planting, mutual encouragement, accountability, and education; and
(2) Providing higher education, continuing education, and clinical pastoral education for Ministry Students, Chaplains, and Pastors engaged in spiritual care.
(3) Serving laity as a Christian Chaplain ordaining and endorsing agency for Chaplains serving in a wide variety of governmental and nongovernmental organizations;
We are an approved endorser for Chaplains to serve in the Veterans Administration VA Hospital and Federal Bureau of Prisons. In collaboration with the NAE Chaplains Commission we are an endorser for Military Chaplains. To learn more about our training and educational programs, visit www.chaplainsacademy.org