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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. 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! As chaplains the compassion, mercy, understanding and love we show for those in need will be the only bible many will every get a chance to see. 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. Chaplains are ministers called to serve God's people as commissioned by the sacred Word of God. In Christian grace and duty they respond with love and compassion to people's needs in their whole existence. We 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, the word of God is true, He will do the rest. With our Lord and Savior beside us we go into each day as we are, just as our Lord would go into each day ready to serve, to seek and to save those who are lost; to look for opportunity to love and to heal. With our Lord and Savior beside us we can love just as we are, unconditionally, without regard for ourselves sacrificially and without hesitation. By seeking our Lord and Savior fully, honestly and humbly, we can go through each day, just as we are. 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
Chaplain Fellowship Ministries International Inc™. is a faith based Christian nondenominational 501(c) 3 Tax Exempt Public Charity legally Incorporated as a Nonprofit Corporation. © All rights reserved. US Federal Government contractors, Corporations and foundations our Legal Name is Chaplain Fellowship Ministries International Inc, Legal Structure is Non-profit Public Charity, CFMI D-U-N-S Number is 808479526. Chaplain Fellowship Ministries International Inc. does have federal copyright on our ministry name and graphics. Last updated on 07/16/2008 |
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. For more information 
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