Mission statement and ministry needs for the stability and advancement of Chaplain Fellowship Ministries

Mission Statement and Ministry Needs for Stability and Future Advancement
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Many of us here at Chaplain Fellowship Ministries have been given a vision and wonderful calling to build a mighty ministry for the Glory of God's Kingdom. We trust completely in the love of GOD to the end of our days and will stand strong forever in our faith and knowledge of who is really in charge of Chaplain Fellowship Ministries. We as simple human beings always take for granted that there will be a tomorrow. Rather than worrying about the world coming to an end any day, we should be focusing on keeping our faith in the Lord strong and reaching out to those in need and suffering. Our lives or the lives of our loved ones could be taken away in the blink of an eye. I have seen it many times in my life: as a young Marine serving in Vietnam, as a police officer in the streets, and as a law enforcement chaplain holding a grieving mother in my arms after her child had just died.

Just take a little time and look around ... Domestic violence is up over two hundred percent; armed robbery is on the rise everywhere; murder, rape and suicide are becoming more common place; large numbers of children are being abducted, abused and murdered; school shootings and violence are in the news each week and natural disasters leaving our neighbors homeless are becoming more and more common. The effect of these crisis situations and tragedies touch our lives and the lives of our own families, rich and poor alike ... death and sickness can strike any of us at any moment and cause us to loose those we love, and everything we have ever known and believed in.

These are just a few reasons we work so hard to put chaplains in every city, community, police department, fire department, nursing home, hospital, active duty military, the national guard, prison, funeral home, churches and home churches. Just like you, we see what is going on in the world today. We know how bad chaplains are needed in the streets working to reach those who suffer and are in need. Simply put ... we deal with reality, in a very real world, where tremendous pain and suffering are all around ... no matter where we live, the need is there. Chaplain Fellowship Ministries is one of the fastest growing ministries of our kind, if not the fastest growing in the nation today. There are no saints here, just hard working people of Faith that follow the gospel that Jesus taught and died for so we may be saved! God bless you, and thank you, for your times. Chaplain Gibson

Chaplain Fellowship Ministries Mission Statement

1. The Needy: One of the major functions of any church, faith based organizations, or ministry SHOULD be to reach out when we have the means and help all those who are in need. It is the vision of Chaplain Fellowship Ministries that by the grace of God we will be blessed to be able to help families who have lost everything in a fires, disasters, sickness and senior citizens who do not have enough money and have to make a decision between buying medication or food each month. Chaplain Fellowship Ministries will always do what we can to help when people in need come to us with no where else to turn. When they turn to God in prayer, God sends those He has called to help in any way we can.

2. Domestic violence shelters and training centers: Chaplain Fellowship Ministries will help start shelters for abused women and children. Folks, I don't know how many times over the years I have heard people make comments regarding domestic violence when they have no idea what they are talking about. Most people that do not know any better will say that victims of abuse don't have to live with an abuser, they think they can leave anytime they want to. No woman wants to be abused, let alone allow their children to be abused. However, anyone who has worked with domestic violence victims knows that they are almost never able to leave on their own. Many of those who have tried were found by the abuser and beat even worse, in some cases the abusers have even killed them. They need a safe place where they and their children can go to be isolated and protected from the abuser. Therefore, we have a vision to help provide safe houses and training centers nationwide designed to help abused women and children. Training centers will help abused women to learn a new vocation in a safe environment. Many abused women stay in abusive relationships because they have no choice; most have no job skills which means that they can not support themselves or their children. Right now, as you are reading this there are women and children being beaten, some even killed, by drunks, drug addicts or men who just have a bad attitude or temper.

3. Shelters and counseling centers for Veterans: Americans would be amazed at the number of veterans currently living on our streets. Some of them are disabled Vietnam veteran some are disabled Iraq veterans who a year ago was fighting defending our nation. Many Vietnam veterans have committed suicide or died on the streets, or in prison. We pray that Iraq veterans will be treated better. Many of these veterans are disabled and have no one to help them, no place to go. How did this happen folks? There are many reasons but most people don't want to hear about it. It helps them to sleep at night to just put all the blame on the veterans or the government. God help us! We sure enjoy the freedoms we have in our country. It is a disgrace that we have combat disabled veterans from living and dying in the streets. Chaplain Fellowship Ministries will help start faith based counseling centers for combat Vietnam veterans, Iraq veterans and their families. These centers will be run by veterans themselves who understand what the combat veteran is going through. The goal is to help these veterans learn how to live with the trauma they witnessed and lived with in combat. They will be taught how to live and function in a world that they can no longer understand. Combat veterans will never look at life or people the same way ever again, they can't no matter how hard they try, but they can be taught by other combat veterans who have survived how to live with it and survive themselves.

4. Food Ministry for senior citizens and poor families: Chaplain Fellowship Ministries has been blessed to be able to help set up several food ministries across our nation that feed poor families and senior citizens on a regular basis every week. We are always looking for chaplains who are serious about starting food ministries. We will do everything possible to help them get started by providing them with the tools they need. Chaplain Fellowship Ministries believes in reaching out to help our poor families and senior citizens in our nation. Many times they have to decide to buy medicine or food, but can not afford both. We will do everything in our power by the Grace of our Lord to help our senior citizens and poor families in their time of need.

5. To have trained and ordained chaplains in every state in the United States, and every other country worldwide serving in ministries that help those in need within their communities.

6. To offer biblical and crisis intervention training and ordination to all of Gods' people who have been called into a ministry of presence no matter what their ethnic, educational or gender may be. Who better to take the gospel to the streets than those who have had to live on the streets.

7. To have trained and ordained chaplains in every Police Department, Fire Department, Federal and State Agencies, Nursing Homes, Hospitals, City and County Jails, Prisons, Drug Rehab Centers, Domestic Violence Shelters, Veterans Counseling Centers, Street Ministries and any other type of ministry the Lord calls chaplains to do. There are a lot of combat veterans becoming law enforcement officers, under the right circumstances you can be sure there will be problems. Police departments are starting to realize there starting to be a problem. Chaplains trained in crisis intervention and anger management are an valuable assist.

8. To create a network of professional crisis responders and emergency services chaplains through HomeLand Crisis Institute, the professionl emergency response division of Chaplain Fellowship Ministries.

9. To build a chaplaincy network worldwide enabling chaplains to be able to network with each other and share ministry and chaplaincy resources.

10. To have trained and ordained biker chaplains who will take the ministry of presence into the biker community worldwide in a non-threatening manner.

11. To have trained liaison chaplains that will network with churches and pastors within their communities during crisis and disaster situations.

12. To have trained and ordained native American chaplains taking the ministry to native American reservations nationwide in a non-threatening manner

13. To have trained and ordained Spanish speaking chaplains taking the ministry to the Hispanic community and the intercities nationwide in a non-threatening manner.

Funds for training: Chaplain Fellowship Ministries believes that chaplains must have proper training to minister to the public at large. Chaplain Fellowship Ministries will offer distance learning courses to prepare chaplains for the work they have been called to do. We pray that one day CFMI will be able to offer help with scholarships for many of the training programs that chaplains need to do their work in the ministry.

Chaplain's relief fund: Many of our Chaplains give so much, to so many who are in need. From time to time, even chaplains find themselves in financial need with no where to turn. Some loose their jobs, or their vehicle needs repair, their children get sick. Some do not have what is needed just to get by at times from week to week. There are many things that can and do go wrong. Chaplain Fellowship Ministries will be there for our chaplains when possible during their time of need. Please keep in mind Chaplains and their families are only human and experience many of the same problems everyone else faces. Please keep our chaplains and their families in your prayers.

Administrative Cost: It would be so nice to not have to worry about financial obligations like it used to be several years ago. To just go out and do the Lords' work and feel those wonderful blessings that He bestows upon us when we are in the field reaching out to those in need, but things change when a ministry grows. Chaplain Fellowship has grown so much folks, the Lord knows our hearts, and He knows if we could we would give everything away without question like we used to. But if we are going to keep His ministry going that is no longer possible, every one of us has to do our part and keep the commitments we make for the stability and advancement of Chaplain Fellowship. Every year the cost of office supplies and office equipment becomes more and more expensive due to ministry growth. This year alone we have had to replace four old computer with new ones, two were over seven years old. These cost must be meet if Chaplain Fellowship is to survive and keep all our members and affiliate ministries covered. Chaplain Fellowship now has two employees, they both are full time secretarys on payroll, both of them do the work of four people. Everyone else including chief chaplains and senior staff members and directors are non paid and work countless hours every week, seven days a week, 365 days a year. We always give thanks no matter how large or how small the gifts are that come in. If you would to help keep this ministry going and growing you can do so by clicking on the donation button on the right. God bless you, and thank you for your time, Chaplain Gibson

Folks many people will tell you that a ministry having a 501 (c) 3 does not mean anything, they will tell you that we are doing what man says instead of the word of God. That is not true, it is really silly to even make such a statement.These people have a problem being held accountable for their action and what they do with the money they receive in good faith. What it does it really meanto be tax exempt? Folks it means that a ministry is being held accountable for their actions and the funds they receive. People need to understand that the IRS does not tell a ministry what to do with the Lords' money when it come to the work that we do for the Glory of the Lords' Kingdom. But I can assure you of one thing, the IRS does watch for those who abuse the trust of good hearted people who give their hard earned money in donations to a ministry. Chaplain Fellowship Ministries believes that accountability and credibility are very important to all who claims to be a ministry. Chaplain Fellowship has a CPA firm that oversees all our accounting practices and all required paper work needed for reporting to the Internal revenue service that is thoroughly monitored. We use Jackson Hewitt in Temple Texas as our CPA firm, they take care of our 990's and all other issues dealing with the IRS. You can find our 990's posted online with GuideStar, connecting people with nonprofit information for the whole world to see, we have nothing to hide or to be ashamed of. In compliance with the rules and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service Chaplain Fellowship Ministries 501 (c) 3 tax exempt public charity documentation has been posted for the whole world to see.

Please never let anyone tell you that a few loving kind and caring people can't change the world. For in reality they are the only ones who ever have. The members of Chaplain Fellowship Ministries by the grace of our Lord are doing just that every day. Where there is no vision, the people perish! ™Chaplain Fellowship Ministries International Inc. is a faith based nondenominational non profit charity legally Incorporated with chaplains, pastors, minister, priests, missions,training institutions, and ministries working worldwide. © -All rights reserved. Last updated on 10/05/2008.