Purpose: "This program is designed to help Christians deal in faith with human suffering. Therefore, it is our desire as Christian chaplains to bring the Word of God back into the process of dealing with those who are suffering and in need."

  The Christian College of Chaplains

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(A Fellowship of) Minnesota Graduate School of Theology

Background ::
Human suffering and pain evokes questions which defy easy answers. In the midst of pain, people look for help. This certification program is centered around God's Inspired Inerrant revelation of Himself and His plan of salvation in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Our focus is on Christ's atonement, and for His people suffering, and the promise of future glory with Him.

This program is designed to help Christians deal in faith with human suffering. Therefore, it is our desire as Christian chaplains to bring the Word of God back into the process of dealing with those who are suffering and in need.

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Our training programs are all centered around a Biblical Model rather than a secular concept and model. Certification Levels ::

Candidates for certification will have completed special training at one of three levels (detailed below). When the training has been completed they can apply through the Board of Examiners of the Christian College of Chaplains for Certification. They can also continue to advance their training after this to a higher level.

Estimate Costs ::
• The cost for Application and Certification is $50.00.
• The annual renewal cost is $50.00.
• Tuition for training is $25.00 per credit hour for undergraduate and $35.00 per credit hour for graduate level training programs.

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Certification Level A ::
Licentiate or Bachelor of Arts in Chaplaincy, FELLOW
Christian College of Chaplains (FCCC)

This requires completion of the following guided study course work
Course ID	Course Title
BST 601	Bereavement
BST 602	Christian Ethics
BST 603	Supervised By Suffering
--	One-Year Internship

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Certification Level B ::
Master of Chaplaincy, MASTER
Christian College of Chaplains (MCCC)

This requires completion of the following guided study course work
Course ID	Course Title
Philosophy 604	The Consequence of Ideas
--	A Second One-Year Internship

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Certification Level C ::
Doctor of Chaplaincy, DIPLOMAT
Christian College of Chaplains (DCCC)

This requires the completion of all course work, internship as listed under the Licentiate or Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Chaplaincy programs with the additional completion of a Doctoral Research project as approved by the board of examiners.

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Training ::

• The Christian College of Chaplains provides Christ centered training for women and men interested in Chaplaincies, primarily in the fields of health care, institutional ministries. The program focuses on Hospital, Nursing, Home, Hospice, Police, and Prison Chaplaincies, and parish work. In today's world Chaplains serve God's people in a number of ways. Some are appointed to serve in hospitals , nursing homes, and hospices and prisons. Others in schools, colleges, cemeteries and embassies. Most serve God's people in chapel and facility settings, ministering to shut - ins, the dying, the sick, the elderly, the vulnerable.

• The Christian College of Chaplains provides training and certification of Christian chaplains who serve as professional pastoral care providers. Certification usually entails period of supervised practical training in a hospital, nursing home, prison, or hospice facility and completion of a supervised study program. A high degree of importance is placed on practical training, observing and responding to spiritual needs of others.

• The practical training, usually in a facility, entails being with people in a spiritual need, assessing and responding to those needs and recording accounts of pastoral visits - while working with a certified tutor.

• The course work and internship focuses on the role of a chaplain, Christian service, ethics and suffering and explores what a chaplain can do to respond to the spiritual needs of others.

• Upon completion of the PRACTICUUM and course of study, the candidate is eligible for Board Certification.

Special Note ::

If you have not completed a LICENTIATE DEGREE, or a BACHELORS DEGREE, or a MASTERS DEGREE, or a DOCTORAL DEGREE, you can take courses from Minnesota Graduate School of Theology either by classroom, correspondence, or directed studies.

Remember, you need to have completed the required credits for each of the levels in the Christian College Of Chaplains over and above a completed degree program or have the required credits to meet those standards.