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2025 Association of Professional Chaplains Annual Conference

Dec 19, 2024
Save the Date - Registration Opens 2/3/2025 Theme: Audacious Advocacy: Faces of Dialogue, Compassion, and Understanding Dates: June 12, 2025 – June 15, 2025 Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington - Minneapolis South Address: 7800 Normandale Boulevard; Minneapolis, MN 55439

2025 Association of Professional Chaplains Annual Conference

by Brian Frederick-Gray

Save the Date – Registration Opens 2/3/2025

Theme: Audacious Advocacy: Faces of Dialogue, Compassion, and Understanding

Dates: June 12, 2025 – June 15, 2025

Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington – Minneapolis South

Address: 7800 Normandale Boulevard; Minneapolis, MN 55439

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Endorsements

Dec 18, 2024
Disciples chaplains seeking endorsement must complete an online Ecclesiastical Endorsement application.  The application includes demographic information and a statement on the call to ministry, as well as statements of training, experience, and ministerial standing and disclosure forms.  Letters of reference, including one from their Regional Minister, and all undergraduate and graduate educational transcripts are also […]

Endorsements

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Disciples chaplains seeking endorsement must complete an online Ecclesiastical Endorsement application.  The application includes demographic information and a statement on the call to ministry, as well as statements of training, experience, and ministerial standing and disclosure forms.  Letters of reference, including one from their Regional Minister, and all undergraduate and graduate educational transcripts are also to be provided by applicant. 

Once all materials have been submitted and reviewed, the endorsement process is completed with an interview by the Disciples Chaplains Endorsing Officer.  Endorsement verification is then sent to the employer as requested.  For military chaplains, a DD Form 2088 is completed and submitted to the service branch where the prospective chaplain is applying.

To maintain your endorsement within the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) you are required to complete the following each year:

  • Annual Report;
  • Current Regional Staff Reference Form; and
  • $40 Dues
Initial Endorsement Packet
Updated Endorsement Request Form

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Updated Endorsement Request Form

Dec 18, 2024

Updated Endorsement Request Form

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Updated Endorsement Request Form
If Federal Endorsement, please complete the following questions:
Number of months of prior active military service prospect has completed:
If Institutional Endorsement, please complete the following questions:
If this is a part time position are you employed elsewhere? If so, please include name, city and state of employment.
This MUST be supervisor or information on who should receive endorsement, NOT chaplain)

Becoming an Endorsed Chaplain  

Jan 1, 2020
Requirements for Becoming an Edorsed Chaplain for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Becoming an Endorsed Chaplain  

by Brian Frederick-Gray

REQUIREMENTS  

  • Ordained or Commissioned Minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).  
  • May be a seminarian or candidate in process with a Region.  

ENDORSEMENT APPLICATION  

  • Demographic Information with a Life Sketch of Call to Ministry and Chaplaincy  
  • Undergraduate and Graduate Transcripts (may be scanned copies  
  • Four reference letters – including Regional Minister  

ENDORSEMENT INTERVIEW  

  • Telephone conversation with Disciples Chaplain Endorsing Officer to share expectations, information, and answer questions.  

COMPLETION  

  • Endorsement letter or completed DOD/VA/Federal Prison form prepared and submitted by Ministry Associate.  

  CATEGORIES OF CHAPLAIN MINISTRY

FederalInstitutionalSpecialized Ministry
Military ServiceHealth CarePastoral Counselors
Veterans Administration (full time)Retirement CentersCollege Chaplains
Federal Prison SystemFire/Police DepartmentCampus Ministers
Workplace
Hospice
Jail/State Prisons