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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

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