PRESENT DAY CHALLENGES CONFRONTING CHAPLAINCY PROFESSION IN NIGERIA

The greatest challenges confronting Chaplaincy profession presently in Nigeria have been discovered to be the followings:-

1.   Falsification of claims.

2.   Deception.

3.   Claiming to have the knowledge of something, when one knows next to nothing.

4.   Claim a geographical spread which is unimaginable.

5.   Self-imposed praises and titles.

6.   Extortion of money on false pretence etc.

NB: These and others that have not been mentioned here have been discovered to be the bane of profitable Chaplaincy development in Nigeria.

For how long more can we swallow such falsehoods from mediocre and people who have nothing to do with Chaplaincy profession but have been commissioned Chaplains after a wishy - washy Chaplaincy training.

Case Study:

On Thursday 26^th of November 2015AD round about 16^th hours, Chaplain Bala Lantang of Global Mission Chaplaincy Corps who styled himself as the Chaplaincy Commander General for the whole of Africa with 64 commands claims that there are only three Chaplaincy Organizations in Nigeria, it is as follows:-

1.   Global Mission Chaplaincy Corps, His own organization doing “Departmental Chaplaincy.” What Departmental Chaplaincy is, I have no idea.

2.   Chaplains Fellowship of Nigeria, Archbishop Afilaka’s Chaplaincy outfit doing psycho-therapy, how I wish he can define psycho-therapy adequately.

3.   The Chaplaincy organization at Otta he says, as he does not know the name nor the owner of the Chaplaincy outfit at Otta doing “Clinical Chaplaincy.”

NB: With all boldness quackery is throwing in Chaplaincy unabated in Nigeria. We need to consider the implications of this and future consequences, this may bring upon our choice profession “Chaplaincy” and the recognition we are seeking. The action must be now or never.

Chap. Prof. Mike-Jacobs