Valiant for the truth in disseminating Chaplaincy information: PROFESSIONAL CHAPLAINCY PRACTICE MUST FOLLOW KNOWN...

Valiant for the truth in disseminating Chaplaincy information: PROFESSIONAL CHAPLAINCY PRACTICE MUST FOLLOW KNOWN...: PROFESSIONAL CHAPLAINCY PRACTICE MUST FOLLOW KNOWN PROFESSIONAL CULTURE Chaplaincy may be practiced publicly, as well as in the private o...

PROFESSIONAL CHAPLAINCY PRACTICE MUST FOLLOW KNOWN PROFESSIONAL CULTURE

PROFESSIONAL CHAPLAINCY PRACTICE MUST FOLLOW KNOWN PROFESSIONAL CULTURE

Chaplaincy may be practiced publicly, as well as in the private or corporate settings either by individual professionals or by a group of professionals, professionally. Even professional chaplaincy is done by individuals; the professional chaplains are usually assisted by others, who may be trainees, assistant chaplains or lay chaplains in attending to a particular client(s).

However, the professional chaplains take responsibility for the care and service provided for such client or clients. All documents made on such client(s) must be in the custody of the professional chaplain, attested to with his or her signature. Any report on the client(s) provided, care given or services deliver to the client(s) must be signed by the professional chaplain.

When the chaplaincy practice and service delivery is done by a group of practicing chaplains as a team; a team of practicing professional chaplains or interdisciplinary team, as sometimes found in collegial collaboration; there must still be a team leader amongst them who is usually held responsible for the care, attention, concern and service provided and the method of the provision.

Just like in legal representation in courts of competent jurisdiction; there may be a team of counsels representing an interest in any important case that is of national importance or societal importance from two to hundred counsels appearing in court for the particular case of interest.

However, as many counsels there may be on the representation, there is always a lead counsel who earns the official recognition of the court, and other team members usually submit to the leadership of the lead counsel, who is usually the team leader.

Also in accounting firm, there may be a number of accountants working in the firm. The particular accounting assignment or work given to the firm of accountants may be done by many or all the accountants, trainee accountants and the accounting clerks in the accounting firm as a team.

However, the final reports of such accounting work is usually signed and presented by the team leader, called lead accountant who takes responsibility for the works done by the team members.

Just in like manner, in professional chaplaincy practice involving other colleagues, chaplains or other professionals from disciplines related to chaplaincy must be led by a team leader called and styled as Chief Consultant Chaplain, who takes responsibility for the work done by the team and sign any report made.  Even when signed by another team member, it must be signed on his or her behalf.

Chap. Prof. Mike-David D. JP, AP, CPC, CCE, CBC.

THE ESSENCE OF COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY.

THE ESSENCE OF COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY.

Chaplaincy as we all know is a child of circumstance born out of empathy, strong emotional status and spiritual outlook.

     Whether  we live as home boys and girls, old and young, in our small grouped native environment or are exposed to people of different backgrounds, creed, ethnicity and affiliation found in the division of difference geographical locations known as communities, one phenomenon is inevitable “cross road experience”

      In the case of our profession ancestor martius of tours, it was a man found on the way to his (martius) barrack who was freezing helplessly death. Since it happened on a road, other people may have selfishly by passed the lying man without providing succor and spiritual considerations.

     In our own present day, the picture may be different  but the signal is still the same, “ assist the helpless mortals”.

     Selfish ambitions have made the world crazy, both public officials and some of the members of public inclusive syphoning fund meant for internally displaced persons (IDPS), crazy bills by power distribution companies without prepaid meters, payment of sanitation bills without service, extensive detention of suspects by arms bearing agencies without trials’ oligarchy disposition of the ruling class etc. Are very much freezing to the gullible and helpless members of the society even to the point of death. In essence the professional chaplain should braze up now and save life. `

The Rev’d Chap. Stephen Nwankire BTheo.

FUNCTIONALITY, THE ANTIDOTE TO UNLOCKING YOUR HIDDEN POTENTIALS AS CHAPLAIN

FUNCTIONALITY, THE ANTIDOTE TO UNLOCKING YOUR HIDDEN POTENTIALS AS CHAPLAIN

Functionality means the quality of something being very stable for the purpose it was designed for or expected to perform. Functionality of trained Chaplains is a challenge for the Chaplaincy profession in Africa especially Nigeria in particular. Function means a special activity or purpose of a person or thing, the social event or official economy.

NB: The greatest challenges the Chaplaincy profession is facing today in our nation have been discovered to be that of “Functionality.”

Chaplaincy was introduced into Nigeria through the Royal British Army by the Colonial Masters at about 150 years ago. Chaplains were then limited and restricted to the military barracks and cantonments in their operations as they render their services to serving officers and their family members.

The functionality of Chaplains was limited in scope and nature to only military formations until Churches appointed Chaplains to assist their Bishops, which made Chaplaincy services available to Church members, congregation and their families.

However, round about the year 1981AD, Civil Chaplaincy services was introduced into our nation by Sir Ige Olumide of blessed memory. This singular act of his brought Chaplaincy services to the majority of the populace of our father land.

Since the year 1981AD thousands of Chaplains have been trained by various Chaplaincy organizations. Training, though an important factor in the growing and development of Chaplains who are expected to deliver the goods to the public in our nation and world, training seems not to be the end.

What then becomes of the Chaplains trained by these Chaplaincy organizations is our concern and one of the challenges facing our noble profession right now is “Functionality of the Chaplains” rolled out since 1981AD to date, remains a great challenge to us and our noble profession.

The following questions I stand to ask you colleagues who are reading this write up with wrapped attention are:

i.              What were these Chaplains trained for and to do?

ii.            What had been the functions of these Chaplains being produced since 1981AD?

iii.           Have these Chaplains performed creditably and satisfactorily? What challenges do they have to face in the performance of their duties?

iv.           What do we have to do now to tackle and find lasting solutions to whatever challenges they have to contend with in the discharge of their duties?

v.            What will the Chaplaincy profession do in making sure that functionality becomes the watchword in the profession as well as in various Chaplaincy organizations?

Dysfunctionality is surely the bane to sustainable development of Chaplaincy profession.

One of the greatest challenges facing Chaplains in our nation has been discovered to be that of functionality of Chaplains to enable them provide profitable services to humanity and general public.

It will therefore be expedient for us to consider some known causes of this noticeable challenges and difficulties in Chaplaincy practice and services in our nation.

Causes of dysfucntionality of chaplains in Nigeria:

i.              Inadequate preparation and shoddy training of Chaplains.

ii.            Shallowness of the training curriculum and manuals of most Chaplaincy training institutes, colleges and academies.

iii.           Inadequate preparation of trainers and lack of trainers trainings for updates.

iv.           Lack of specializations in training Chaplains, expected to function in different areas of life.

v.            Duplication of courses by most training institutions

vi.           Unavailability of many professional books or text books on Chaplaincy.

vii.          Unavailability of professional journals that can be useful for the continuous development of Chaplains.

viii.        Educational limitations of trainee Chaplains

NB: In specialized institutions like “Technical schools and colleges, there are specialized departments and divisions such as carpentry and hand works, fabrication, electrical, mechanical, foundry etc. Although there are basic or general courses all students are made to study, as soon as they are done with those courses, their attention will be directed to their area of specializations.

Likewise, after the universal basic general study courses in general Chaplaincy practice has been done with, trainee Chaplains must be made to focus their attention on the areas of their choice and specializations such as Hospital Chaplaincy, Aviation Chaplaincy, Parliamentary Chaplaincy, Sport Chaplaincy etc. Failure to address this area poses danger to the development of the profession as well as the development of the practicing Chaplains.

Profounded Remedies:

As a professional Chaplain, who has been cross-trained to proffer solutions to problems and difficulties in life, please find my suggested remedies capable of providing the needed solutions to the functionality issues of Chaplains we keep on rolling out of various Chaplaincy colleges and institutions.

1. Provision of adequate training for trainee Chaplains by Chaplaincy institutions and colleges.
2. Proper curriculum development by training institutions to help produce the type of professional Chaplains needed by our society and the public we are called to serve.
3. Training institutions must be prepared to discover areas Chaplaincy services are needed in our national economy and fashion courses that will help provide or produce the needed man-power for service.
4. Continuous and re-training programmes must be developed and put in place by training institutions and colleges as well as Chaplaincy associations with the aims of making all practicing Chaplains relevant in life.
5. We now live in a sophisticated society, enjoying the benefits of advanced technology challenges and difficulties. Challenges and difficulties we encounter in operating in sophisticated societies demand practices and services beyond “General practice.” Our system must learn to devote their attention to the production of specialized professionals. Professional courses must be developed along special areas needing the services of Chaplains.
6. Chaplaincy training institutions and colleges should learn to do away with duplicating and copying others. Originality should be our watchword. Duplicating other people’s efforts encourages mediocrity.
7. Chaplaincy organizations, professional Chaplaincy associations must learn to collaborate with government and government agencies to create an enabling environment for Chaplaincy practice and services.
8. Endeavouring that trained Chaplains are incorporated into public service by government.
9. Training institutions should be encouraged to produce specialized Chaplains and they should be celebrated and rewarded for such.

10.     Practicing Chaplains must be made to know their duties and be made to be committed to fulfilling such duties and never go beyond such in any given situation.

11.     Practicing Chaplains should be encouraged to obtain membership of international Chaplaincy associations relevant to their specializations to enable them obtain current views of practice as obtained in developed nations of the world.

12.     As Chaplaincy profession is not an invention of Africans. We would need to learn how Chaplaincy profession is practice in developed nations of the world and what services Chaplains render to people fashioning our own practice against such with needed modifications to suit the needs of our own society.

In conclusion, there is a need for mounting of advocacy to make the public see the usefulness of Chaplains in the society and to receive the needed recognition from the government of the day.

Chap. Prof. Mike David D. JP, AP, BSC, MBA, PHD, D.D, DED, THD.

DMin. Chaplaincy Major, CPC, CCE, CBC.

Professor of Anthropology.

INTELLECTUAL CHAPLAINCY PRACTICE AND SERVICE DELIVERY

INTELLECTUAL CHAPLAINCY PRACTICE AND SERVICE DELIVERY

We are presently in a time and period of high technological advancement in our world, where we are expected to render services that will improve the lives of humanity.

In this era of technological advancements, problems which could be handled simply in the past, have become complicated, sophisticated dynamic and continue to defy simple solutions.

Our methods of approach of handling problems and proffering the needed solutions to such problems must also experience a paradigm shift.

Intellectual Chaplaincy practice and service delivery is what is needed in contemporary times to make life meaningful and fulfilling for humanity who is constantly confronted with diverse problems inflicting pains and sorrows of unmeasurable dimensions upon the people of our world.

As problems have assumed this status in our age, the service delivery being expected from the hands of practicing professional Chaplains is a pragmatic one. The kind of Chaplaincy practice and service delivery needed in this age is “Intellectual Chaplaincy Practice and Service Delivery.”

Intellectual Chaplaincy Practice and Service Delivery are demanding from all practicing Chaplains, most especially professionals the following:

1.   High degree of professionalism. This enable professional Chaplains handle cases presented to them with uttermost care (compassionate care) with professional touch.

2.   High degrees of education. This enable practicing Chaplains go about the discharge of their duties in the most scientific way. Educated illiterate are capable of many ship-wrecks in professional Chaplaincy practice and service delivery for their lack of understanding.

3.   High degree of forensic analysis and investigation. This gives an added advantage to those who have been adequately trained to make right professional diagnosis and proffer the needed therapeutic solutions as a result of the forensic investigation and analysis of knotty problems.

4.   High degree of dynamism. Problems of humanity have become dynamic in nature and scope; those who are called to handle such problems – giving succor and comfort to the victims of situations undergoing one kind of suffering or another - cannot but tackle such problems with greater dynamism. Professional Chaplains who desire to be relevant in this age must endeavour to be dynamic in practice.

5.   High degree of pro-activeness. Premium is being placed upon prevention rather than remedial treatment. Problems can also be prevented before occurring by those who are highly trained and are pro-active. Professional Chaplains seeking relevance in this age must therefore endeavour to be pro-active in Chaplaincy practice and service delivery.

6.   High degree of professional skills. Only skilled manpower in this age is able to do exploit, reducing or attempting to eliminate human sufferings. Unskilled manpower is capable of worsening the situations of mankind, making it difficult for man to experience the needed deliverance.

7.   High degree of morality. Professional Chaplains who are the epitomes of morality amongst the people are expected to shun all forms of immorality in professional practice, showcasing to the general public the possibility of upholding moral standards in a polluted and corrupt world like ours.

8.   High degree of compassionate concern, care and love. These calls for unparalleled concern and identification with the people, the practicing professional Chaplains are called to serve. They are expected to offer the needed services without condemnation and judgement.

9.   High degree of proficiency. This particular demand puts this task on the practicing Chaplains to put into use the knowledge and skills they have acquired in training, in the most efficient and effective ways that is capable of transforming the lives of the people positively.

10.                High degree of consultation. Collegial consultations as well as consultations with other professionals relevant to Chaplaincy practice and service have become of a necessity as problems are better tackled from all angles and sides for sustainable solutions.

In conclusion therefore, I wish to advocate that all Chaplains especially practicing professional Chaplains embrace intellectual Chaplaincy practice and service delivery with the views of enhancing the needed recognition by the general public and relevance in contemporary Chaplaincy practice.

Chap. Prof. David Mike-Jacobs JP, AP, BSC, MBA, PHD, D.D, DED, THD.

DMin. Chaplaincy Major, CPC, CCE, CBC.

Professor of Anthropology.

MULTI-FAITH, MULTI-TRADITION, MULTI-CULTURAL CHAPLAINCY

MULTI-FAITH, MULTI-TRADITION, MULTI-CULTURAL CHAPLAINCY

Chaplaincy as a dynamic and pragmatic ministry of presence has gotten so expanded and by her usual progressional development has attained the multi-faith status in our world. Our world is full of people in different communities and societies with people of divergence beliefs and viewpoints, living and interacting together requires relationship with one another not minding their religious affiliations. The pluralistic settings and societies have found themselves today in the world is calling for a services that is beyond sectors, divisions and discrimination.

NB: Pastoral care from which all caregiving and other modalities such as, chaplaincy, counseling, therapy, and psychotherapy evolved has progressed and moved unto multi-faith and multi-tradition status providing spiritual services, physical services, emotional services and mental health services to humanity whether or not they are of different faiths, as all people regardless of faith and beliefs are exposed to the same problems, situations and concern, needing professional intervention, care and therapy.

Multi-faith chaplaincy has become essential and necessary in the following sector and aspect of human endeavor:-

1.    Military – where serving officers are presently from more than Roman Catholic dogma, the Islamic dogma, the Protestant dogma. Our world is seeking chaplains who have no aprons of religion tied round their neck ready to render services to those who have their religions, faiths as well those who have none.

2.    Correctional Institutions – where the inmates as well as the serving officers are of divers faiths.

3.    Hospital Setting – where patients and relations are of different faiths.

4.    Public Institutions – where the generality of the people are of different faiths.

The beauty of segregational chaplaincy, based on dogma has faded away and multi-faith chaplaincy practice and service delivery has taking over it.

Chap. Prof. David Mike-Jacobs JP, AP, BSC, MBA, PHD, D.D, DED, THD.

DMin. Chaplaincy Major, CPC, CCE, CBC.

Professor of Anthropology.

THE ESSENCE OF PRACTICE IN CHAPLAINCY PROFESSION

THE ESSENCE OF PRACTICE IN CHAPLAINCY PROFESSION

To assume that all my readers have in one way or the other had a good deal of what chaplaincy is all about  may be  a gainsaying  hence,  I will like to in a jiffy begin to address the motif of this write-up by defining what chaplaincy is all about.

Chaplaincy according to the erudite Chaplain Professor bishop Mike-Jacobs, is a humanitarian profession where every human being is guaranteed   equitable justice, equal opportunity, equal care and treatment irrespective of his or her political affiliation, social status, economic status, gender or tribe, nationality, race religion and color.” It is a profession that identifies problems with the view of proffering solutions to them. Chaplaincy is a care giving service to the hurting among all humanity.

So a practicing professional known and called chaplain has the mandate of ensuring an equal and unbiased treatment and care of all people called the general public in assisting them overcome their situations and circumstances.

The essence of practice in Chaplaincy profession cannot be divulged from practice in other professions (e.g. Medicine, Law, Engineering, Accountancy etc.) universally.

The relevance of practice in Chaplaincy can be likened to the word of Jesus that “blessed are those who hear and do” that indicates that the blessing (benefits) of every profession in life lies in practice. Invariably, no practice, no benefit. It is not enough to hear or acquire knowledge in a particular field without discharging same through practice. To that extent the following factors though not exhaustive in itself may suffice for the essence and need for professional chaplains to practice their career:

Practicing chaplain will help to deliver the desired benefits to the public. For instance, one of the veritable tools in Chaplaincy practice is counseling.  Through counseling the hurting of all sorts could be guided out of problems. Many people have committed suicide in the past because they thought nobody cared for them. But with the instrument of counseling a professional chaplain can recreate hope in the hopeless.

A counselor acknowledges the deplorable state of his/her client and so works assiduously together with him to move him out of depression.

Another valid point is that practicing Chaplaincy will help to consolidate the profession and make it relevant to the public. Without practice, Chaplaincy profession will die a natural death.

Therefore this is a passionate call to all professional chaplains particularly in Nigeria where the awareness is still very slow to mount the stage and identify with the already depressed society occasioned by economic hardship and other societal vices to aid them out of their hurts. This will definitely endear the profession to the hearts of the society and consolidate it.

When Chaplaincy is practiced, the government of the day will definitely take note and acknowledge the contributions of the profession and possibly be motivated to enact necessary legislations that will enhance the profession where none is in existence as in the case of Nigeria.

Furthermore, the other impact practicing will have on the practitioner is that over time he/she will acquire and develop necessary experiences and skills to aid his proficiency in the career because they say “practice makes perfect”.

If professional chaplaincy is not practiced the right way, the stage will be left to quacks and paras to mount and dismantle the remaining hope in the hurting through unprofessional administration and approaches. Quacks are people who lack the necessary training and skill in a particular profession. So they create problems for the hurting than good. This situation can be likened to the story told by somebody of Adamu.

Adamu wanted to be a pilot without adequate training, so he picked the manual of a plane and the first chapter told him the button to press to start the plane, he did and the engine started. In the second chapter it shows how the plane can start flying, he pressed the key and the plane took off to the air, but while in the air, he wanted to land, unfortunately, the manual failed to state what button to touch for the plane to land. You can judge for yourself what would have become of Adamu and the people on board with him. Such is the danger inherent in engaging the services of inexperienced people in any profession.

It is the utmost desire of this brief discourse to stir up the courage and passion in all professional chaplains in Nigeria to henceforth expedite action in practicing the career that is structured to give so much to the various shades and divergent hurting of the society.

Chaplaincy holds to a greater extent the hope and key to both the spiritual, economic, political challenges of this nation and the world at large. There is nowhere in life where Chaplaincy is not needed. Let all concerned parties eschew all forms of discrepancies and embrace the advocacy for professionalism in Chaplaincy practice in Nigeria for the betterment of all.

CHAPLAIN NDUBUISI CHIKEZIE U.

SPECIALIZATION, THE BEAUTY OF CHAPLAINCY PROFESSION AND CHAPLAINCY PRACTICE.

SPECIALIZATION, THE BEAUTY OF CHAPLAINCY PROFESSION AND CHAPLAINCY PRACTICE.

Preamble:

Just as professionals in various professions and disciplines of the world have areas of specialties and specializations; the practicing chaplains in chaplaincy profession have their own areas of specializations. In this write up, I have ventured into comparing specialists in:-

      i.        Medical profession and practice with their counterparts in chaplaincy profession and practice.

    ii.        Engineering profession with chaplains in chaplaincy profession.

Comparison of practicing professionals from different professions with chaplains:

Medical Profession:

1.    Medical Doctors (Physiciansmd):

General Medical Practioners (GP). These are medical doctors and practioners who after their graduation from medical school and housemanship are licensed by Nigeria Medical Association in Nigeria to practice general medicine as a general practioners (GP) and licensed by various licensing authorities, or medical associations of other nations of the world.

General chaplaincy practioners. These are practicing chaplains, who after their studies in general chaplaincy and related courses graduate from such institutions and the school of professional chaplaincy practice, and are commissioned and licensed to practice chaplaincy in Nigeria or any nations of the world as General Chaplaincy Practioners (GCP). These chaplains are trained to attend to people in general.

2.    Specialized Medical Doctors called Specialists:

Family Doctors: They are sometimes called Family Physicians. These are specialist doctors who after their graduation in general medicine proceed to study and specialize in family medicine and issues. They are specialists who are better disposed to provide better and adequate care to families and members and family institutions all over the world.

Family Chaplains. These are specialist chaplains who after their studies and graduation in general chaplaincy studies and school of professional chaplaincy practice; proceeded for further studies in family related matters and fields, make their services available to the general public as specialists in family matters and issues. They are better disposed to handle marriage and family issues.

3.    Paediatric Doctors (Children Doctors):

These are medical doctors who specialize in the care and treatment of children as specialists in every nation of the world. As specialists, they have better understanding of problems of children and they professionally offer the needed care and treatment to children. They have greater sympathy to children.

Paediatric Chaplains (Children Chaplains):

These are specialist chaplains, who specialize in providing the needed care and attention to the needs and challenges of children with the views of counseling and guiding them and reducing their sufferings, eliminating such problems where possible or proffering the needed solutions to problems confronting children in order for them to live an enjoyable and meaningful life. These specialist chaplains are better disposed to serve children world over.

4.    Psychiatric Doctors:

These are specialist doctors, who have given themselves to offer psychiatric care and services to people in societies of the world, who have mental and patients with psychiatric problems or people of our generation who are suffering from mental problems or insanity. These specialists are better disposed to care for and treat patients with insanity and mental problems across the world.

Spirituo-psychotherapists:

These are chaplains who have been specially trained and equipped to provide the needed therapeutic care spiritually, emotionally and psychologically to people who suffering from all forms of insanity without the use of drugs.

5.    Psycho-therapists:

These are specialists chaplaincy profession who have given themselves to seek to proffer solutions, care and treatment to numerous people who have psychological problems, whose emotional stabilities have been eroded, and have lost their equilibriums in life. These specialists, offer psycho-therapeutic care, intervention and treatment to people who require their specialized services across the world. These specialists have no match or equivalent amongst the medical doctors as they do not employ medications and drugs in their therapeutic services and care.

6.    Mental Health Doctors:

These are also specialist doctors, who specialize in taking care of people with mental health problems in the societies of our world. These specialists are different from psychiatric doctors as they do not attend to the same type of people or patients. Mental health doctors are better disposed to provide care and treatment to people suffering from mental health problems in our world.

Mental Health Chaplains:

These are specialist chaplains, who specialize in providing the needed care and attention to people who are suffering or bedeviled with various mental health problems (not insanity) with the views of relieving them of these problems and dealing with the stressors causing such problems thereby enhancing high productivity, life stability and coping capacity in such citizens.

Engineering Profession:

1.    Civil Engineers:

These are professional practicing engineers specializing in the studies and profession after they have successfully completed their studies, have graduated, registered by the Nigerian Society of Engineers to practice civil engineering in communities and societies of the world. They provide civil engineering services to the civil population of nations of the world.

2.    Mechanical Engineers:

These are specialist engineers who specialize in offering mechanical engineering services to the public in societies across the nations of the world.

3.    Electrical Engineers:

These are engineering professionals who specialize in providing electrical engineering services to the people and institutions of the world.

4.    Aeronautic Engineers:

These are engineering professionals, who offer engineering services (Electrical Engineering Services) to the general public and people of our world. They provide engineering services to airlines, plane manufacturing industries.

5.    Structural Engineers:

These are engineering professionals, who specialize in providing engineering services to people and institutions of our world. These engineering specialists provide structural service to people.

6.    Oil Engineers:

These are engineering professionals, who provide engineering services in the oil sectors in various oil producing nations of the world. Oil engineers or petroleum engineers.

7.    Agricultural Engineers:

These are engineering professionals who specialize in the provision of engineering services in the agricultural sector of the economy.

8.    Marine Engineers:

These are engineering professionals who offer engineering services to the people in the maritime industries, ship building industries and shipping industries across the nations of the world.

And many more.

Chaplains:

1.    Civil/Civic Chaplains:

These chaplains are practicing professionals who care to offer chaplaincy services and care to the citizens of nations of the world, publicly and privately as well. These set of chaplains are better disposed to serve the public, citizenry and civilian population with chaplaincy practice, care and service delivery.

2.    Industrial Chaplains:

These are chaplaincy professionals who offer chaplaincy care and service delivery to the people in the industrial sectors and communities of our economy globally.

3.    Environmental Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains offering or providing chaplaincy care and service delivery to the natural environment provided for us by God and ecology the nature has provided. They provide spiritual care and spiritual oversight in a way that honours humanity’s deep connection to the earth.

4.    Oil and Gas Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains, taking professional chaplaincy practice, care and service delivery to numerous people of the oil producing areas of the world.

5.    Community Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains, taking professional chaplaincy practice, care and service delivery to various communities of the world with the intention of proffering the needed solutions to problems particular to such communities. The community here goes beyond residential community to group of people, age group, professional groups.

6.    Public Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains, taking professional chaplaincy practice, care and service delivery to the general public in public institutions across the world.

7.    Private Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains, who are responsible for taking professional chaplaincy practice, care and service delivery to private individuals and corporate entities across the world and engage in private chaplaincy practice.

8.    Cruise Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains, providing professional chaplaincy practice, care and service delivery to people who travel on the seas across the world. The chaplains here are known as “The Apostles of the sea.”

9.    Port Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains, taking professional chaplaincy practice, care and service delivery to port and coastal communities and the seafarer whose ship berth or anchor at the port all over the world. They are the link between the community and the sea farers.

10. Maritime Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains, who have the responsibility of taking professional chaplaincy practice, care and service delivery to the people and maritime industries and sector of the economy.

11. Airport Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains, who have the responsibility to take professional chaplaincy practice, care and service delivery to numerous people in the aviation industries of the world.

12. Critical Incidence Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains, taking professional chaplaincy practice, care and service delivery to people of the world who are in crisis, disaster and emergency situations

13. Fire Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains, providing and offering professional chaplaincy practice, care and service delivery to people and victims of fire incidents as well as to their relations.

14. Sport Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains offering chaplaincy care and services to people in the sporting industry and sector.

15. Music/Entertainment Chaplains:

These are practicing professional chaplains offering chaplaincy care and services to people in the music and entertainment industry and sector.

In conclusion, Chaplaincy profession can be seen to be a multi-dimensional profession with lots of specializations in the professional practice. All chaplains are called chaplains, yet they do not all serve the same industry or work in the same industry. There are therefore, variations amongst chaplains according to the specialized areas or fields they belong to. Chaplains may therefore rightly be called by their specializations such listed above.

Chap. Prof. David Mike-Jacobs JP, AP, BSC, MBA, PHD, D.D, DED, THD.

DMin. Chaplaincy Major, CPC, CCE, CBC.

Professor of Anthropology.