Chaplaincy for Global understanding and Benefits

Chaplaincy for Global understanding and Benefits

Open Lecture

Preamble:

The mandate for all practicing professionals in chaplaincy is to benefit humanity in all life’s endeavours and all sector of the economy. In this open lecture, I will concern myself with detailing and show-casing of benefits chaplaincy can bring to people of our world.

1.     Chaplaincy is known and accepted to be people-oriented profession and service; all professionals in chaplaincy practice and service delivery are mandated professionally to always think or seek those things that are beneficial to the people of our world.

In the practice of chaplaincy profession, they are expected to give consideration to what will bring improvement to the lives of people and also concern themselves with whatever will make life more meaningful for the people of our world.

2.     Chaplaincy is known and accepted to be a humanizing profession and services delivery. All professionals making chaplaincy as their choice profession are expected to be humane in their dealing with all people irrespective of gender, social status, religion, tribe, nationality or sexual orientation.

In their professional practice, they are expected to treat or handle issues on their own merits, seeking to improve the lives of their numerous clients always.

Stagnation is unprofitable and unbeneficial; therefore, all practicing professionals in chaplaincy practice and service delivery must learn to be dynamic and pragmatic at all times.

3.     Chaplaincy profession is known and accepted to be multi-dimensional, multi-directional, multi-faceted and multi-faith profession and practice; all practicing professionals in chaplaincy must endeavor to bring benefitial services to all people provided they are human.

4.     Chaplaincy is known and accepted to be service-oriented profession, practice and service delivery; all practicing professionals are expected to provide or offer only beneficial services to people wherever they find themselves serving.

NB: We are all called to render beneficial services to humanity as professional chaplains. Some of the benefits chaplaincy can give humanity globally are:

1.     Bringing peaceful co-existence to the people of our world through conflict resolution and management, crisis management, conciliation services and arbitration.

2.     Pastoral care and spiritual care services to numerous people who require such care.

3.     Fostering resilience to those who have been traumatized, battered and violated in life; helping to restore then to normalcy, is a rewarding and beneficial service to humanity.

4.     Reducing the sufferings of people or helping to alleviate such sufferings is a profitable and beneficial service to humanity.

5.     Providing the needed solutions to numerous social problems, mental health problems is a profitable and beneficial service.

6.     Helping to provide the needed solutions to relationship problems and issues; bringing about interpersonal relationship between people.

7.     Helping to stem suicidal thoughts and actions by intentionally making an intervention in people’s lives, especially people who have become depressed, and feel hopelessly hopeless. Taking the best option for them is not to end their God-given lives

Chap. Prof. Mike-Jacobs

Certified Chaplaincy Educator