Categories of Chaplains in Africa and Nigeria in Particlar

Categories of Chaplains in Africa

I wish to categorize chaplains in the continent of Africa into the following categories:

1.     Untrained chaplains: These chaplains have no rudimentary training apart from that of physical exercise and matching. This makes this category of chaplains to be ignorant and prone to functional problems as well as impersonation of the military and the paramilitary agencies.

Another untrained category of chaplains are those who attended Bible colleges without chaplaincy training and claim to be chaplains.

2.     Half-baked chaplains: These chaplains actually registered for training but never completed their course of study but have made themselves chaplains parading the street doing nothing. Others in this category are those who never completed their course of study but went out to establish their own chaplaincy outfits training others.

3.     Commissioned chaplains: These chaplains are exposed to rudiments of chaplaincy and commissioned only to produce their types for that is all they know about chaplaincy.

4.     Trainee chaplains: These are chaplains undergoing authentic chaplaincy training and yet to complete their studies. They are sometimes useful for volunteer chaplaincy works, and can be sent to professionals to understudy them.

5.     Professional chaplains: These are qualified professional chaplains, who carry the authorization and certification to practice chaplaincy both in the public and private domains.

Question: In your own assessment and rating, where do you fall into as a chaplain?

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14^th May, 2020