Yet to Come to Terms of Realities

Yet to Come to Terms of Realities

Many chaplains in Nigeria and continent of Africa, are yet to come to terms with realities on the ground such are:-

1.     Defective chaplaincy training hinders them from providing clinical practice.

2.     Lack of professional chaplaincy education make them incompetent, making them to go into hibernation.

3.     Adequate professional training and education brings about personal development of chaplains which makes them ready for clinical professional practice and service delivery.

4.     Clinical practice requires skills and competence on the professional practioners which can only be achieved through rigorous professional training.

5.     Robust knowledge of chaplaincy profession and practice is unavoidable in professional development of any kind.

6.     Professional chaplaincy practice is an evidence based clinical supervised practice which is scientific in nature and scope thus requiring training and retraining of practioners from time to time.

7.     Professional chaplaincy is beyond guess work or imagination. It is actual clinical practice which can be learned.

In conclusion, beloved chaplains, spiritual caregivers and psychospiritual care providers, professionalizing chaplaincy is not mere talk or wishful thinking; it involves a lot of hard work and training.

Avail yourself of the opportunity of the ongoing professional chaplaincy training and education online as you register your interest with the publicity secretary – 08137038682.

Chap. Prof. David Mike-Jacobs

Certified Chaplaincy Educator

6^th May, 2020