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CHL 5002
Chapel II
This course will encourage your participation in the university's chapel program. Chapel provides you with an opportunity for corporate
worship with the CIU community, hearing and responding to teaching and preaching from the Word of God, hearing from missionaries
and alumni serving around the world, exposure to our core values, and fellowship with one another. You will be encouraged and
challenged in your personal walk with the Lord and service for Him. (0)
CHL 5003
Chapel III
This course will encourage your participation in the university's chapel program. Chapel provides you with an opportunity for corporate
worship with the CIU community, hearing and responding to teaching and preaching from the Word of God, hearing from missionaries
and alumni serving around the world, exposure to our core values, and fellowship with one another. You will be encouraged and
challenged in your personal walk with the Lord and service for Him. (0)
Chaplaincy
CHP 3100
Introduction to Chaplaincy
This course will help you develop a basic understanding of chaplaincy as a stand-alone ministry in the workplace. This course will
develop chaplaincy ministry skills within institutional and organizational settings as it applies to the eight functional areas of chaplaincy.
In addition you will develop basic knowledge, skills, and understanding of ministry care as they are applied in chaplaincy.
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CHP 4100
Chaplaincy Capstone
This capstone course requires you to demonstrate and hone the knowledge, skills, and abilities you have learned through your courses.
It is designed to enable you to demonstrate a basic understanding of chaplaincy through a significant, relevant project that has an oral
and a written component. You should demonstrate the ability to gather material independently, think critically about, and be able to
integrate, the theoretical and/or practical knowledge you have acquired throughout your undergraduate experience, and reflect on the
moral/ethical/social/theological issues that are implicit in your project. The project will be designed to assimilate into an interconnected,
unified whole knowledge and skills pertaining to communication, leadership, world religions, apologetics, ministry care, and sermon
delivery as they pertain to and apply to ministry within the eight functional areas of chaplaincy. (3)
CHP 6100
Introduction to Chaplaincy
This course provides an overview of the nature and history of chaplaincy ministry, including the chaplaincy's identity, purpose, and
ethical and legal parameters. You will examine the biblical and theological foundations of a ministry of presence, which often comprises
the core of chaplaincy ministry. You also will study the various types of chaplaincy ministry and explore their commonalities, distinctives,
and expectations. (3)
CHP 6110
Personal Evangelism for Chaplains
In this course you will explore the role of the chaplain in bringing others to faith in Jesus Christ. You will develop a biblical approach to
evangelism and will practically demonstrate that approach with at least three non-Christian friends during the course of the semester.
You will demonstrate a heart and determination to fulfill the evangelistic mandate of Jesus. (3)
CHP 6111
Resilient Leadership for Chaplains
This course involves you in a comprehensive study of the key concepts and principles related to how chaplains and caregivers create
and maintain resilience in themselves and those they shepherd. You will examine the impact of suffering and trauma on followers,
leaders, and caregivers and discover how the resilience life cycle provides a holistic approach to spiritual equipping for leaders and
caregivers. You will explore various resilience programs that institutions use to develop resilience in their leaders and will uncover key
biblical and theological aspects of resiliency as seen in the life of the apostle Paul. (3)
CHP 6112
Crisis Response and Trauma Care for Chaplains
This course integrates crisis response and trauma care principles by providing you with a comprehensive overview of the field of
psychological trauma and how trauma affects individuals and systems, grief reactions, and traumatic stress. You will explore such
topics as post-traumatic growth, moral injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, vicarious traumatization, and complicated grief. Upon
completion of this course, you will possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to provide basic care whenever a tragedy strikes,
whether natural disasters, accidents, combat, or acts of violence. (3)
CHP 6113
Principles of Self-Care for Chaplains
This course provides you with a comprehensive study into the biblical and theological principles of self-care for chaplains serving in
one of the functional areas of chaplaincy. You will examine internal and external factors that can lead to burnout, ineffectiveness, and
failure in ministry while serving outside the four walls of the church. Special emphasis will be placed on developing a practical theology
of self-care to help negate the effects of the seven most common areas of ministry failure. (3)
CHP 6114
Professional Chaplain Competencies
This course provides you with a comprehensive overview of the most common chaplain competencies and standards used by
professional associations to credential chaplains in the functional areas of chaplaincy. You will examine four major sections of chaplain
competencies and will demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities of particular competencies through a practice-based approach in
your current ministry setting. This course will provide a strong foundation in the clinical learning methods used in Clinical Pastoral
Education (CPE). You are encouraged to take this course before or during completion of a unit of CPE. (3)