Humanist Credentialing
How can chaplains who are not religious or not spiritual receive the credentials needed to begin and advance a career in spiritual care?
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With the roots of professional spiritual care as we know it today in religious traditions, the credentialing process — from classroom education to CPE and endorsement and board certification — long has been associated with religious organizations. But what does this mean for chaplains who either do not wish to pursue credentialing through those organizations, or who do not identify with a religious or spiritual tradition?
This webinar will offer practical guidance for such chaplains and provide the elements to consider when pursing chaplaincy credentialing as a humanist chaplain.
We’ll be joined by:
Joel Nightingale Berning is the Manager of the Pastoral Care & Education Department at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where he has been a chaplain since 2010. His undergraduate degree is from Pomona College, his M.Div. is from Union Theological Seminary, his board certification is by the Association of Professional Chaplains, and he is a Certified Educator of ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education. His research focuses on overcoming communication barriers to spiritual care.
You may also be interested in our other resources on humanist chaplaincy.