When you are ready to proceed, submit an application for membership and pay the non-refundable fee. This covers our staff time, background check, and will result in an interview with a member of our Ordination Council. 

After submitting your application, our staff will obtain the pastor and personal references, background check, a suitable photo of you, and guide you through the application process. Once submitted and accepted, you will be directed to schedule an appointment by MS Teams Video Conferencing for your first interview. Please wait for the directions after your application is completed. 

After your first interview, if approved to continue forward, you will be enrolled in our award winning Populi Learning Management System to take the required courses. You will be enrolled in a term that begins on the first of each month. Required courses will depend upon your objective: Pastor or Chaplain Ordination. 

Once you complete the required courses, you will engage in the work of self-reflection to assess the reality of God's call on your life. Are you called to become an ordained? You will engage with the assessments we provide which include DISC for Christians, Spiritual Gifts, Core Values, and Leadership Style. You will take a spiritual retreat based on the format we provide. You will consider a document "Am I Called to Ordination." Finally, you will report what you learned about yourself, how your call is confirmed, and the result of your spiritual retreat in a short paper. This will form the basis of discussion during your second interview for ordination. 

After you complete the course work, spiritual retreat, and submit your ordination paper we will meet for your second interview for ordination. Your paper becomes the basis for discussion during the interview. You will meet with one or more of our Ordination Council. Relax, this is not a judgmental meeting. This will be a hospitable, loving conversation to zero in on how God is, or is not confirming a call on your life to be one of our Ordained Pastors and/or Chaplains. 

If approved for ordination you will sign a membership covenant and agreement. At minimum you will commit to good communication with us, answering emails, participation with other churches and clergy in our network, attending our monthly online meetings and annual conference as often as possible, obtaining your annual continuing education, maintaining your church membership in good standing, abiding by our Code of Conduct and Ethics, and continue in your personal spiritual growth. We have high expectations of you. Yet, we are here to serve you as well. It is our desire to contribute to your spiritual growth, self-awareness, continuing education, and a growing skill in the craft of spiritual and pastoral care. If you become one of our members, we become partners together in the Kingdom work we share. You will be expected to build a local missional community and recruit others who might join our ministry and become members of your local team. Failure to abide by the covenant agreement may result in revocation of your credential.  

If you are accepted for membership you will be Ordained and Endorsed by Christian Chaplains & Coaching. We will provide you with a Photo ID Badge recognizing you as an Ordained member of the clergy. You will receive a Certificate of Ordination and the right to wear the branded patch and custom embroidered uniform clothing available through our store at Landsend Merchandise. This credential is only valid as your membership and ordination is renewed annually as described below. 

After you become ordained by us, there are ongoing requirements. Annual dues are paid before December 31st each year in advance. You will submit your payment in a timely manner and also submit your annual renewal form. These are required by or before December 31st each year. The form will update your contact information, verify compliance with our code of conduct, and document your continuing education. For those ordained during the year, the continuing education requirements are met by the courses taken for ordination. But the form must be completed annually including in your first year of ordination with us. NOTE: You are permitted to be dual ordained by us and with another ministry. We are not here to compete with any church or denomination, but rather to cooperate, associate, and collaborate for shared missional purpose.